Property for Sale in Polygyros, Chalkidiki

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Polygyros Property Market: Overview

The market here runs on residents, not on visitors. Sales are driven by families moving between houses, by public sector staff posted to the administration and by inheritances that reach the market. Listings sit longer than on the coast and often change hands quietly through local contacts before appearing online.

Supply is dominated by property built for people who live in Chalkidiki all year. Apartments of two or three bedrooms come up steadily and are the closest thing to a liquid product here; our overview of apartments across Chalkidiki explains how that stock differs from resort flats. Detached family houses on terraced plots form the second group, many built in stages by the family that still owns them, which is why permits need careful reading.

Then come the outliers: unfinished shells from before 2008, old village houses, farm parcels and forest edge land, very little of it marketed in English. A buyer here pays for space, aspect, parking and condition rather than for a beach.

The Capital of Chalkidiki and What That Means for a Buyer

Polygyros has been the seat of the prefecture, and now of the regional unit, for well over a century. The regional offices, the forestry directorate, the courts and the general hospital of Chalkidiki are all here, so every planning file, forest classification appeal and land dispute in the region eventually passes through this town.

That changes the practical experience of ownership. Notarial practices, property lawyers and engineering offices that know the local planning history have clustered around the courts for generations, and the cadastral office, the mortgage registry and the tax office sit in the same few streets. Title searches come back quickly, and a discrepancy can often be resolved in person within days.

Convenience should not blur the roles. The notary certifies the deed and is not your adviser, so you still instruct and pay your own independent Greek lawyer and commission your own engineer. Our guide to the lawyer, notary and land registry sets out who does what.

Why Buyers Look Inland

Buyers arrive from three directions. Some have spent several summers on the coast, priced a sea-view house and decided they would rather own a larger property with land twenty minutes from the water. Others want a base that functions in January, with a doctor, a pharmacy and a supermarket within walking distance. A third group is buying land or a village house as a long project rather than as a finished home.

What the town offers all three is durability: demand that does not depend on a season, services that do not shut in October, and a landscape of oak and chestnut forest protected by its own remoteness. What it does not offer is a beach at the bottom of the garden, immediate letting income, or a queue of foreign buyers at resale.

Hillside, Aspect and How the Town Is Laid Out

The town is built across a slope falling southwards, so almost every street has a gradient and every property an aspect worth checking. Upper streets look over the roofs towards the Toroneos Gulf; properties on the northern side face the wooded flank of the mountain instead. A south-facing terrace stays usable into November, while a north-facing ground floor cut into the slope will feel cold unless properly tanked and insulated.

Think of the town as three bands: the older core around the main square, walkable but tight for parking; the residential streets above it, built from the 1970s onwards with wider plots and garages, where families look; and the newer detached houses spreading south onto larger plots with better views and a full dependence on the car. Where the town plan ends the rules change entirely, because a property just past the boundary falls under out-of-plan building law, which affects price, buildability and lending.

Roads, Distances and Travel Times

Polygyros sits at a natural junction, with roads running west to Thessaloniki, south to the coast at Gerakini, east through the mountains towards Arnaia, and south-east to the neck of Sithonia. Nothing in Chalkidiki is far from here, which is why the administration was placed in the town.

Treat these as guides rather than promises. The mountain roads north and east are slower than the figures suggest in fog or after snow, while the run down to the coast is quick except on August afternoons when returning beach traffic backs up.

The Thessaloniki Connection

The road to Thessaloniki is the artery that makes inland Chalkidiki work. It leaves the town westwards, drops through the hills past Galatista and joins the main corridor to the city and the airport. For a household with one commuter and one person working from home, that hour is manageable in a way that a commute from the far end of a peninsula is not.

Reaching the town from arrivals in under an hour, without touching a peninsula road in August, also shortens every trip for owners who fly in and for the tradespeople and deliveries coming out from the city. The link works both ways, since weekend visitors from Thessaloniki fill the mountain tavernas in autumn and the walking routes in winter.

A Town Without a Beach, and the Coast Nearest to It

Polygyros has no coastline of its own. The nearest sea is at Gerakini, a long sandy bay on the Toroneos Gulf reached by a straightforward drop down the hill of about 12 km, and many households keep a summer routine of driving down after work, swimming and being home for dinner. A little further east along the same shore, the beaches at Psakoudia give a second option with more shade and a quieter feel.

