Started by two architects who were tired of bad listings.
EstateLoft began in a Lisbon studio in 2004, when Neve and Tomás kept being asked by friends to look over houses before they bought them. What began as favours became a practice: read the building first, then the market.
Twenty-one years later we're forty people across six offices, and the method hasn't changed. Every property on this site has been walked by a senior advisor. If the roof is tired or the price is optimistic, we'll say so — sometimes about our own listing.
That candour is why nearly all of our work comes from repeat clients and referrals. We'd rather lose a sale than place someone in the wrong house.
Four commitments we don't negotiate on.
Say the hard thing
If a home is overpriced or structurally compromised, you'll hear it from us before you hear it from a surveyor.
One advisor, start to finish
No junior hand-offs. The person who took your first call hands you the keys.
Research before inventory
We publish a shortlist, not a catalogue. Six good options beat six hundred listings.
Discretion by default
Off-market means off-market. Nothing about your search leaves the file.
Everything around the transaction, handled.
- Buying advisory — brief, shortlist, viewings, negotiation, close.
- Sales & staging — photography, styling, pricing strategy, buyer vetting.
- Relocation — visas, schools, banking and a soft-landing week on arrival.
- Investment — yield modelling, rental management, portfolio reviews.
- Renovation — architect and contractor introductions we'd use ourselves.
Questions we get every week.
Sellers pay a percentage of the completed sale, agreed in writing before we list. Buyer advisory is either a flat retainer or a success fee — you choose at the outset, and there are no surprises later.
Yes. We operate in 24 countries through a vetted partner network, but an EstateLoft advisor stays your single point of contact throughout — including on viewings abroad.
A property whose owner will sell at the right price but doesn't want it advertised. Roughly a third of our completions each year are off-market — they're shared with registered buyers only, never published on this site.
Our average is 38 days from accepted offer to completion in cash transactions, and 55–70 days with financing. Cross-border purchases add two to three weeks for documentation.
We introduce you to independent brokers and lawyers in each market. We take no commission on those referrals, so the recommendation is genuinely about fit.
Come and tell us what you're looking for.
Thirty minutes, no obligation, and an honest read on what your budget buys in your market.