People I Recommend

People I genuinely recommend

Over the years I've worked with hundreds of professionals in Spain. These are people I genuinely recommend because I've personally worked with them.

No commissions, no referral fees, no arrangements of any kind. If someone stops being good, they come off the list.

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Elena Ruiz

Ruiz & Costa Propiedades

Real EstateMarbella

Elena found the house we live in now, after showing us four properties and talking us out of two of them.

She will tell you when a price is wrong, even when it costs her the commission. That is rarer here than it should be.

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Tomas Lindqvist

Lindqvist Coastal

Real EstateEstepona

Tomas handled a small commercial purchase for me in 2022 and knew the building's history better than the seller did.

Genuinely long-term. He has turned down more of my ideas than he has agreed to.

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Carmen Delgado

Delgado Abogados

LawyersMarbella

Carmen has handled every property closing I have done in Spain, plus the incorporation of two companies.

She answers on the same day and explains Spanish law in a way that does not require you to already understand Spanish law.

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Peter Molnar

Molnar Immigration

LawyersMálaga

Peter has walked at least a dozen friends through residency and NIE paperwork after I sent them his way.

Nobody has ever come back to me unhappy. In immigration paperwork, that is remarkable.

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Ana Serrano

Estudio Serrano

ArchitectsMarbella

Ana designed the restoration of the Soulhouse finca and fought me, correctly, on almost every shortcut I proposed.

She designs for how a building will feel in twenty years, not how it photographs on the day of handover.

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Javier Ortega

Ortega Construcciones

BuildersOjén

Javier's team did the structural work on the finca. Eighteen months, and the final invoice matched the estimate.

He tells you the bad news early. On a building site that is worth more than speed.

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Sofia Berg

Berg Interiors

Interior DesignersMarbella

Sofia furnished the Anchor workspace on a budget that should not have worked, and it still looks right four years on.

Restraint. She removes as much as she adds, which almost nobody in this town does.

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Laurence Hayes

Aloha College — admissions

SchoolsNueva Andalucía

Laurence guided us through the school decision when we moved, including honest advice about schools that were not hers.

She started with our children rather than with the brochure.

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Miguel Ferrer

Banco Mediterráneo — private clients

BanksMarbella

Miguel opened accounts for two of my companies when other banks made it a six-week ordeal.

He picks up the phone. In Spanish banking, that is a competitive advantage.

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Nadia Karim

Karim Mortgage Partners

Mortgage BrokersMarbella

Nadia arranged financing for a purchase three other brokers had told me was not fundable as a non-resident.

She showed me the numbers where the deal stopped making sense before she showed me the offers.

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Rafael Vidal

Vidal Seguros

InsuranceSan Pedro

Rafa insures my home, my cars and both businesses. We have had two claims and both were paid quickly.

He reduced my cover once, unprompted, because I was paying for something I did not need.

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Dr. Ingrid Lund

Clínica Costa — family medicine

HealthcareMarbella

Ingrid has been our family doctor since 2019 and has talked me out of two unnecessary specialist referrals.

Calm, thorough, and fluent in the difference between a problem and a worry.

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Kasper Nielsen

Nordic Move

Moving CompaniesMálaga / Copenhagen

Kasper's team moved our house from Stockholm to Marbella and nothing arrived broken.

Fixed price, honest timeline, and they packed the things I would have forgotten.

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Paula Márquez

Márquez Automóviles

Car DealersMarbella

Paula has sourced three cars for me, including one she advised me not to buy.

No pressure, no theatre, and she is straight about what a car is really worth on resale.

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Henrik Sten

Sten Advisory

Tax AdvisorsMarbella / Stockholm

Henrik handles the Swedish and Spanish sides of my tax situation and coordinates them so I only explain things once.

Conservative by default. He has never once suggested something I would be uncomfortable explaining.

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Antonio Reyes

Reyes Piscinas

Pool CompaniesNueva Andalucía

Antonio rebuilt a failing pool at the finca and has maintained it since without a single reminder from me.

He fixed the cause rather than the symptom, which cost him a recurring repair job.

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Lucia Fernández

Jardines Fernández

GardenersOjén

Lucia planted the kitchen garden at Soulhouse and replaced most of our thirsty lawn with things that belong here.

She designs for the climate we actually have, not the one people wish they had brought with them.