A Town That Works All Year, and Its Winters

The clearest difference from a resort village is what happens in November. Bakeries, pharmacies, banks, hardware shops and the weekly market keep normal hours, the hospital runs continuously and the schools are full. A property can be lived in from the day you complete rather than commissioned each May, and a plumber can be found in December.

Winters are colder and noticeably wetter than on the coast. Frost is normal, snow falls on the town in most years and lies longer on the higher ground above it, and the heating season runs from roughly late October to April. Summers are hot at midday but the altitude pulls the temperature down after dark, which is why Thessaloniki families have kept houses here for decades.

The consequences show up in the building fabric. Older houses were built for a cold, damp winter with thick walls and small windows, while post-war blocks often went up with none of the insulation a northern European buyer expects. Check the roof, the glazing and how the property has actually been heated before assuming running costs.

Everyday Supply, Health Care and Schooling

For daily needs the town is self-sufficient in a way few places in Chalkidiki are, with supermarkets, independent food shops, a weekly market, staffed banks, petrol stations, builders merchants and the professional offices already described. Larger retail parks and the DIY warehouses are down at Nea Moudania, roughly half an hour away.

Health care is the strongest single argument for the town, because the general hospital of Chalkidiki is here with an accident and emergency department, alongside private surgeries, dentists and pharmacies. Treatment beyond regional level goes to Thessaloniki, but the first hour of any emergency is handled locally. Schooling runs to upper secondary and vocational level, all of it in Greek, and internet in the town supports remote work although speeds fall away in the outlying settlements.

The Holomontas Range Above the Town

Holomontas is the wooded mountain mass at the centre of Chalkidiki and the highest ground in the region. Oak, beech, chestnut and pine cover its flanks and it separates the western plains from the Athos side. For buyers that means walking, cycling and forest country rather than beach country.

Properties described as being in the Holomontas area are usually rural, on larger plots and further from services than a first glance at the map suggests. The mountain also imposes constraints: much of it is classified forest, a good deal is protected, and access roads are unsurfaced for their final stretch in many cases. Nothing about a plot up here should be assumed until the forest map and the access rights have been checked in writing.

The Mountain Villages of the Interior

Four villages define the upland part of this region. Taxiarchis sits highest, surrounded by the university forest, and is the most established weekend destination of the group, with stone houses, guesthouses and a winter trade. Vavdos, on the western flank, is smaller and quieter, with views over the plain, while Vatopedi is the easiest to reach and the most practical for anyone who needs to be in the town regularly.

Further east the road climbs towards Arnaia, the larger and architecturally protected mountain town on the far side of the range, which sets the benchmark for restored stone property in the interior. Prices in the villages are the lowest in this region, and so is liquidity. A stone house at a modest figure looks irresistible until you price the roof, the wiring and the winter access.

Galatista and the Western Approach

West of the town the land opens out towards the plain that runs to Thessaloniki. Galatista is the main settlement on this side, a substantial village with a Byzantine tower at its centre, farmland around it and a long tradition of market gardening and livestock. It sits closest of anywhere in the region to the city, which gives it a commuter dimension the eastern villages lack.

This side suits buyers who want land and a village setting but need Thessaloniki more often than the sea. Plots are generous, older houses appear regularly, and building costs are lower because the trades compete for local work rather than for resort contracts. Check the irrigation carefully, since much of the land is worked agricultural ground with shared boreholes that do not automatically transfer with a change of owner.

Farmland Towards Olynthos and the Gulf

South and south-west of the town the ground flattens into the agricultural belt running down to the head of the Toroneos Gulf. This is olive and cereal country, the source of much of the region's table olive production, dotted with farm buildings and small holdings. Olynthos anchors this side, beside one of the most important classical excavation sites in northern Greece.

Land here is the cheapest by the square metre in the wider area, which attracts buyers imagining a house among the olive trees. The reality is more complicated: most of this ground is agricultural, some lies inside archaeological protection zones, and frontage onto a public road often decides whether anything can be built. Where a plot clears those hurdles, level ground and a short run to both the beaches and the hospital make it attractive.

Inland or Coast: What You Give Up and What You Gain

What you give up is immediate: no sea from the terrace, a thin short-let market, fewer international buyers at resale, and colder, wetter winters. If the purchase is about summer weeks by the water or about income between June and September, the peninsulas will serve you better, and Kassandra has the deepest rental market and the most developed resort infrastructure in Chalkidiki.

