Will I see the property before I fly?

On the ones you are seriously interested in, yes. A live video call or a walkthrough we film, including the view, the common areas and the surroundings.

What does a video viewing cost?

Nothing. You pay us nothing at any point, whether or not you end up buying anything.

Can you film a property that is not in your catalogue?

Yes. Send us the link. We confirm it is genuinely still available first, because filming a unit that is already reserved helps nobody.

What if the new build is not finished yet?

Then there is usually nothing to walk through and we say so. We film the plot, the phase the site has reached and the show apartment if one exists. The rest we answer from the unit list, the floor plans and the developer, not from footage.

Can you check one specific thing instead of the whole property?

That is often the most useful version. The view, the noise, the real distance to the beach, how far the site next door has got. Tell us the question and we go and answer it.

Who is holding the camera?

One of us. We live and work on this coast all year, which is the only reason a viewing can happen at short notice at all rather than being arranged from an office abroad.

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Video property viewing on Costa del Sol

On a property you are seriously considering, we can go there and show it to you before you fly: the apartment or the house, the view, the common areas and the surroundings, including the things professional photographs quietly leave out. Either as a live call you can ask questions on, or as a walkthrough we film for you. The point is not the video. The point is that you can rule properties out before you buy a plane ticket.

Three ways a video viewing happens

Not every property needs the same thing. Sometimes you want to walk the whole apartment. Sometimes you already know the layout perfectly well and there is one thing you actually want to know, which is what you can hear from that terrace at six in the evening.

A live video call, which is the usual oneWe stand in the property and you are on the call with us, on Google Meet or on WhatsApp. You ask, we point the camera. This is the default and it is the one to choose when your questions are the kind you cannot write down in advance, or when someone else in the family needs to see it at the same time.
A walkthrough we film, when you ask for oneWhere nobody can be free at the same moment as us, we film the property and go through it instead, and you get the recording afterwards. It takes longer to arrange than a call and it is the right choice when you are holding several properties against each other and want to see them all the same way. Ask for it before we go rather than after.
A focused check on one thingNot a tour at all. You ask about the view, the noise, the real distance to the beach or how far the building work next door has got, and that single question is what we go and answer.

Which of the three makes sense is usually obvious from the question you asked. When it is not, we will say which one we think answers it, and we will also say when a video is not going to settle it and you need to stand there yourself.

Is it live or recorded?Live is the normal case, on Google Meet or on WhatsApp, because a call is where you get to ask as we go. Where the timing does not work for you we film a walkthrough instead and send you the recording. Tell us which you want when you ask for the viewing.

How soon can it happen?On a property you are seriously interested in, immediately. We are on this coast, so we can drive out as soon as the agency or the developer gives us access, and that access is the only thing setting the date. On a property you are merely curious about, it goes in the queue behind the ones you are serious about, which is the honest order to do it in.

Do you film every property?No, and we would not want to. We do it for the properties you are seriously considering, and when something specific needs checking on the ground. Filming everything on a longlist would slow the search down and tell you very little.

How the viewing reaches you, and who is on it

A video viewing is not only a camera. It happens live, on a call you join from wherever you are, and on the other side of it there is usually an agent or a developer sales rep who speaks no Czech.

Live, on Google Meet or on WhatsAppWhichever of the two suits you. There is nothing to install if you already use WhatsApp, and nothing to arrange beyond agreeing a time. You are in the property with us for as long as it takes to answer what you actually wanted to know.
On a property you are serious about, immediatelyWe live on this coast, so a viewing does not have to be scheduled a week out. When a property genuinely interests you, we can go and show it to you straight away, as soon as the agency or the developer lets us in. The one thing that sets the timing is access, not our calendar.
We translate while it happensThe seller side speaks Spanish, sometimes English. You ask, we ask in Spanish, and the answer comes back to you with the hedging left in rather than smoothed out. There is nothing to arrange and no interpreter to book.
We ask what you would not know to askWe are the ones standing there, so we can push on an answer that came too fast, or ask the thing the sales rep did not volunteer. A tour where nobody challenges anything is just a longer advert.
Where we film it, you can keep the recordingNot every viewing produces a file, because most of them are live calls rather than shoots. When we do film a walkthrough, we can send it to you afterwards so you can watch it again and show it to whoever else is deciding with you. If that matters to you, say so before we go, and we will film rather than call.

What the photographs are doing

A listing photograph is usually not a lie. It is a technique, and the technique is very good at its job, which is to make you want to see the property. Knowing what it does is the difference between being surprised at the viewing and knowing in advance what you are walking into.

