The most important points for property seekers on Gran Canaria

In order to get as close as possible to your personal ideas about your dream property, you will receive individual attention from me and my team, from the first personal meeting through all necessary official steps, e.g. application for the N.I.E. identification number, a seven-digit number that confirms that you have an economic, professional or social connection with Spain and that is needed for almost everything, from buying a house to receiving your Amazon order.
 

We also offer you services that go beyond the purchase of a property, such as cleaning assistance for your new property, a simple domestic repair or even the complete renovation of your property including interior decoration. 

  

This requires a detailed personal discussion or a detailed correspondence, because your wishes and needs regarding your property form the basis of our work.

Due to my personal positive attitude and my ability to recognize what you as our customer really want, I will not try to fire you up about something that would not fit.

Perhaps my team and I already have the right property for you; if not, we have good contacts with whom we have worked very well in the past. This circumstance guarantees that we can find the best possible property for you.

We also protect you from one of these classic answers that you may hear from many other real estate agencies when you enquire about a property that you are interested in: "Oh, no, this property has just been sold." There's no gimmickry with us. On our website you will not find properties that have already been sold!

It is also important to know that although we are not a law firm, we have good contacts to many "helping hands” as a result of our experience. We cooperate with an experienced and competent lawyer, a tax consultant and a renowned architect in Gran Canaria. We arrange the right contact, accompany you to the appointments on site and help during conversations in order to bridge possible language barriers.

Unusual - like many other things with us - is the place where our tax consultants and lawyers are located. They have been deliberately chosen from Las Palmas. Our experience has taught us not only that the price-performance ratio is in a better equilibrium, but also that the behaviour of the Las Palmas service providers shows that they are not dependent on other service providers or institutions. In order to offer you the best and most sustainable service, we will be happy to drive the route to Las Palmas (30 min.) with you or arrange a meeting in our office.

My team and I also know that the road to your own property in Gran Canaria can sometimes be a long and rocky one.

Foreign buyers may have an idea of what kind of transactions are required, but they will not be sufficiently prepared if they face some of these special and charming pitfalls of the Spanish system.

The G&P team knows all aspects. We guide our buyers through the flood of sometimes complicated bureaucratic procedures that may accompany the purchase of a property.

Properties that we offer our customers are already checked in advance for legality and correctness of the papers. Thus, before the viewing appointment the property has already been put through its paces, also - very important - with regard to varying prices for the same property, found across the Internet. This is quite usual and due to the fact that sellers give their real estate to several brokers and these in turn belong to a broker consortium. This entails problems for both the buyer and the seller, which we know how to avoid through our independence. Our independence is our strength. We are not dependent on any network, higher-level institution or other service provider. This guarantees our customers that we always act with the best of our knowledge and conscience exclusively in their interest.

We speak German, Spanish, French, English and Italian

Gräser & Partner today: In the last 5 years an owner-managed real estate agency after having been a license partner of Engel & Völkers for 10 years. All positive experiences, and also the negative ones, acquired over the long-standing relationship with Engel & Völkers form the basis on which today we achieve great sales successes as a family business (mother and daughter). For 15 years we have been located in the same office, in the heart of Playa del Inglés.

We would like to point out, particularly to property seekers, that in Gran Canaria they should concentrate exclusively on real estate agencies that can provide a physical address, a landline number and a tax number. These requirements should be easily recognizable and visible to you. Nowadays, a website is quickly set up, designed and filled with alleged years of experience and standard texts. Do not use brokers who cannot provide all of this information, because that is the first step in the right direction. You will save a lot of time and trouble.

In a fast-moving world where people don't spend much time reading, don't pay attention to their "gut feeling" anymore and important information is overlooked too quickly, you should be careful when deciding who to work with, who to entrust with the task of being your scout through the real estate jungle. Because it is and remains mostly a purchase in a country whose language you do not speak and whose rules you do not know.

Search customers can also place an exclusive search order. Our office will enthusiastically comb the market for you, always keeping your specifications in mind.

If you should decide for another than our real estate agency or have already bought your property, we will, however, still be happy to help you with renovations and interior decoration. This service does not require that you have purchased the property from us. Although, of course, we would have preferred that. :-)