Property for Sale in Akti Elias, Chalkidiki

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Akti Elias Property Market: Overview

Akti Elias, written in listings as Elia or Elia Beach, is a named beach on the western side of Sithonia with a settlement of holiday properties behind it. It is not an administrative village and it is served entirely from the towns on either side. The market is small in absolute terms, so a handful of sales in a season already shifts the picture and there is no steady stream of comparables to anchor a valuation.

The stock falls into three groups: detached villas on elevated plots that set the headline prices, older holiday houses and units in organised complexes from the decades when this coast was developed for summer use, and undeveloped plots of variable quality. International demand comes mainly from Germany, the United Kingdom and Scandinavia, and those buyers compare the strip against the wider Sithonia market before narrowing down.

Why Buyers Choose Akti Elias

The usual answer is quiet with a short drive to everything. There is no nightlife district and no through traffic, yet Nikiti is minutes north with a supermarket, pharmacy, bank and a line of tavernas, and the marina and shops of Neos Marmaras are a quarter of an hour south. That combination of seclusion and supply is what people are paying for.

The shape of the coast adds to it. Because the slope rises steeply behind the beach, a large share of the housing looks over water rather than at the back of another house, and the pine cover keeps even interior positions green. Development has been piecemeal and the land that would allow more is largely used up, which makes well-placed houses scarce.

Location, Access and Driving Times

Akti Elias lies on the western coast of Sithonia, the middle peninsula of Chalkidiki, roughly midway between Nikiti and Neos Marmaras. The coast road linking the two runs behind the settlement, and properties are reached by side roads and tracks that drop towards the water or climb the slope. There is one practical route in and out, which matters in August.

For most international buyers the relevant journey is from Thessaloniki Airport, at around 1.5 to 2 hours depending on traffic and season. The motorway section is quick, the last stretch through the peninsula is not. The figures below are approximate road distances.

The Character of the Place

Akti Elias reads as a residential coastal strip, not a destination. There is no plateia where the village gathers in the evening, no weekly market and no school run. Neighbours are mostly other holiday owners plus a modest number of year-round residents, and social life happens on private terraces or in the tavernas along the shore.

That suits one kind of buyer and disappoints another. If a Greek summer means walking to a bakery and choosing between fifteen restaurants at night, a larger resort village further down the peninsula will serve you better. The housing itself is calm rather than showy, with contemporary villas alongside older render-and-stone houses, and the trees are dominant enough that even substantial buildings disappear into the slope when seen from the water.

Elia Beach and the Shoreline

The beach that gives the area its name is a broad sweep of sand and fine shingle with clear shallow water and pines standing close to the shore. It is organised in season with sunbeds and beach tavernas, but it is not a party beach, and the shade from the tree line makes it usable in the middle of the day in a way that open sand is not.

North and south the coast breaks into smaller coves reached on foot or by a short drive, mostly without facilities. Any listing promising beach access should be tested on the ground, because the difference between a made path and a scramble with a beach bag is invisible in photographs. Buyers comparing this coast usually look at Lagomandra a few minutes south, and at the sheltered inlets near Vourvourou for a different kind of water entirely.

Micro-Locations Along the Strip

The differences here are vertical rather than by district. The shore band holds a few properties close to the sand, with the highest prices, the most salt exposure and almost no turnover. The lower slope carries most of the desirable villa stock, close enough to walk to the water and high enough to look over the roofs in front, and it is where the view premium is most reliable. The upper slope and the land behind the coast road are quieter and cooler, with wider but more distant views.

Aspect matters as much as height. A south-west facing plot takes the afternoon sun and the long evening light people buy this coast for, but it needs shading and cooling. A plot in a north-facing fold stays comfortable in August and feels cold in March. Walk the plot at the hour you would actually use it, not at the hour that suits the viewing schedule.

Holiday Complexes and Shared Sites

A large part of the stock was not built house by house but as organised groups: rows of maisonettes, clusters of semi-detached units, or several houses sharing a pool and an access road. Buying into one is a different transaction from buying a standalone villa. A unit normally carries an undivided share of the plot defined in a horizontal-property deed, and that deed governs who pays for the pool, who may alter a facade and whether letting is permitted.

Ask for it in full and early. Then ask the practical questions: is there a functioning owners' association, what has been spent on the pool and the access road in the last three years, and what is the annual contribution. A complex in good order is an efficient way to own a holiday house here because costs and closing-up are shared. One that has stopped functioning becomes a problem you inherit at completion.

