Since its establishment in 1994, MERRYLAND has advised and assisted many local and foreign private and corporate investors in acquiring properties and realising investments within the Greater Athens area, the mainland and on islands in Greece. The agency is a member of the Association of Realtors of Athens. MERRYLAND’s founder and Managing Director, Ms Martha Sotiropoulou, has also been an elected
member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Federation of Realtors for many years. The Hellenic Federation of Realtors is the governing body of the Real Estate Agencies in Greece with a membership that exceeds 10,000 agencies. Ms Sotiropoulou is also a member of the Hellenic-Russian Trade and Industrial Chamber and the Hellenic-Serbian Union and has represented the Federation and Greece in many exhibitions and presentations in Greece and abroad. MERRYLAND undertakes the completion of different and diverse projects for private or corporate clients. These projects include:
• Sale, acquisition and rental of property such as plots of land, islands, houses, apartments, villas, offices, shops, industrial and commercial buildings located in various urban, touristic, commercial and industrial areas within Greece.
• Sale and acquisition of properties and business concerns for investment purposes such as land development, commercial or industrial site development, hotel acquisition, tourist development, acquisition of islands, eligibility for visa holding. A New Greek law permits non-EU clients to easily obtain a permanent residence permit through the acquisition of properties of min value of 250.000 euro. In view of this, we have co-operated with many Russian and Chinese investors for private and commercial properties for the past two years. The agency executes each project under the supervision of a Project Manager and with the cooperation and assistance of different and specialized in respective fields professionals such as engineers, architects, lawyers, urban planners, property estimators, financial, due diligence and accounting experts, marketing and business consultants and insurance agents. Each case is analysed and planned according to expressed needs, stated objectives, legal and statutory framework and practises in Greece, professional ethics and always in full cooperation and close working relationship with the client or the representatives or team of experts that may be assigned by the client to the case. Over the past 20 years MERRYLAND has acquired a good reputation within the real estate industry and has built an extensive clientele, which has immensely contributed to its expansion in Greece and in international markets in Europe, Middle East and Far East.