Why there are two of us
If you're buying from Dublin or New York, the house is the easy part to judge. You can see it, walk through it, have it surveyed. What you can't see from abroad is the paperwork: whether the seller is the only heir, whether an old mortgage is still on the title, whether the second floor someone added ever had a permit.
In the Ciudad Colonial that last one matters more than anywhere else in the country. The whole district is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and anything you change on the outside of a building needs approval from the heritage office. Nobody can tell you how long that approval will take. Not us, not your architect, and not the seller who says it'll be quick.
So we work as a pair. Brendan shows you what's for sale and tells you what he'd pay for it. Leina pulls the certificate of title, reads it, and tells you what she found. You hear from both of us before you put down a deposit.