Season, Off-Season and Year-Round Use

The rhythm is emphatic. From late June to early September the strip is busy and the tavernas are open. In May, early June and September the weather is still good and the place is almost empty, which is when many owners prefer to be here. From November to March most seasonal businesses close and the coast belongs to residents, walkers and the occasional winter storm.

A house judged only on an August visit will feel unrecognisable in January, and one judged only in February will not prepare you for August parking. The pattern shapes ownership too, because trades, deliveries and maintenance are far easier to arrange between October and April.

Everyday Supply and Services

Akti Elias does not supply itself. There are beach tavernas and a little seasonal trade, but the weekly shop, the pharmacy, the bank and the petrol station are all in Nikiti to the north or Neos Marmaras to the south. In summer a mini-market near the beach covers bread, water and what you forgot. Out of season, plan on driving.

Medical cover follows the same pattern, with primary care in both neighbouring towns and hospital treatment in Polygyros or Thessaloniki. Schooling means Nikiti or Neos Marmaras, which is why family buyers here are almost always holiday buyers. Anyone who needs denser everyday infrastructure usually ends up comparing this coast with the larger year-round settlements north of the peninsula such as Psakoudia.

How Akti Elias Compares With Its Neighbours

Against Nikiti the trade is infrastructure for peace. Nikiti has a genuine year-round town, an old village on the hill, full services and a much deeper property market in which something is nearly always available. Akti Elias has almost none of that and offers instead a quieter setting, a better tree-to-building ratio and, in the well-placed positions, more view for the money.

Against Neos Marmaras the contrast is sharper: a working resort town with a marina and an apartment market, suited to buyers who want to walk everywhere, against a strip where you drive there for dinner and come home to silence. Orientation separates it from the eastern side, where the coast around Ormos Panagias takes the morning light and Akti Elias the long western evening. Inland, Parthenonas offers stone houses and altitude instead of beach access, and across the neck of the peninsula Metamorfosi is flatter, more family-oriented and generally cheaper per square metre.

What Actually Comes to Market

Not much, and not evenly. A typical year produces a small number of genuine sales, concentrated in resale holiday houses and complex units. Standalone villas in the best positions come up rarely and often sell quietly, because the owner would rather deal with one qualified buyer than field enquiries all summer.

Plots appear more often than finished houses, but the useful ones are the exception: many are outside the buildable zone, lack legal access or sit in fragmented family ownership. A buyer relying only on public listings therefore sees a distorted picture of a few long-standing overpriced properties. Buyers who want a broader choice of purpose-built apartment stock generally have to look at the resort towns, and our overview of apartments for sale in Chalkidiki is the better starting point for that.

Price Levels and Price Drivers

Asking prices across Sithonia averaged in the region of 3,000 euros per square metre in the second quarter of 2026 according to Spitogatos listing data, the highest of the three Chalkidiki peninsulas and above the roughly 2,895 euros for Kassandra and roughly 2,513 euros for the Kallikratia area. Those are asking prices for advertised stock across a whole peninsula, not achieved prices. Use them as orientation and read them alongside our Chalkidiki property market report.

Within the strip the spread is very wide. The reliable drivers are position on the slope, the quality and permanence of the sea view, walkability to the water, plot size and orientation, parking, a pool, and above all legal cleanliness. Interior finish moves the price far less than sellers expect, while access and water supply are undervalued by buyers and expensive or impossible to change later.

Rental Demand and Seasonality

Short-term demand exists and is concentrated in a narrow window. July and August fill readily for a well-presented house with a pool or a short walk to the beach; June and September let at lower rates with gaps; outside those months the market is thin, because the reason people come is the sea.

Published gross yield figures for Chalkidiki of about 5.4 to 7.5 per cent circulate widely, but the underlying data set is thin and mixes very different property types and locations. Treat them as an order of magnitude, then build your own projection from realistic weekly rates, honest occupancy and the full cost side: cleaning, laundry, pool servicing, commission, utilities, accounting and management. Registering correctly for short-term letting is a legal requirement, not an option.

Land and Building Plots

Plots are among the more common offers here and the riskiest to buy unprepared. The first question is whether the parcel sits inside a designated buildable area or in open countryside, because the rules differ entirely. Outside settlement boundaries, minimum plot sizes, frontage requirements and permitted volumes apply, and a parcel that fails one of them may not be buildable at whatever size.