What you gain is space, quiet and function. The same budget buys more built area and far more land, running costs are lower, the town does not close for eight months, and the medical and professional services you may need are on the same street rather than an hour away. Sithonia offers a wilder coastline and higher price points, but its interior villages empty out in a way this town never does.

Many buyers take a middle path: a base inland where daily life works, plus the short drive down to the gulf in summer. Comparing the whole of the Chalkidiki market is worth the effort before assuming one coastal purchase is the simpler answer.

Price Levels Inland and What Drives Them

Inland Chalkidiki sits well below the coast. For orientation, Spitogatos asking price data for the second quarter of 2026 puts Sithonia at roughly 3,000 euro per square metre, Kassandra at roughly 2,895 euro and Kallikratia at roughly 2,513 euro. Those are asking prices rather than achieved prices, and the inland market trades at a clear discount to all of them. Read any figure alongside our Chalkidiki property market report.

Within the area, price is driven by condition first, then by aspect and parking, then by whether the property lies inside the town plan. In the villages the spread is wider, because a habitable house and a shell with the same footprint are separated by the cost of a rebuild. The quiet factor is time: inland properties are priced with negotiation in mind and can sit unsold for a year or more.

Letting to Tenants Rather Than to a Season

The letting market here is annual and local, and tenants are hospital staff, teachers, administration employees and young families who cannot yet buy. A tidy two bedroom apartment near the centre with working heating will find a tenant in most months, and the tenancy is measured in years rather than nights.

Short-term letting is a supporting act. Autumn walkers and winter weekenders book village houses, but occupancy is patchy and revenue per night far below coastal levels. The often quoted Chalkidiki gross yield range of roughly 5.4 to 7.5 per cent rests on a thin and mostly coastal data set, and applying it to an inland house without local evidence would mislead. Either route needs proper registration, which our notes on property management in Chalkidiki cover.

Town Houses and Hillside Homes

The detached house on a terraced plot is the classic Polygyros purchase: a semi-basement cut into the slope, a main floor with the living space and the good aspect, and an upper floor either completed or left for the next generation. Gardens are small but usable, often with a vine and an outdoor kitchen.

Look hard at three things. Whether the semi-basement is dry and legally declared as habitable space, because many are neither. Whether the upper floor was permitted. And how water behaves on the plot in heavy rain, which on a slope is a structural question rather than a gardening one. Larger houses on the southern edge shade into the villa category, and our complete guide to villas in Chalkidiki covers what to check there.

Older Village and Stone Houses

In the surrounding settlements the typical offer is a two storey house with stone or mixed masonry walls, timber floors and a small courtyard, often standing empty for years while ownership passed through several heirs. The romance is real and so is the work, since roofs, floor beams, wiring, plumbing and damp usually all need attention at once.

The legal side is frequently more demanding than the building side. These houses commonly have multiple co-owners, unregistered inheritance acceptances, boundaries described by reference to neighbours rather than coordinates, and additions built without permission that must be regularised before a sale can complete. That does not make them a bad purchase; it makes them one where the lawyer and the engineer are instructed before you negotiate rather than after.

New Build, Renovation and What It Really Costs

There are no resort schemes inland, only houses built to order on a plot, small blocks put up by a local builder, and occasional pre-crisis shells brought back to completion. Building to order is realistic because plots are affordable and trades are available outside the summer rush, but it puts permits, supervision and payment staging on you. Insist on a written specification, payments tied to verified stages, and your own engineer supervising.

Renovation is the dominant activity here, and the gap between purchase price and finished cost is where inland buyers come unstuck. Get the scope costed before exchange: an engineer's report should be detailed enough for two or three builders to price, and any regularisation belongs in the same budget. Allow for the calendar too, since permits, clearances and utility connections each run on their own timescale. Our guide to off-plan and new-build purchases explains the guarantees to insist on.

Plots, Zoning and Buildability

Land is why many buyers look inland, and it is also where most money is lost. The decisive distinction is whether a plot lies inside the town plan or outside it. Inside, buildability follows the plan's coverage and height rules and services are usually at the boundary. Outside, minimum areas, road frontage requirements and a series of exemptions decide everything.

