Our one of the sales team member, Ms. Siv has been featured in one of the main papers of Norway – Agderposten Seller luxury to sheiks and royal She was seriously ill. Then she also lost her father in cancer, she went to Dubai to find out why he loved the exotic metropolis. Now Siv Hartvigsen fresh, and sells some of the most spectacular homes in the emirate. Daily meetings Star broker wealthy individuals looking for luxury homes with private beaches, pools, huge roof terraces, spectacular views and unique interiors of the finest materials. On artificial islands and the top of skyscrapers. They say his. Siv Hartvigsen (43) tells of a villa she should sell for 428 million Norwegian kroner. Hartvigsen specializes in high discretion and sell royalty, sheikhs, heads of state and high-profile footballers. As a rule, they will have a home or property with very little transparency. - Buyers have very much money. Sometimes I meet buyers, sometimes representatives acting on their behalf, said Hartvigsen. Only twice has she experienced that her buyers have had to take out loans. Her father got cancer She is from Arendal. Those who know her here, probably thinking of her as hard-working, perhaps from bar and restaurant job in phoenix hotels, until she was greatly reduced by disease refleksdystrofi that hit the entire central nervous system. A painful illness she had to learn to deal with for several years. Five years ago, while she was sick, she lost her father. He got the cancer has spread. It all went very fast, and he died 60 years old. - Dad was my best friend and greatest inspiration. He had an enormous passion for traveling and was especially fond of Dubai, said Hartvigsen. Come in wheelchair She decided to travel to the emirate on the Persian Gulf, to find that his father had been so fascinated by. Then she sat in a wheelchair. - I was so impressed. Of the buildings. And the people. They pick up ideas from all over the world. The city is fantastic, safe and an international mecca, said Hartvigsen. Then something happened one can only describe as strange. - I was very sick. No one can explain what happened. But I recovered very quickly for some strange reason, without any surgery or medication. There is no one who understands any of it. But now I am therefore fully recovered, said Hartvigsen. Dubai has thus become a kind of place where nothing is impossible for arendalitten. - Dubai is special. Here I will be, says Hartvigsen. Rising house prices She has previous experience as a luxury broker in London. In Dubai she got a job in the brokerage agency Lannhill Real Estate. The company website describes her as a specialist in the sale of luxury properties on the Palm Jumeirah; artificially created completion of the Persian Gulf. Palm Jumeirah is a palm-shaped residential and entertainment district with space for tens of thousands of residents. In Today Business showed she recently presented some luxurious apartments when the newspaper visited her at work. - Buyers are coming from everywhere, but the most wealthy come from Europe. Englishmen, Germans and Swiss who previously bought holiday homes in France and Monaco, now comes this way. We also got a strong group of purchasers from India, said Hartvigsen to Agderposten. House prices rise worldwide, and at the very top is the United Arab Emirates with an increase of around 24 percent from 2012 to 2013, shows a list of real estate services to Global Property Guide. Also the most expensive and luxurious items going quickly. - Only the last six months there have been a lot. The city attracts many different people. We have made many new competitors in real estate. But we are an established company with a good name. Wealthy clients come automatically to us because of the references. The new estate agents have no chance at the mission, said Hartvigsen. Gold and glitter The interior of sale items vary by flavor. - The Russians are fond of gold and glitter. The Arabs have maximalist style with much traditional interior with gold and Iranian carpets. Others will have the super minimalist. Here it is all possible. But mostly it is ultramodern with the latest thing in interior, both in terms of aesthetics and technology. It should be in the top range in the world, explains Hartvigsen. She tells of a house she sold for 76 million. Where the buyer would buy about 27 million to replace the interior. Diving at leisure Hartvigsen spend most of their time at work. - Working as a real estate agent here is very hard work. You do not get time for much else, she says. But she has two to three long vacations a year. When she travels time to Southeast Asia to dive and run with underwater photography.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 06:49:44 +0000