What the picture is doingWhat you still do not know

Shot wide, usually from a corner: Professional practice for interiors sits at roughly 16 to 24 mm. Below that, straight walls start to bend and the room reads as a different shape than it is. Even inside the normal range, a corner shot on a wide lens makes a room look longer than it feels the moment you walk into it.
Exposure-blended, so the room and the window are both bright: A window can be around six stops brighter than the room behind the camera. A sensor holds twelve to fourteen; your eye manages closer to twenty, but not all at once. Blending several exposures gives you a bright interior and a bright view in one frame, which is a thing you will never see standing there. It says nothing about how dark that room is at four in the afternoon in December.
Furniture that may be digital: Virtual staging is normal, and it is not dishonest in itself. The furniture is chosen to fit the room and it changes how big the room reads. The listing does not usually tell you which images were staged or edited, so a photograph is a poor way to judge whether your own sofa fits.
Framed to include some things and exclude others: What is outside the frame is a large part of what you are actually buying: the road, the block next door, the plot with planning permission on it, the state of the building once you step out of the apartment. A photograph of a terrace is not a photograph of what the terrace looks at.
Taken once, on one day, at the good hour: A still picture cannot carry traffic, aircraft, a restaurant terrace at midnight, building work, or how many apartments in the urbanisation have their shutters down in February. None of that is being hidden from you. It is simply not the kind of thing a photograph can hold.
On a new build, one set of visualisations for the whole project: The image is usually one of the nicest apartments in the development, while the price beside it belongs to the cheapest available unit. That is not necessarily misleading, it is how a development is marketed. The apartment in the picture, with the view and the large terrace, can cost substantially more, sometimes double.

A phone in someone’s hand does not fix the lens problem or the exposure problem. What it fixes is the framing and the timing. We can turn around, keep walking, stop and stand still so you hear the place, and answer the question you actually asked rather than the one the photographer was answering.

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So are the listing photos misleading?Usually not deliberately. They are taken with the standard tools of the trade and those tools flatter a room. The problem is not dishonesty, it is that a photograph answers a narrower question than the one you are asking.

How much of this can be done without flying

Most of our clients do not live in Spain. The selection happens over calls and video, and a large part of the administration afterwards can be handled by power of attorney. So the honest answer is that you can buy a property here without ever standing in it. The honest follow-up is that we would rather you did not.

Before the tripWe confirm the property is genuinely still available and at what price, and then we film or call. Whatever does not survive that never takes up a slot in your programme.
The viewing tripUsually one to three days, five to eight properties a day. Most days stay under six, deliberately, because after that people stop seeing them. If you cannot come at all, a large part of the selection can still be done on video.
While it is being builtOn a new build we follow the site for you and send photographs and video as it goes up. That is the stretch of the process where you are furthest away for the longest time.
The last check and the signingOn a resale property we check the property again before the notary, with you or on your behalf. Signing can happen in person or by power of attorney, so no single signature needs a flight of its own.

Viewing trips

Can video tours replace coming to Spain at all?They can replace the wasted visits, not the decisive one. Video is how you rule properties out before buying a ticket; for the property you are serious about, we still want you to stand in it at least once. The purchase itself can then be completed remotely.

Can I buy if I do not live in Spain?Yes. Buying a property and Spanish residency are two different things. You can own a property here as a non-resident and a large part of the process can be handled by power of attorney.

What we point the camera at

A filmed viewing is not a nicer version of the listing gallery. It exists for the things the gallery cannot answer, so that is where the camera spends its time.

What we film	Why it matters	What you get to see
The property itself
The terrace and the view	On this coast the terrace is a large part of what you are paying for, and it is photographed from the one corner where it looks widest.	The whole terrace in one continuous shot, what it actually looks at, and what sits directly below it and beside it.
Orientation and sun	Two identical floor plans in the same building can differ by hundreds of thousands of euros. One faces north into the hillside, the other south to the sea.	Which way the rooms face, where the sun is at the hour we are standing there, and what that means in January against August.
The real condition	A resale property is photographed at its best. Age, wear and the things nobody thought worth photographing are the part you are buying.	The unit as it is, including the corners a wide lens in the listing helps considerably.
The building
The common areas	The pool, the gardens, the lift, the garage and the corridors are shared, and they are either maintained or they are not.	The walk from the parking space to the front door, and the state of everything along the way.
What is being built nearby	A view, privacy or the character of a street can be changed by a project that does not exist yet. What stands next to the property today is not the question.	What is beside the property now, and how far along anything already under construction has got.
Outside the front door
Noise	A road, a restaurant terrace, tourist traffic or building work need not be obvious in the one hour a viewing lasts.	We stop talking and stand still with the camera running, so you hear the place instead of reading a sentence about it.
The walk to the beach and the shops	"Ten minutes to the beach" can mean a pleasant walk down and a considerably less pleasant one back up with the shopping.	The actual route, walked, including the climb home and what is genuinely on the way.
The urbanisation out of season	A development full of people in August can be close to empty in November, with reduced services and the pool closed.	How much of it looks occupied and what is open, on the day we are there.