The second is legal, provable access rather than a track everyone has used for thirty years. On a wooded slope the third is forest status, since land classified as forest or reforestation area carries restrictions that can rule out construction. Coastal parcels also face the shoreline demarcation. Make any purchase conditional on written confirmation from an engineer and a lawyer, using our guides to building plots in Chalkidiki and buying land in Greece.

Sea-View Property and What the View Is Worth

Sea view is the most quoted attribute on this coast and the most loosely defined. On the slope above Elia beach it ranges from a full panorama across the Toroneos gulf to a triangle of blue between two pine trunks, and both are advertised in the same words.

Two questions decide whether a view is durable. What stands between the property and the water, and who owns it, since a view over a buildable plot has an expiry date. And what is growing, because pines gain height and a clear view can close within a decade if the trees in front are on land you cannot control or legally cut. Verify from inside each room rather than from the terrace alone, and compare what you can see when seated.

Front-Line and Near-Beach Property

Genuine front-line property here is scarce and worth understanding before chasing it. The coastal zone in Greece is public land up to the demarcated shoreline, with a further zone in which building and alteration are heavily restricted. A house that appears to sit on the sand almost always sits behind that boundary, and any structure crossing it, including terraces, steps and retaining walls, is a legal exposure the buyer inherits.

The practical side is salt, wind and maintenance: marine-grade fittings, frequent repainting and glazing replaced sooner than higher up the slope. Near-beach property nonetheless holds attention on resale better than almost anything else. Budget for the upkeep and confirm the shoreline demarcation in writing, because a survey of the building alone will not reveal it.

New Build and Off-Plan

New construction here is occasional rather than continuous, usually a single villa on an infill plot or a small group of houses by a local developer. The gains are contemporary insulation, modern glazing, a clean permit and a layout designed for how people actually use a holiday house. The trade-off is distance, since the best plots were built on long ago.

Buying off-plan changes the risk profile. The contract has to define materials, fittings, completion date, penalties for delay and what happens if the developer fails to finish. Tie payments to verified milestones rather than the calendar and have your own engineer certify each stage. Our guide to off-plan and new-build purchases in Greece covers the protections that should never be waived for a discount.

Resale Stock and Renovation Candidates

Much of what sells here was built between the late 1970s and the early 2000s, when this coast was developed as a summer address. They are often generously plotted and well shaded, but built to the standards of their time: little or no wall insulation, early glazing, patched flat roofs, dated electrics and old pipework. None of that is a reason to walk away, only to price the work before offering.

A tired house in a good position is frequently the better buy, because position cannot be renovated. Costs and timing are what buyers underestimate: materials come from the towns, trades are stretched in season, and the realistic renovation window runs from October to May. Establish with an engineer what your work requires before you buy, since changing openings or touching anything in the coastal zone is a different matter from a new kitchen.

Buying a Holiday Home

Most purchases here are second homes, and the ones that work share a pattern. The owner is honest about how many weeks a year they will come, chooses a property that can be closed up and left without anxiety, and accepts that a complex with functioning management is often easier to own from abroad than a large standalone villa with a garden and a pool.

Distance from the airport matters more five years in than at purchase, and at around 1.5 to 2 hours from Thessaloniki this coast is within range for a long weekend. Think through the closed months too: who checks the house after a winter storm, who handles a leaking roof in February. Our guide to buying a holiday home in Greece sets out what to settle before signing.

Living Here Outside the Season

Permanent residence is a minority choice that works for people who like solitude and drive without complaint. Winter means a quiet coast, closed seasonal businesses, a car journey for every errand and shuttered neighbours, set against mild winters by northern European standards, an empty beach and a low cost of living.

A house intended for year-round use has to be specified for it: real insulation, glazing that keeps damp out, heating beyond a pair of electric panels, ventilation that copes with humidity under trees, and a genuinely reliable connection if you work. Read our overview of living in Chalkidiki and spend a stretch of February here before committing.

Akti Elias for Retirement

The case for retiring here is the climate, the pace and the space. The case against is dependence on a car and distance from medical infrastructure, both of which grow more significant with time. The buyers who are happiest ten years later are those who chose a property they can still use if driving becomes difficult.

That argues for largely single-level living, a plot without a long flight of steps from the parking space, and a position close enough to Nikiti or Neos Marmaras that a taxi is a normal option. A complex with shared maintenance also removes a great deal of physical work. Tax residency, pension taxation and healthcare entitlement need separate advice, starting with our guide to retiring in Greece.

