We hunt properties for the buyers who don't have time to.
A boutique buyer's agency for international clients investing or relocating in Europe, Morocco and Mauritius. Independent, discreet, on the ground.
Why we exist.
Private Villa Hunters started with a simple observation: buying property abroad is broken for foreign buyers.
Most international buyers spend months scrolling through listings, fly across continents for disappointing viewings, and end up paying retail for properties that don't fit. The agents they meet represent the sellers. The lawyers they hire don't speak their language. The off-market inventory — where the best homes trade — is invisible without local relationships.
We built the service we wished existed when we started buying abroad ourselves. One trusted partner. One point of contact. End-to-end. On your side, never the seller's.
Today, we work with international buyers — investors, second-home buyers, and people relocating their lives — across Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco and Mauritius. Each destination has its own on-the-ground team. Every client has one dedicated lead through the entire search.
We take on a limited number of clients each year. We turn down more enquiries than we accept. That's by design — we'd rather work with fewer clients well than many badly.
Our values.
Four principles that shape every decision we make — from which clients we accept, to which properties we recommend, to how we negotiate.
Independence
We never accept commission from sellers, developers, or agents. You are the only person paying us. That means our advice is honest, even when it's inconvenient — sometimes the best property is the one we tell you to walk away from.
Discretion
Our clients are private. So is their search. We don't publish testimonials, post addresses, or share what we find with anyone outside the engagement. NDAs are standard. Trust is earned and protected.
Local fluency
We work with locals who know the neighbourhood, the notary, the right builder, the wrong agent. Cross-border deals need cross-border trust — and that's built one introduction at a time.
Long-term thinking
We're not in this for the transaction. Most of our clients come back for a second property — or refer us to friends. That only happens if the first deal worked. So we treat every search like it's the start of a 10-year relationship.
A trusted team, on the ground.
We don't outsource. Every destination we cover has its own dedicated property hunter — someone who lives there, knows the streets, and has personal relationships with local owners, lawyers and notaries.
Hunters across Portugal (Lisbon, Cascais, Algarve, Porto), Spain (Marbella, Ibiza, Madrid, Barcelona), and France (Paris, French Riviera, Provence, Bordeaux). Local trust + cross-border coordination from one team.
On-the-ground partners in Marrakech, Tangier, Essaouira and Casablanca. We know the riad market, the new-build zones, the visa pathways, and the regulations specific to foreign ownership.
Direct relationships across Grand Baie, Tamarin, Black River and Bel Ombre. We handle the IRS, PDS and RES schemes — the property programmes that give foreign buyers residency rights.
What makes us different.
Three things our clients tell us they value most — and that we hear less often from the alternatives.
One contact, end to end
You don't manage five agents, three lawyers and a notary in two languages. You talk to us. We handle the rest.
Off-market access
Our local network sees properties before they hit Idealista, SeLoger or Rightmove. Sometimes the best homes never list publicly at all.
We work only for you
No commission from sellers. No incentive to push inventory. We get paid by you, which means we work for you — only.
Tell us what you're actually looking for.
We'll respond within 24 hours with next steps. The first 30-minute call is free — and we'll be honest about whether we're the right partner for you.
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