Why use us

You have a choice of many dozens of companies to use to find your dream home or investment in Cyprus. So why choose us?

Let me introduce myself. My name is Sean Larrangton-White, and I am the founder of this company. Primarily I am an investor, but now have a beautiful home as well as investments on the island. I started only a few years ago with a small amount of capital. Much to my surprise, I have yet to find someone with a better investment record than mine. Having some canny Scottish blood helps, but this success is mainly due to only working only with people who are both honourable and very successful themselves. It also helps that I have known Cypriots all of my life.

Whether you are an investor, or a home seeker – or perhaps a mixture of both, you can benefit from our ethical approach which we think is both unique and unusual. Our aim is not to make as much profit as possible from you. It’s to help you get the best purchase possible, avoiding the many pitfalls, so that you feel as happy as possible with your home or investment. We want you to be part of our family, so that you feel so happy and comfortable in coming to us again and referring people to us. In the end, this is the most honourable, effective and profitable way of doing business for everyone concerned. All of the people and companies we deal with have very high levels of repeat business through referrals. We’re not in for the ‘quick kill’!

Many companies have large numbers of staff, many expensive directors, large offices, inspection trips, cashbacks – all of which has to be paid for. Who do you think eventually pays for all of this? You do. Our own overheads are largely met by a sister company.

We would not dream of overcharging you, a practice more prevalent than people think. We even have a price guarantee. Where we promise to beat developers' prices. We are quite frank in advising you where not to buy (where resale values are going down), as well as where to buy, even if it means less commission for us. We tell you which developers in our view you should use, and those you should avoid. And which projects are good, and not so good.

We refer you to the suppliers the ex-pats use to buy white and brown goods, furnishings, gardening etc. And if the suppliers give us commission, we give it back to you. If you use our partner MoneyCorp for your foreign exchange, you get back every cent of commission we receive.

As an investor, you can have access to great projects before they hit the open market. Some of these are nearly sold out before they are marketed openly. Some are never marketed as existing customers take up most of the options. I attribute much of my success to this. We can get you rental guarantees; direct you to low cost and deferred interest mortgages; independent accountancy and legal advice, etc.

As a homebuyer, in addition to the above, once you have bought from us, you become part of our family. We will still continue to look after you.

In other words, you can trust us, and count on us to look after your interests first. You’re never second best.

Trust

It is a sad fact of life that where-ever you go in the world, many developers and their UK agents are motivated by only one thing – maximum profit/commission. It’s the same in Cyprus. Many are only interested in the quick sale. That is why so many buyers pay commission on top of commission unnecessarily. And why in certain parts of Cyprus, there are areas where resale values are going down, and Brits cannot get the price they want for their homes, because they paid too much in the first place.

If a company has large overheads to pay, ie staff costs; several directors’ renumerations; office costs; etc, they have to be earning large amounts of money just to stay still and to pay these expenses. Take a look at any company you’re thinking of using – and see how many staff they have, how big their offices are, how many directors there are and whether they offer low cost inspection trips, cash-backs, etc, to lure you in. Who pays for this eventually? You do.

People use us because we have a highly ethical policy. Cyprus Property Assets has overheads of course – but these are largely absorbed through a sister company. We are not interested in the quick sale. What we are interested in, is giving you the best experience possible, in terms of what you buy, how much you pay and where you buy. We hope you will refer your friends to us, use us again yourself and tell others about us. In the end, this is a more effective, intelligent and profitable way of doing business for all concerned.

All of our partners have a very high rate of repeat business. Which says a lot about how highly their customers feel about them. In one case it is about 80% of their total turnover.

All this means you could have a better experience trying us first. Take a look at how we can help below ……

Price

For new builds we beat developers prices in most cases. Our ethical policy means that where we can negotiate it, we will obtain prices cheaper than what local Cypriots can get. When you buy furniture, white goods, gardening services, very often theses services are run by friends or family of the developer or Estate Agent. And they will offer you a ‘special’ or ‘best price’. We will refer you to the local companies who have genuinely proved themselves to be very good in both prices and service. Where we do this on your behalf, and we get offered commission, this will be given back to you. The same is true if you use our Foreign Currency Partner, Moneycorp, the market leader who we believe will offer you a great service.


Location, location, location

Most developers are good – they build good quality homes, in good locations. Some developers though should not be touched. And even the good developers have projects that should be avoided for a number of reasons. So whom do you see and whom do you avoid? And where should you buy, and which areas are not so good. We will be honest and truthful even though it means we earn far less commission.

Shared Ownership. Would like to buy, but think you can’t afford it?

If you have a desire to invest in Cyprus, and do not have enough funds; or would like to spread your money in more than one project, then we can help. After trialling it, we are setting up a Property Share scheme. This is not a timeshare – you will actually own a share of an investment. More and more people are realising that owning a 20% of a project is better than owning 100% of nothing. Contact us for more information.