Never rely on a seller's description of what can be built. The answer comes from a civil engineer's written opinion based on the current planning position, the cadastral extract, the forest map and any archaeological designation on the parcel, and that opinion is cheap relative to the purchase. Our guides to land and building plots in Chalkidiki and to buying land in Greece run through those checks and their sequence.

Agricultural Land and Change of Use

Much of what is offered around the town and down towards the gulf is agricultural land. Buying it is straightforward; building a house on it is not. Out-of-plan agricultural parcels generally need a substantial minimum area and frontage onto a recognised public road before a residence can be considered, and high productivity land is protected from residential development altogether.

Change of use is a planning decision taken on the facts of the parcel, not a formality a contract can assume, and it can be refused. If a plot's value to you depends on obtaining it, make the purchase conditional on the decision or accept that you are buying farmland at farmland value. Irrigation rights, shared tracks, grazing arrangements, tenancies and subsidy enrolments all continue to bind the land and should surface in the legal search.

The Forest Cadastre and Woodland Plots

Because Holomontas dominates this region, forest classification is a live issue on a far higher proportion of parcels than on the coast. The forest maps record which parcels count as forest or forest land, and a parcel carrying that classification cannot be treated as building land, regardless of what a neighbour built twenty years ago. Classification can be challenged, but objections take time and the outcome is unpredictable, and some parcels are only partly classified, with a wooded strip crossing an otherwise clear field.

Archaeological Zones and What They Mean

Central Chalkidiki has been settled continuously for a very long time, and the classical city at Olynthos is only the best known of many sites. Around such sites the archaeological service defines protection zones in which excavation, foundations and sometimes even fencing need prior approval, and in the strictest zones new building is not permitted at all.

Even outside declared zones, a chance find during excavation halts work while the service investigates. That is not a disaster, but it is a delay with no fixed end date. Before committing to a plot in the farmland belt or near a known site, have the archaeological position confirmed in writing and build a supervised excavation into both the programme and the contingency budget.

An Inland Holiday Base

Used as a holiday base, a property here trades beach frontage for range. From the town you can be swimming in a quarter of an hour, walking in the forest in twenty minutes and in Thessaloniki in an hour. For families who tire of the same bay, that flexibility is the appeal.

The seasons stretch as well, since the interior is at its best in spring and autumn and an inland house is comfortable in October in a way a shuttered beach apartment is not. Set expectations on income accordingly: our page on buying a holiday home in Greece sets out the ownership costs that apply whether or not the property is let, and inland they arrive without a summer season to offset them.

Permanent Living and Retirement

This is the use the town is genuinely built for. A household living here full time has schools, a hospital, banks, shops, professional services and public administration within walking distance, a community that does not evaporate in September, and living costs below the coastal average. The adjustments are linguistic rather than logistical, since almost everything is conducted in Greek and the foreign resident population is small.

For retirement the calculation turns on health care and walkability, and on both counts the town scores better than almost anywhere else inland. Against that, weigh the gradients: a house up a stepped lane is fine at sixty and difficult at eighty, so prioritise level access, a lift above the first floor and proximity to the square. Background is in our guides to living in Chalkidiki, retiring in Greece and buying as a foreign buyer.

The Investment Case, Stated Plainly

Inland Chalkidiki is not a yield play. Rents are local and modest, capital growth has been slower than on the coast, and the buyer pool at resale is smaller and more price sensitive. Anyone modelling the returns of a coastal villa against a town apartment here will find the coast wins on paper.

Where the inland case does hold is in entry price, land content and downside: more land for the money, in a market that did not inflate as sharply and therefore has less to give back, in a town whose employment base does not depend on a tourist season. Be honest about the exit before you enter, because a plan that requires selling at a profit within five years belongs somewhere else.

Golden Visa and Inland Property

Chalkidiki falls in the 400,000 euro tier of the Greek residence by investment programme rather than the higher tier applied to the main urban and island markets. It has to be one property, at or above both the minimum investment amount and the minimum size, and short-term letting of it is not allowed.

Inland the difficulty is not the rules but the stock, since very few properties here are priced near the threshold and a qualifying purchase usually means a large plot with a substantial new build. Law 5275/2026 brought further changes during 2026, what applies is whatever is in force in your signature year, and ownership is never the same as a right of residence. See our pages on Golden Visa properties for sale and on the Greek Golden Visa.

