What we do
A sales brokerage, and the things a sale actually needs: a price you can defend, a presentation that holds up on a screen in Amsterdam, and someone on the island who answers the same day.
Most of what matters in a sale happens before anyone views the house. It happens in what the listing looks like, what it asks, and who sees it first.
Bringing a home to market
Valuation
We walk through the house, look at what comparable properties actually sold for rather than what they asked, and give you a range. If our figure is below what you hoped for, you will hear the reasoning behind it.
Presentation
Professional photography, a floor plan, and virtual staging where a room stands empty. Included in the fee, not offered as an extra once the contract is signed.
Exposure
Your listing goes out through The Agency network, on Aruba Listings, and to the buyers already on our books. A Silent Listing reaches that last group only, and nobody else.
Closing
We stay between you and the notary until the deed is passed, which on Aruba usually takes [6 to 8 weeks] from an accepted offer.
Buying from abroad
Before you fly in
We film the properties you shortlist and walk you through them on a call, so the trip is for deciding rather than looking. Most of our buyers see a house on video before they see it in person.
Land and title
Aruba has property land and lease land, and the difference changes what you own and what you pay yearly. We check the title and the ground lease before you make an offer, not after.
Notary and transfer
There is no restriction on foreign ownership here. We arrange the notary, read the deed with you, and tell you what lands on your side of the settlement statement.
Three things worth knowing
New developments
A large part of what we sell is bought from a drawing. We hold the floor plans, the phasing and the payment schedule, and we will tell you which units in a project are the ones worth having.
Virtual staging
An empty room photographs badly and sells slowly. We furnish it digitally, clearly marked as staged, so a buyer can read the space without being misled about what is in it.
Settling in
Utilities, a bank account, schools, a car. We are not a relocation agency, but we have done this often enough to point you at the right people and save you a month of guessing.
Looking for rentals or property management? Those stay with Prima Casa, the group The Agency Aruba is part of.
Not sure which of these you need?
Tell us what you are trying to do and we will say which part of this applies, and which part does not.