Having made the decision to sell my apartment in Yalikavak and to upgrade to a larger property I contacted Darren to assist having spoken with several other real estate agents in the area. In fact I was quite frustrated at this point having made several offers up to and beyond the asking price but without any tangible success.
Darren and I met face-to-face to discuss our needs over a coffee back in March 2014. In that conversation Darren did not ask “how many bedrooms do you need?”, “how many square meters are you looking for?”, “do you want a mountain or a sea view?”…etc. Instead his first question was why. “Why do you want to sell your apartment?”, “what is driving that decision?”, “what are your dreams?” No other agent had asked me that before and although myself and my wife had discussed this for several years I was bound into providing an answer. I explained to Darren that we had always dreamt of having a contemporary styled home in the sun where our children could play till all-hours in the pool and a place that we could use as a holiday home and as a holiday-rental business over the years to come. Given that we know and love Yalikavak it made sense to find a bigger place especially that our three kids were quickly outgrowing the 2 bedroom apartment.
Darren suggested that we find land and build what we want versus buying off the peg. He explained that by doing this we can design it around our dreams and our needs. He went on to say “and together we will create an eco-system to buy the land, design a villa, build it, fit it out, complete all of the legal paperwork, establish it as a holiday-rental business and sell your current apartment”. And that is precisely what we have done.
This type of project is especially challenging when you are an offshore investor like myself and my wife and what I suspect would have taken months typically took days and weeks with Darren’s leadership, business connections and professionalism. For example Darren introduced us to a leading Architect who was able to speak perfect English and translate our dreams into a safe and sound design. He was instrumental in validating and procuring building services for the construction and fit-out works and ensured that from a legal standpoint we were always on point.
Darren has also remained connected to the eco-system he created to ensure that the end result meets with our expectations. He is not providing Project Management service on this particular project but Darren’s tenacious manner and drive for execution excellence makes him, his team and LUXURY PROPERTY TURKEY stand out from the rest.
If you are interested in buying, selling or even building property in Turkey I recommend Darren without any hesitation and would be happy to share further details about this successful collaboration upon request.
Kevin
London, England