Valencia's Premier Property Search & Property Investment Company

About Valencia Property Hound

Valencia Property Hound, a niche property services provider was started with the aim of easing the strain of buying property in Valencia 's best areas for non residents. Value for money is of the utmost importance something we never lose sight of at Valencia Property Hound. When buying property in Valencia, the most important thing to bear in mind is the type of return you want from your investment; capital appreciation alone as in the case of a second home or capital appreciation and rental income in the case of a buy to rent.

Budgeting is especially important for those who want  to buy to rent given the associated buying costs. You should also be aware that beyond a certain price range given the present market conditions buy to rent is not advisable. Rental apartments are yielding between 4 and 6% annually.

The Valencian Property Market is as yet (& thankfully so) quite immature, unlike Madrid and Barcelona. In any normal mature property market there is not a great variation between property prices per square metre within a given area, in Valencia however quite significant variations exist. This is as a result of the fact that 60% of property is sold privately and the sellers are not fully aware of the market value of their properties. You should also bear in mind that 1 in 4 Spaniards has a second property and the vast majority of those were bought before the present property  boom. When some of these come onto the market a lot of owners are not as thorough re maximization of their value as they would be if they were selling their principal home.

A lot of second hand properties are sold without attending to such obvious details as repainting and filling in all D.I.Y. related holes. A lot of owners even take the lights with them! Something not conducive to maximizing the asking price. Private owners are also prone to giving in to the false economy of not valuing their properties (normal cost around €300).

I personally view and approve the shortlisting of all properties Valencia Property Hound offers our clients. My own personal rule of thumb is that I will only approve the shortlisting of a property if I myself would be willing to buy the same property given the clients specific buying criteria. Valencia Property Hound is not in the business of maximizing sales, it is in the business  of providing a personalized, first class, professional service to our clients. Valencia Property Hound therefore has satisfied customers and in so doing gets repeat business.

A word regarding a conflict of interest. Where it happens that two or more clients are interested in the same property, the first client to accept  the property on his/her shortlist will have the first right of refusal on that property. Our policy is to prevent Valencia Property Hound clients from competing against each other for the same property. Our aim is to get our clients the best property available in the marketplace within their budget and not to inflate prices by allowing competition between clients.

Finally I would like to send my best wishes to all our existing and future Valencia Property Hound clients. I strongly believe in being both accessible and available to our clients. If for any reason you wish to contact me personally, you can e-mail me at dermot@valenciapropertyhound.com and I will get back to you asap.

I have no doubt that your experience with us will be positive and that by using our services you will find sourcing and buying property in Valencia easier than you imagined and that at the end of the day your property in Valencia will prove to be both financially rewarding and thoroughly enjoyable,

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Dermot Quinn,

Company Founder & Director.