On an unfinished new build there is often nothing to walk through at all. A show apartment is the exception rather than the rule, so we film the plot, the phase the site has reached and the show unit if one exists, and we say plainly which of your questions the footage cannot answer.

Listing review

Where this sits in the purchase

The full purchase is fifteen steps from the first call to the keys. A filmed viewing is step four, before you have booked anything. The camera comes out twice more later, for different reasons.

Steps 4, 12 and 13 of 15

The viewing on videoBefore you travel
On the properties that survived the shortlist, we go and show them to you. What you rule out here is what you do not spend a day of your trip on later.
New buildOn an unfinished project we film the plot, the phase the build has reached, and the completed show apartment where one is available.
ResaleWe film the specific unit in the state it is actually in, including the places a wide lens in the listing helps considerably.
Payments and waitingOn a new build, months to years
While a development is going up you are a long way away for a long time. We follow the construction for you and send photographs and video as it progresses, so the handover is not the first time you see the finished building.
The last checkBefore the notary
On a resale property we check the property again before signing, with you or on your behalf. If you are not in Spain for it, that check happens on video and you see exactly what we see.

The entire buying process, step by step

What you know before you get on a plane

The same shortlist, approached two ways.

	On your own	With Arevont
What you see beforehand	The photographs in the listing, and a floor plan if there is one.	The property on video, live or filmed, plus the terrace, the common areas and the street it stands on.
Language and distance	Spanish or English, arranged from Czechia around the other side’s timetable.	Czech, from people on the coast, including video before you arrive.
What you learn about the place	What the listing says, plus one visit in one season.	Orientation, noise, the walk, what is being built next door, and what the urbanisation is like out of season.
Whether the offer is still real	You can find out a property is reserved at the moment you try to arrange the viewing.	Availability and the current price are confirmed before anything is filmed. A video of a unit that is already gone helps nobody.
What it costs you	Nothing directly. The seller side’s commission is inside the price either way.	Nothing. The same commission, except part of it goes to someone who is on your side.

A specific example

The property that was much older than its photographs

This one we found the slow way, on a viewing, which is a large part of why this page exists. The listing photographs showed a property in good order. Standing in it, it was simply much older than the pictures had suggested.

What the listing showedNothing in the photographs was false. They were well lit, well framed and taken at the property’s best hour. Nothing in them dated the place.
What standing in it showedThe property was considerably older than the photographs implied. Not a defect anyone had concealed, and not something a floor plan or a description would have told you either. It is the kind of thing you register in the first ten seconds of being in a room.
Why it is on this pageA phone held by someone standing in that room registers it too. An hour of ours is cheaper than a day of your viewing trip, and that is the whole argument for filming a property before you fly rather than after you have booked.

The camera does not flatter the property, and that is the entire point of it.

How much does it cost?

Buyer0 €A video viewing costs you nothing, and neither does the drive out to the property.
Developer or seller
New build
2,5 to 6 %
Resale property
1,5 to 4 %
The commission is already inside the price and is paid by the seller side, whether you come through us or go direct.
ArevontOur fee is a part of that commission, and only if a purchase happens. An afternoon spent filming a property that turns out to be wrong for you costs us the afternoon, not you.

The property price is the same, even if you go directly. For a new build, you can simply take the developer's price list and check it.

Frankly

What a video will not tell you

A video is a good filter and a poor substitute. It will not tell you what the air smells like, how the light actually feels in the room, or whether the building work two streets away is loud enough to bother you specifically. A screen flattens distance and it flattens noise.So we film to rule properties out, not to rule them in. Once is enough and twice is better: it can be done entirely remotely with a power of attorney, and even so we would rather you came at least once and stood in the property you are buying.We also do not film everything, and we will say so. If a unit is already reserved, or the answer to your question sits in a document rather than in a room, arranging a viewing that looks useful and is not would waste your time as well as ours.

Most frequently asked questions about video viewings

Will I see the property before I fly?: On the ones you are seriously interested in, yes. A live video call or a walkthrough we film, including the view, the common areas and the surroundings.
What does a video viewing cost?: Nothing. You pay us nothing at any point, whether or not you end up buying anything.
Can you film a property that is not in your catalogue?: Yes. Send us the link. We confirm it is genuinely still available first, because filming a unit that is already reserved helps nobody.
What if the new build is not finished yet?: Then there is usually nothing to walk through and we say so. We film the plot, the phase the site has reached and the show apartment if one exists. The rest we answer from the unit list, the floor plans and the developer, not from footage.
Can you check one specific thing instead of the whole property?: That is often the most useful version. The view, the noise, the real distance to the beach, how far the site next door has got. Tell us the question and we go and answer it.
Who is holding the camera?: One of us. We live and work on this coast all year, which is the only reason a viewing can happen at short notice at all rather than being arranged from an office abroad.

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