Apres plusieurs sejours de vacances a Sami, Kefalonia, dans l'hotel de la famille Doriza,
Nous nous sommes decides en juin 2008 a acheter un terrain dans la region
pour ensuite construire et sans doute nous etablir sur lile dans le futur.
Nous en avons donc parle naturellement a Spyros, de Doriza Estates & Development.
Spyros a toujours pris le temps, malgre ses nombreuses activites, de nous ecouter,
de nous conseiller, et finalement de nous representer pour toutes les operations auxquelles
nous etions confrontes pour l'achat d'un terrain dans lile.Toutes les operations se sont passees avec une facilite etonnante et nous sommes ainsi devenus
proprietaires d'un beau terrain au nord de Haliotata.
Donc un grand merci a Spyros Doriza pour son efficacite ses competences, sa disponibilite
et sa patience, et puis pour son sourire aussi, nous lui souhaitons un grand avenir.
In September 2008 we bought a piece of land with very little difficulty thanks to Spyros. He was extremely helpful and informative without being overbearing. Our whole experience was eased along by Spyros' efforts who, at every step of the way, told us exactly what was to happen, how and how much we could expect to pay. Our only mistake was not to listen to Spyros on one point - we engaged our own lawyer, creating some communication difficulties. However, Spyros sorted everything out for us! We would have no hesitation in recommending Doriza and, as an aside, Spyros continues to give us help with the next stages of our plans for the land.
En août 2008, nous avons rencontré Spyros en poussant la porte de son agence à Sami, avec l’envie de trouver une petite maison sur Céphalonie, où nous faisons escale depuis de nombreuses années.
Nous avons immédiatement été séduits tant par ses compétences, sa disponibilité et son sérieux que par sa gentillesse et sa spontanéité.
Fin septembre 2008, nous étions de retour sur l’île pour finaliser l’achat d’une maison de village à Grizata.
Pendant le mois écoulé, nous avons à de multiples reprises échangé par téléphone et par e-mail avec Spyros
qui a géré pour nous l’ensemble des démarches, avec une efficacité et une réactivité de chaque instant.
Nous lui avons fait pleinement confiance et continuons dans ce sens.
Au delà d’un rêve qui s’est concrétisé, nous avons fait une belle rencontre humaine.
Nous te souhaitons, Spyros , bonheur et prospérité avec ta famille et dans tes entreprises.
Au plaisir de te retrouver
Amitiés
Maryvonne et Alain
After 16 years of vacations in Kefalonia, in April 2008we decided to buy a piece of land on the island. Our friends in Sami suggested us Spyros Dorizas, and he became immediately our friend. He found for us a plot, helped us with greek bureaucracy and guided us to the final step the purchase of the land. Now we are building with our own architect, but Spyros will be so kind to help us again with the choice of materials as floor and woods and technical devices. We recommend this guy who is young but very professional, honest and is really a friend in a foreign country. Thank you Spyros!
My wife and I got to know Spyros though staying at his family run hotel the Sami Beach Hotel.Two years ago we started to look for a villa in the Sami area , but could not find one to our liking. Talking to Spyros he told us about piece of land in Haliotata. Once seen we instantly fell in love with it and the views. We purchased the land in 2007 and asked Spyros to engage an Engineer to design us a 3-bedded Villa with pool on the 500 m2 plot. After a lot of discussions we agreed upon a Villa with a floor plan of 120 m2 with a patio and infinite pool. After sorting out the financés work started on the Villa in July 2008. Spyros acted as our Project Manager and kept us informed about the progress and sent us pictures on a regular basis. Very little change was made to the original design although Spyros hard work we did get a bigger basement and storage space above one of the bathrooms. Progress was very good and the Villa was completed early May 2009. We visited in May and agreed the pool design and the external works. All this was completed for our family to stay in the Villa in July 2009. The Villa and the landscaping far exceeds our expectations and with a fabulous view and a brilliant Villa we could not be happier. We were very grateful to Spyros and his team for bringing the project in on time and within budget.
We would have no hesitation in recommending Spyros to anybody who is thinking of building a Villa in Kefalonia.
It is difficult to explain how instrumental Spyros Dorizas has been in the building and subsequent management of our house in Kephalonia. Suffice it to say that without him, we certainly would not have the excellently built and maintained property we have.
By 2003 we had been holidaying in Kefalonia for several years and were interested in buying a small piece of land with the view of building 'sometime in the future'! To cut a long story short, we were shown a half-built house with VIEWS (oh such views!) - and the roller-coaster started immediately. Spyros guided us through the buying process (of course we spoke no Greek and had no experience of legal affairs in Greece) and then eased us gently through the building stage showing great imagination and introducing us to some successful new construction methods. I can't say that the whole process was without 'excitements' and dramas but the finished product is a testament to a job VERY well done and we had such FUN!
