First Visit Experience
See it. Feel it. Decide.
Two or three days in the Costa del Sol, with Franco as your guide. A curated trip built entirely around your priorities — drive the zones, see what your budget actually buys, and start picturing yourself here. You leave with a written and honest recommendation. It's arranged on a first call, once Franco understands what you're looking for.
Book Your Free 20-Min CallWhat This Experience Does
Everything you've researched, standing in front of you.
Months of research, dozens of listings, endless Street View — none of it tells you what a place actually feels like. This is the point where all of that turns into something concrete.
01 — The Zones
Everything becomes real.
Streets, light, distances, atmosphere. Everything you've seen on Idealista, Google Maps and Instagram stops being an abstraction and becomes somewhere you can actually picture yourself.
02 — The Budget
You see what it actually buys.
Not on a listing — inside a real property, on a real street, in a real zone. It's one of the clearest, most useful moments of clarity before you make any decision.
03 — The Feeling
You start to feel at home.
Breakfast on that terrace. The walk to the village. Being part of that community. This is where "I'd like to" turns into "I want this."
How The Visit Is Built
No fixed programme.
Every First Visit is built from scratch and personally around one person or family. Franco selects, combines and sequences the pieces below based on exactly what you need.
01 — Always Included
Zone tours.
Driving through and stopping in the areas that matter to you — the type of resident, the lifestyle, the proximity to what you care about. An intuition for the coast no amount of online research can replicate.
02 — Always Included
Property visits.
Two properties, matching what you're looking for — enough to make the numbers real, without turning the visit into a property search.
03 — Always Included
Lifestyle immersion.
Lunch at a local restaurant, a walk through a morning market, a coffee in the village square — the moments that answer the real question: could I actually live here?
Also available, if it's relevant to you
Lawyer meeting
Forty-five minutes with one of SELECTHO's trusted English-speaking lawyers — ask anything directly, buying process to contracts.
Tax advisor / gestor
For non-EU nationals, residency questions, or anyone with more complex tax implications to think through.
Golf course visit
One or two courses and their surrounding communities, if golf is part of the picture for you.
School visit
One or two international schools relevant to your family — British, German, Scandinavian or international curriculum.
The Follow-Up
A record you'll actually use.
Delivered within 48 hours of your last day — a concise, actionable document built from everything seen and discussed. The kind you forward to a partner or family before deciding what's next.
Executive summary
What was visited, what stood out, and Franco's primary recommendation — written last, placed first.
Zones visited
Character and lifestyle of each area, who it's right for, price range, and Franco's honest take for your specific situation — illustrated with the properties you saw, as real-world reference points.
Top recommendation
The clearest section of the report. One zone that fits best, sharpened criteria for the search ahead, and one clear next step.
Legal & admin next steps
Where things stand and what to do next — NIE, legal representation, mortgage options, and anything specific to your situation, laid out in plain English.
Next steps
Concrete actions for the next 2–4 weeks, in order. If one of the properties you saw is the one, Property Advisory is what turns that into an offer — negotiation, legal and closing, handled end to end.
The Price
One flat price, whether it's two days or three.
Franco's time, the full agenda preparation, all transport during the visit, and the post-visit report — all included. Once you're on the ground, the only things on you are your flights, accommodation and meals.
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