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A former fisherman turned conservationist, Henrik represents a very small number of cabins and farmhouses above the fjords. He will tell you honestly what a Lofoten winter asks of a house, and of its owners.

Born in Samedan and trained as an architect in Zürich, Andri has spent two decades placing families in the high valleys. He knows which roads stay open in February and which chalets hold their warmth.

Tomás restored his first finca on the Tramuntana coast at twenty-six. Today he represents a handful of houses each year, most of which change hands without ever being photographed.

A Lisboeta who moved south for the light, Duarte has watched Comporta change from rice fields to a quiet refuge. He is careful about the houses he represents, and more careful still about their buyers.

Luca grew up in a boathouse on the western shore. He advises on historic villas and their gardens, and can tell you which terraces keep the evening sun long after the ferries have stopped.

Nikos divides his year between Athens and Paros. He works with a small circle of island architects and specialises in homes that are built, as he puts it, to disappear into the hillside.