Spyros treats us always with generosity, kindness and patience - we must have driven him mad at times. We know just how lucky we have been - and are!
Please to see this project.
We have all seen the horror stories on British TV about buying land or properties abroad. For us it could not have been a better experience. Spyros helped us through all the legal requirements, introduced us to a local architect, who designed our new home for us, then Spyros managed the whole build for us. From the start of the build we received daily reports and photo`s via e-mail. Spyros then let us know when we needed to visit Kefalonia for the fun bit of choosing all the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom furnishings and when everything was finished arranged a final clean up before we moved in. All in all a worry free experience.Please to see this project.
Guy and Danielle own a beautiful house near Karavomilos which they have assigned to us to look after while they are away. We have insured their house with Ethniki and visit their property on a regular basis to ensure its good condition and we also arrange for the maintenance work of their garden. We also undertook crazy paving work all around their house and we also fit a barbeque. Recently, we made a bore at 45 meters and also a roof on their pergola.Please to see this project.
Mark and Kathleen found a great value for money opportunity land plot in Poulata from our website. After their enquiries we supplied them with more information and pictures regarding the plot.
Without actually seeing or even standing on the plot they decided to go ahead and buy this opportunity, from home. They gave power of attorney to Spyros to buy the property on their behalf, through the Greek Embassy in London, and it was done as simply as that. Spyros prepared all the paperwork for them and completed the purchase for Mark and Kathleen. On their visit to Kefalonia during summer 2005 we took them to see their new “piece of Kefalonia” and they were really happy as this was even nicer than what they expected.
Spyro, I cannot thank you enough for all the help you gave me to secure this fantastic property.After the horror stories you hear it was so gratifying to find someone who was honest and trustworthy,and your English was first rate too!
I am very happy to endorse this site and hope you have much success.
After visiting Kefalonia in 2003 myself and my husband Garry fell in love with the island. The following year we decided to go back and look for a property to buy as a holiday home. We had already spent time on the internet looking and found a house in the village of Grizata. We arranged to see Spyros the estate agent who took us to to view the house. We both loved the house and took our daughter for a second look.. After that visit we had made our minds up that we wanted to buy the house.We paid a deposit to Spyros and also gave him power of attorney to handle all the buying process for us. Within a few weeks time the house was ours!We put our trust in Spyros and we now regard him as one of our closest friends. We would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone wanting to purchase a home here.
Leo and Lea sailed to Sami in September 2005 because of a storm. This was their first visit on our island. There they met Peter (another success story of ours, please read above) who had his yacht nearby. Hearing from him how much we helped him getting a place here and seeing him so happy and settled with his property and his yacht they started considering to move out here too since they both no longer work.
Every day they spent on Kefalonia made them feel more like home. After viewing one of our twin featured villas with the panoramic views, which were still under construction, they felt right away that this was the ideal home for them to retire. Leo and Lea paid a deposit to secure the deal and also gave power of attorney to Spyros to complete the purchase. Because the villa was still under construction Leo and Lea were able to make some amendments to the original plans to meet their own needs.
Spyros will exchange the contracts with the vendor/developer and will also inform Leo and Lea about the progress of the project until completion in April 2006, the time which they will move to Kefalonia for good!
We were interested in a plot of land in Poulata in 2006 which we had seen advertised on the
Doriza website, on making enquiries and speaking with Spyros, he helped us to go on and purchase the plot, his support knowledge and expertise during the purchasing process was excellent we were also kept frequently up to date with the progress of the purchase until its completion, this went through smoothly with no issues or concerns what so ever.
Spyros also gave us advise on having plans drawn up for a villa to be built on our plot of land which are now completed and in place.
In 2008 we have recently gone on to purchase a traditional house located just outside Sami through the Doriza agency and with the help and guidance of Spyros.
We bought the property of our dreams on Kefalonia and if you have the same idea Spyros and the Doriza estate agency can help make it come true for you, as we found Doriza to be a friendly, honest, and professional.
We had been visting Kefalonia for a few years, and knew that our favourite part of the island was around Sami/Agia Efimia. We had a vague idea that we might want to buy a place in the following five years or so. Spyros advised us that the ideal apartment was for sale at the beginning of August, and organised a stay for us at the Sami Beach Hotel so that we could do a quick inspection two weeks later. We were expecting delay after delay as the legal system is so different to the one that we deal with for a living, but, because we were happy to give Spyros a Power of Attorney, all the paperwork was done in our absence in the following few weeks. It's the best decision we ever made. We have an apartment in a wonderful spot overlooking the harbour, and it quite simply couldn't have happened without Spyros's help. He's the only person that has ever had power over any of our bank accounts, and I think that says everything about our complete trust in him. Just over two months after seeing the first photograph on the Doriza.com web site, we were flying out to Kefalonia to stay in our own apartment.