Legal Due Diligence Inland

Instruct an independent Greek lawyer of your own choosing, paid by you and answerable only to you, before any money moves. Inland the title chain is usually longer and less tidy than on the coast, because properties have passed through generations of family ownership rather than through developers, and unregistered inheritance acceptances are common.

The search should confirm the seller's title and the chain behind it, all co-owners and their consent, the cadastral registration against the physical boundaries, mortgages, prenotations, seizures and tax debts, the permit history of every structure, and any regularisation declaration. On rural parcels add the forest map extract, the archaeological position and the road frontage status. Our guides to legal due diligence and to the documents a foreign buyer needs explain what each certificate proves.

Technical Survey on Slope and in Old Stone

A civil engineer's inspection is not optional here. On sloping town plots the questions are retaining walls, the condition of the semi-basement, whether the structure was extended upwards later, and whether surface water is channelled away from the foundations. Cracking in a retaining wall deserves more attention than cracking in a partition.

In older stone houses the priorities shift to the roof structure, the timber floors, the masonry and its mortar, damp rising through solid walls, and whether earlier repairs used cement renders that trap moisture in stonework. The engineer should also reconcile the built reality against the permit drawings, since enclosed balconies, converted basements and added outbuildings are routine in this region and each needs either a valid declaration or resolution before completion.

Water Supply, Boreholes and Waste Water

Inside the town, properties are on the municipal mains and the sewer, and the questions are whether the connection is registered in the seller's name and the account is clear. Pressure on the upper streets can be lower than on the flat, which matters for an upstairs bathroom or for irrigation.

Outside the town it changes. Villages have their own municipal supply, but isolated rural houses may depend on a borehole, a spring, a shared pipe or a tank filled by tanker. A borehole needs a valid abstraction licence, and arrangements between neighbouring farms are frequently informal. Waste water outside the sewered area means a septic system, so establish what is installed, whether it was permitted and whether it has capacity for full-time occupation rather than for a summer cottage.

Track Access, Gradients and Winter Reach

Access is the inland equivalent of a sea view: it changes the value of otherwise similar properties more than any other single factor. Establish whether the road is public, a registered private right of way, or a track used by custom with no recorded right at all. The third case is common on farmland and causes trouble at resale as well as with lenders.

Then look at surface and gradient. A track that is fine in a dry October becomes a channel after two days of rain, and a steep unsurfaced approach can defeat a normal car after snow, so ask who maintains it. Within the town, gradients decide parking, and in a snowy week a level space at the door is worth a great deal.

Heating, Insulation and the Inland Energy Bill

Plan for a real heating season. Most local houses combine a wood stove or wood burning boiler with oil central heating or reversible air conditioning, and firewood is genuinely cheap here because the forest is on the doorstep. What is expensive is heating a poorly insulated house on electricity alone.

Look at the energy performance certificate, which is compulsory for a sale, but do not stop there. Ask what the property cost to heat last winter, check for wall and roof insulation and count the single glazed windows, because retrofitting during a renovation is far cheaper than doing it later. Apply the same thinking to summer, since deep eaves and cross ventilation keep a house comfortable where large west facing glazing will not.

Fire Risk, Defensible Space and Insurance

Living beside forest carries a duty of care. Owners must keep plots clear of dry vegetation and rubbish during the fire season, and a property backing onto woodland needs a genuine cleared margin, gutters kept free of needles, and a water source that does not depend on mains pressure in an emergency. Check how the fire service would reach the property, whether the access allows a tender to turn, and whether there is a second way out.

Insurance should reflect that risk rather than being copied from a coastal apartment policy. Confirm that cover includes fire, storm and earthquake, that the sum insured is a rebuild cost rather than a market value, and that periods when the house stands empty do not void the policy.

Setting a Brief and Planning Viewings

An inland search covers a large and varied area, so a vague brief produces wasted viewings. Fix four things first: whether you need the town or the villages, whether you are buying a finished home or a project, the ceiling once renovation and fees are included, and how often you will be here in winter. Then rank level access, parking, aspect, distance to the hospital, internet quality and winter access.

Plan the trips around geography rather than around listings, since the town, the mountain villages and the farmland belt are three separate days. Come outside high summer if you can, because late autumn and early spring show inland property honestly. Buying at a distance is entirely workable, since a power of attorney granted to your Greek lawyer lets the purchase complete without you present.