Golden Visa and Akti Elias Property

Chalkidiki, including Sithonia, falls within the 400,000 euro threshold band of the Greek residence-by-investment programme rather than the higher 800,000 euro band applied to the most pressured urban and island markets. The investment must normally be in a single property meeting a minimum size requirement, and the qualifying property may not be used for short-term rental.

The framework has been amended repeatedly, most recently by legislation passed in 2026, and the conditions that apply are those in force in your signature year. Owning property in Greece is not the same as holding a residence permit; the permit is a separate application with its own requirements. Our pages on the Golden Visa in Greece and on qualifying properties go into the detail.

Building a Realistic Buyer Brief

In a thin market a vague brief produces nothing. Decide in advance which two of the following you will not compromise on: walking distance to the water, an open sea view, a pool, plot size, single-level living, and a total budget including work. Everything else is tradeable.

State your position honestly as well, because whether you are a cash buyer, how quickly you can travel to view and when you would want to complete all affect how a seller treats an offer where serious buyers are the scarce commodity. Write down the deal-breakers too: no legal access, no building certificate, an unresolved inheritance among several owners, a shared pool with no functioning association. Those are reasons to move on, not negotiating points.

Legal Due Diligence

Instruct an independent Greek lawyer of your own choosing, paid by you and acting only for you. The notary is a public officer who ensures the deed is validly executed and is not your adviser. Never rely on a lawyer proposed by the seller or by anyone with an interest in the sale closing.

The title search runs through the land registry and the cadastre and should establish an unbroken chain of ownership, the absence of mortgages, liens, seizures and pending litigation, and every person who must sign. Inherited property here is often held by several siblings abroad. Add three local searches: forest map status, shoreline demarcation near the water, and the horizontal-property deed for a complex unit. Our guides to legal due diligence in Greece and to the roles of lawyer, notary and land registry explain how they fit together.

Technical and Structural Checks

Engage a civil engineer independently of the sale. Their first job is to compare the building as it stands against the approved plans and permit and to confirm that any deviation has been properly legalised and certified. That certificate is required for the transfer and must match reality, not an earlier version of the house.

On a sloping coastal plot the survey should cover roof waterproofing, retaining walls and any movement in them, damp at ground and basement level, the electrical installation, water supply and storage, the septic system and the pool plant. Pay attention to what the trees have done, since roots lift terraces and drainage runs and pine needles block every gutter at least twice a year.

Pine Forest, Shoreline and Environmental Factors

Two environmental themes define this location: the forest behind and the sea in front. The pine cover that makes the strip attractive is also the source of its principal seasonal risk, and wildfire preparedness is a legitimate part of due diligence here. Look at vegetation clearance around the building, whether there is a second vehicle route out, the roof and eaves construction, and whether there is independent water storage.

The sea side brings salt, prevailing wind and, on an exposed western coast, winter storms that arrive with force. Salt-laden air shortens the life of metal fittings, external joinery and rendering well inland. Water management on the slope is the third factor: winter rain arrives in short heavy episodes, and the question is whether it runs into a drainage channel or across your terrace. Walk the plot after rain if the timing allows.

Energy, Damp and Winter Comfort

Houses built for July behave badly in January, and much of the stock here was built for July. The typical weak points are uninsulated walls, thermal bridges at concrete beams and columns, early glazing and no controlled ventilation. In a building shaded by pines and close to the sea the consequence is damp rather than cold: condensation on cool surfaces, mould in corners and a musty smell after a closed winter.

Ask for the energy performance certificate, which the seller must provide, then look at wall construction, glazing, roof insulation and the heating system. Heat pumps and reversible air conditioning are the practical answer here. The improvements that repay themselves fastest are glazing, roof insulation and ventilation, and a dehumidifier on a timer over winter will save more repair than either.

Water, Power, Internet and Waste

Water is the utility to investigate first in a coastal settlement with no municipal centre of its own. Establish whether the property is on a network supply, a shared arrangement or a well, who maintains the infrastructure and what it costs. Pressure and continuity in August, when the population multiplies, are a different matter from pressure in April. Storage tanks are common here and are a sensible precaution rather than a warning sign.

Electricity is a standard public supply, but the contracted capacity may be modest, which matters if you run air conditioning, a pool pump and a heat pump together. Wastewater is usually handled on site by septic systems or small treatment units, so confirm the arrangement, its permit status and when it was last serviced. Internet varies noticeably along the coast, and mobile coverage can be patchy in folds of the slope.

