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I am an owner myself.

What does that mean for you?

You get a transparent and honest view of how this estate works for its owners, outside anything a brochure or marketing channel can tell you.

Europe's Leading Villa Resort seven times, World Travel Awards World-class championship course 45 minutes south of Alicante
TennisPadelPickleballGymSpaOwn nature reserve with trails
The advisor

I advise the buyer,not the property.

The role grew out of my own experience of buying here. I wanted someone on my side of the table. Not a list of units, but someone who first worked out whether the place suited me.

That is how I work today. I work with Las Colinas to match a property to the set of criteria each buyer brings, and that set is never quite the same from one family to the next.

As an owner here myself I care about one thing: happy clients who become ambassadors. That is why I listen first, and why I start with the place.

John Uppard
My independence

Las Colinas stands alone.Including in how it is represented.

A place named Europe’s Leading Villa Resort seven times since 2017 is not sold as one of twenty options in a list. The finest marques keep their own address and their own people, market by market. Las Colinas works the same way, and that is why I represent it and nothing else.

It means you deal with someone who knows this one place completely, not someone who keeps it as one of many in a larger portfolio. Las Colinas is a world apart. The advice should be too.

Once you have found the place interesting, I am the one you deal with. You are not distracted by alternatives I stand to gain from showing you.

This does not suit everyone, and that is the point.

You decide whether it should be a new build, an off-plan project or a resale property. I stay with you the whole way, right through to handover.

01

The whole picture

New build, off-plan and resale. I work with everyone selling resale here, so you see everything available at Las Colinas.

02

Your route, your choice

The property that suits you, whatever the collection, the project, or who owns it today.

03

Your pace

Some decide on one trip, others take two years. Both are right. I never push.

My background

An eclectic and varied background,that fits this role perfectly.

My career has taken me in different directions, and in the end they all pointed towards Las Colinas. I bring 35 years of experience to this role, from playing and living on resorts to developing them.

That expertise applies directly to helping you choose your future property, if you decide Las Colinas is the right fit for you and your family. It is why I can tell you how a plot sits in the terrain, how sun and shade fall on a terrace, where it stays quiet and where life happens, and what holds its value over time.

How the experience was built
  • 25 years

    PGA Professional

    Tournament player, elite coach and business developer for several of the most significant golf venues in Norway. Those years on the road took me across much of the world, and I have stayed at and played venues counted among the finest golf resorts and estates anywhere.

  • 20 years

    Property developer, primarily as CEO

    Head of companies responsible for Nordic summer and winter resort concepts. Development of commercial and leisure property, along with the activity infrastructure such as golf courses, ski facilities and other leisure areas.

  • 10 years

    Investor

    Operational roles inside the companies the investments were placed in.

The method

Three questions,in this order.

  1. 01

    Is Las Colinas right for you?

  2. 02

    What are your non-negotiable criteria?

  3. 03

    What kind of living experience do you want?

The order is the whole point. It is set out in full under The Process.

My work

My job is to ask the questionsyou had not thought of.

Most people arrive with a list: number of bedrooms, a view, distance to the course, a budget. That list is useful, but it is rarely complete, and it was written before you had seen the place.

My questions are about what is not on the list. Who visits, and how often. How many weeks a year the house will stand empty. What happens here in ten years, when the grandchildren are teenagers. What you are happy to maintain yourself, and what you would rather never think about.

The feedback I hear most often is that the conversations made people think differently than they had expected, and that no pressure ever came from my side. That is the only review I care about.

Three Phases Towards Ownership

Every agent delivers the first.From me, you get a whole lot more.

Most estate agents are finished at the end of phase one. The property is sold, the commission is paid, and the buyer is left managing a building site in a language they do not speak. The majority of my work sits in phases two and three, and none of it costs you more.

Phase 1

Discovery

We start by working out whether the estate is right for you and your family. If the answer is yes, we look for the property together and secure the contract on it. This is the part every agent does.

Phase 2

Preparing for takeover

A resale you move into within 90 days needs one thing. A new build needs another: project management, site visits, quality control, continual reporting, and above all the dialogue with the developer. Running a building project in another country is what foreign buyers dread most. That part is mine, not yours.

Phase 3

Taking ownership

I assist with the move in, the logistics and the technical side. On new builds I stay with you for up to twelve months, so snagging, deviations from what was agreed, faults and repairs are followed up properly and on time. You are not left dealing with a developer in another country on your own.

The three phases are part of any transaction and do not incur extra charges for you as the buyer, nor do they make a property more expensive. These services are included at my choice, as I apply them based upon my own buying experience and what I felt was missing as a buyer. The goal is to ensure that you have the best property for the least amount of effort.

What owners say

"We were moving to Spain permanently, and the choice was between the Costa del Sol and the southern Costa Blanca. Once we arrived at Las Colinas there was no doubt left."
Gill & Brendan MaguireOwners at Las Colinas
"Las Colinas had been our dream since we first visited in 2010. When the chance to build a villa came in 2018 we simply had to take it."
Monica & Zvoni DjerviOwners at Las Colinas

This is how you start your discovery with John. No obligations, at your own pace.

John Uppard
John UppardYour Luxury Property Advisor
Owner at Las Colinas, 35 years in golf and resort development

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