Purchase Costs, Taxes and Financing

Beyond the price, budget for property transfer tax, notarial fees, land registry and cadastral registration, your lawyer, your engineer and the agency commission. Together these add a single digit percentage, though the real number follows from the property, its assessed value and the professionals engaged, so ask for a written estimate on the specific transaction rather than a rule of thumb.

Ongoing costs are modest inland: annual property tax is small, municipal charges are low, and renovation and heating are the real recurring numbers. Financing through a Greek bank is possible for non-residents but slower and more conservative than in northern Europe, and rural land with an uncertain planning position is least likely to be lent against. See our guides to costs and taxes and to mortgages and financing.

Offer, Notary, Registration and Completion

Offers inland are made verbally through the agent and confirmed in writing once the principal terms are agreed. Because sellers here are usually families rather than developers, decisions take longer and may need several relatives to agree, so avoid deadlines that force a refusal.

Once terms are settled you obtain a Greek tax number, open a bank account if needed, and your lawyer completes the searches. A reservation agreement with a deposit is common, and the deposit terms should state exactly what happens if the checks reveal a defect. The deed is read and signed before a notary, who verifies legality and collects the taxes rather than acting for either side, and ownership transfers on registration at the cadastre. Our step-by-step page on the property buying process in Greece tracks the same sequence.

After Completion, Management and Resale

An inland property left empty needs a different kind of watching than a coastal apartment. The risks are frozen pipes, storm damage to roofs and gutters, and vegetation growing against the walls, so a local keyholder checking monthly through the winter prevents most of it. Set up utilities, municipal charges and the annual tax by standing order from a Greek account, since missed bills are a common source of trouble for absentee owners.

Resale here is slower than on the coast and the buyer is usually Greek, which should shape how you buy. Properties with good access, parking and a walkable location sell within a reasonable time, while personal conversions in remote settings can take years. Documentation is the other half of resale value, because only a property with a clean cadastral entry and a full permit file can be sold when the moment comes. Our property valuation service prices inland property against comparable local evidence.

Mistakes Buyers Make Inland

The recurring errors are predictable. Buying a rural plot on the assumption that a house can be built on it. Treating a low asking price on a stone house as the total cost. Ignoring the forest map because the parcel is planted with olives. Viewing only in August and discovering the winter afterwards. Relying on the seller's engineer or the seller's lawyer.

Two more are specific to this area. The first is underestimating language, since every counter and contract is in Greek. The second is buying a view at the top of a steep lane without thinking about the years when the lane will be the problem. All of these are avoided by the same discipline: your own lawyer, your own engineer, written answers on planning and forest status, and a second visit in bad weather.

How We Help

We work the inland market the way it actually functions, through owners, local professionals and long-standing contacts rather than through portal listings alone. A significant part of what sells here never appears publicly, and a clear brief lets us ask the right people whether they would consider selling.

Practically, we shortlist against your criteria, group viewings by area, put you in touch with lawyers and engineers you appoint yourself, and stay involved through the searches, the notary appointment and the registration. If you would like to talk through whether the inland market suits your plans, you can request a free consultation and we will give you a straight answer, including when the answer is that the coast would serve you better.

Polygyros Buyer Checklist

Work through this before making an offer on anything in the town or the surrounding villages.

• Confirm in writing whether the property lies inside or outside the town plan.
• Obtain the cadastral extract and compare it against the physical boundaries.
• Obtain the forest map extract, even if the land is cultivated or fenced.
• Check the archaeological position, particularly in the farmland belt towards the gulf.
• Establish whether the approach road is public and what right of way the property relies on.
• Verify the water source and, for a borehole, the abstraction licence.
• Inspect the waste water arrangement and its capacity for full-time occupation.
• Reconcile built structures against the permit drawings and check every regularisation.
• Have retaining walls, drainage and the semi-basement inspected on any sloping plot.
• Ask what the property cost to heat last winter and check insulation and glazing.
• Assess the cleared margin around the building and how the fire service would reach it.
• Test mobile and fixed internet on site if you intend to work from the property.
• Confirm every co-owner has consented and that any inheritance has been registered.
• Check for mortgages, prenotations, seizures and outstanding municipal or tax debts.
• Budget purchase costs, renovation and the first two years of running costs together.
• Visit once in poor weather before committing.

Related Guides and Services

• Buying Property in Greece: Complete Guide
• Selling Property in Chalkidiki