Access Tracks, Slopes and Parking

Access here is a genuine variable. Properties are reached by a mixture of surfaced side roads, concrete ramps and unmade tracks, some steep and some shared between several owners with no formal agreement about upkeep. Establish who owns the route, whether your right to use it is registered rather than customary, and who pays when it needs repair after a wet winter.

Drive it yourself in an ordinary car rather than in the agent's vehicle, and ask whether a removal lorry or an ambulance could reach the house. Parking is tight in August near the beach, so off-street space for two cars is worth materially more here than a place on the verge. Count the steps between the parking and the front door, because that number defines who can comfortably use the house.

Planning Viewings in Akti Elias

Because supply is thin, a viewing trip is planned rather than improvised. Two to three days usually covers everything relevant on this stretch of coast, and the trip is more productive combined with the neighbouring markets so you can calibrate what your budget buys in each. Late spring and early autumn are the best times, with businesses open, honest light and passable roads.

See each shortlisted property twice at different times of day: morning shows the light and the damp, late afternoon the heat and the western sun. Time the route to the beach on foot with a bag in your hand, photograph the boundaries, access, parking and meters, and ask for the plot plan and building permit at the viewing. Many buyers also use the trip to see a contrasting location such as the quieter eastern bay at Akti Salonikiou.

Buying From Abroad

Most buyers on this coast live somewhere else and the process is well established for that. You will need a Greek tax number, which your lawyer can obtain, and a Greek bank account for utilities and transfers. Funds must arrive through traceable banking channels with documentation of their origin.

A limited power of attorney, granted to your lawyer and drawn narrowly for this transaction, allows completion without you attending the notary. That is normal practice provided the document is specific and time-limited, and it should never be granted to anyone acting for the seller. Video viewings are useful for shortlisting and inadequate for deciding, since they convey neither the gradient of the access road nor the smell of damp in a closed house. Our guides for foreign buyers in Greece and on the documents required set out what to prepare.

Purchase Costs and Ownership Budget

Beyond the price, budget for property transfer tax, notary fees, land registry and cadastre registration, your own lawyer, the engineer's certificate and survey, and agency commission where it applies. The total is a single-digit percentage of the price in a normal transaction, but the composition varies, so ask for a written estimate for your specific case rather than working from a rule of thumb.

Running costs continue for as long as you own: annual property tax, insurance, utilities, waste charges, pool servicing, garden maintenance, any complex contribution and management fees. On a wooded plot add a figure for tree work and gutter clearance, and set aside a maintenance reserve. Our guide to costs and taxes when buying property in Greece breaks the transaction side down. Most purchases on this coast are cash, because Greek banks lend to non-resident buyers for holiday property selectively and slowly; our overview of mortgages and financing in Greece explains what to expect if you intend to borrow here.

The Purchase Process Step by Step

The sequence is consistent. You define a brief and view; you agree terms subject to due diligence; you instruct an independent lawyer and an engineer; the lawyer completes the title search while the engineer checks the building against its permit; a tax number and bank account are arranged; and the parties move to the notarial deed.

A private preliminary agreement with a deposit is common where the seller needs certainty or where paperwork such as an inheritance settlement must be completed first, and it should spell out conditions, deadlines and consequences on both sides. Timelines depend almost entirely on the seller's paperwork: a clean single-owner property can complete within a couple of months, while several heirs or a forest map clarification take considerably longer. Our account of the property buying process in Greece sets out each stage.

Notary, Completion and Registration

The contract is executed before a Greek notary, who verifies identity and capacity, reads the deed and ensures the required certificates are attached: tax clearance, the engineer's declaration, the energy certificate, cadastre extracts and any horizontal-property documentation. The transfer tax is paid before signature. If you are not attending, your lawyer signs under the power of attorney.

Ask for the draft deed in advance and have it explained clause by clause, checking the property description against the plot plan and the building certificate. Registration completes the purchase in substance: the deed must be recorded at the land registry and the cadastre before your ownership is effective against third parties. Confirm in writing that this has happened.

After the Purchase and Closing Up

The first weeks are administrative: transfer the electricity and water accounts, register the property for annual Greek property tax, arrange insurance, set up payment arrangements that work while you are abroad, and if the property is in a complex register with the management and obtain the accounts. Change the locks, collect every key, and locate the stopcock, the main isolator and the septic access before you need them in a hurry.

After that a house on a wooded slope needs someone present between October and May: gutters cleared after the needle fall, roof and terraces checked after storms, the water run through, and vegetation kept clear of the building. Closing up properly at the end of the season is the single most effective maintenance measure available. Our property management service in Chalkidiki exists because absentee ownership here is otherwise a series of small avoidable failures.

Insurance on a Wooded Coast

Standard building and contents cover is the baseline, but the exclusions deserve reading rather than skimming. Check how the policy treats fire in a wooded setting, storm and flood damage, water ingress from a failed roof or terrace, and damage occurring while the property is unoccupied for extended periods, which is the normal condition of a holiday house here.

Earthquake cover is usually an add-on in Greece rather than a default and should be a conscious decision. If the property is let you also need liability cover appropriate to paying guests, and a pool changes what an insurer expects in terms of fencing and supervision. Where the property forms part of a complex, establish precisely where the shared policy ends and yours begins, because gaps between the two are only ever discovered after a claim.

Resale and Long-Term Value

What holds value on this coast is position, legality and condition. A well-placed house with clean paperwork, a durable view, real parking and a maintained roof will find a buyer. One with an unresolved planning irregularity, a disputed access track or a view that has closed behind growing pines will sit on the market whatever its interior looks like.

Sell into the right window, since buyer activity concentrates from spring through early autumn when people are travelling and can view. Prepare the paperwork before listing rather than during the negotiation, because missing certificates are the most common cause of a sale collapsing here. Our pages on selling property in Chalkidiki and on property valuation explain how a sale is prepared and priced where comparables are few.

Common Mistakes in Akti Elias

The most frequent error is buying the season rather than the property: a house seen once in August is a different object in a wet January. The second is treating a sea view as a fixed asset without checking what stands in front of it and who controls it. The third is accepting a steep unmade track on a dry viewing day and later discovering you own a share of a road nobody maintains.

Others recur just as reliably. Skipping the horizontal-property deed on a complex unit and only afterwards learning what the shared obligations and letting restrictions are. Relying on the seller's professionals when only your own lawyer acts for you. And budgeting for the price rather than for ownership, when the transaction costs, the annual running costs and the upkeep a coastal building demands are all entirely foreseeable.

How We Help Buyers Here

We work across Chalkidiki with a particular focus on Sithonia, and on a strip like this much of the useful stock never reaches a portal. We know which houses have owners who would sell to the right buyer, which plots have problems that have not been solved and which complexes are well run, which is what a thin market rewards.

Practically, we take a brief, filter honestly rather than showing everything, and tell you when a property is wrong for you. We put you in touch with independent lawyers and engineers who act for you and not for us, and we stay involved through due diligence and completion. Buyers weighing the whole villa segment often start with our complete buyer's guide to villas in Chalkidiki, and if you would like a straight answer on what your budget buys on this coast, request a consultation.

Akti Elias Buyer Checklist

Work through this list before committing to any property on this coast. Every item has cost somebody money at some point.

• Visit at least twice, including once outside July and August, and see each shortlisted property at two different times of day.
• Confirm legal, registered access to the plot and establish who owns and maintains the route.
• Drive the access road yourself in an ordinary car and check whether a lorry or an ambulance could reach the house.
• Verify the sea view from inside each room, and identify what stands between the property and the water and who controls it.
• Obtain the building permit, the approved plans and any legalisation certificate, and have an engineer confirm they match the building.
• Check forest map status for the parcel and shoreline demarcation for anything near the water.
• For a unit in a complex, read the horizontal-property deed in full and review the association accounts and contributions.
• Establish the water supply and the wastewater arrangement, pressure and continuity in August, and who maintains each.
• Inspect the roof, terraces and retaining walls, and ask for twelve months of utility bills.
• Instruct your own independent Greek lawyer and civil engineer, and confirm every owner who must sign.
• Budget transaction costs, annual running costs and a maintenance reserve, and decide who will look after the property between visits before you complete.

Related Guides and Services

• Property for Sale in Sithonia
• Property for Sale in Chalkidiki
• Buying Property in Greece: Complete Guide
• Legal Due Diligence
• Costs and Taxes When Buying Property
• Golden Visa Greece
• Chalkidiki Property Market Report
• Property Management in Chalkidiki
• Living in Chalkidiki
• Selling Property in Chalkidiki