December 07, 2015
Ibiza may have 300 days of sun and be known as one of the top summer travel destination in the world but the winter months allow for the locals to recharge their batteries and anything “new” to be designed and delivered for the upcoming season.
Dynamic Lives uses the winter months to develop new properties, tend to the existing villas in the portfolio and make improvements for the upcoming high season, going the extra mile and endeavouring to create the most magical guest experiences.
Here we we go behind the scenes to speak to David, our man on the ground in Ibiza, to get some insight on what it’s like to be a valuable player not often seen, his typical day, and what’s to come for Ibiza in 2016.
I am the Villa Services Manager. Basically managing rental operations “on the ground”in Ibiza.
I’m from Barcelona and an Ibiza resident since 2008, I moved indefinitely to the island in 2013.
I started with property development and management in 2007 in the Southeast of Brazil.
During the week we tend to the guests demands and address any issues in villas while we prepare for the weekend operations. Saturdays we manage check ins and check outs and Sundays are my day off.
I take guests on villa viewings and I also dedicate a good part of the time reviewing and updating our databases, looking for new villas and updating our extensive villa information folders. Basically preparing for the upcoming season.
Looking for new properties to offer our customers for next season (to rent or sell). Visiting potential new properties and getting to know the latest in our portfolio inside and out. I also revise our workflows process in order to streamline them for the upcoming season. On top of that I train new staff members, and look for new service partners and collaborators. I work alongside the owners of the properties to help decide on new improvements or any servicing for coming season.
Depending on the type of property we are building, and the location, I would say it takes between 1 and 2 years (in some areas you are not allowed to carry on building works in summer).
Some amazing new properties have been added to our exclusive portfolio of Ibiza villas for rent in 2016, like Villa Nobel and Villa Esse. Other examples are brand new Villa Piella, coming into our portfolio together with the beautiful Villa Alex (not available last season due to building works in the property). We’re working on bringing some new additions and expect to have a great bunch of novelties unique spaces on offer for next season.
Well, Ibiza’s luxury real estate market is booming again so at this time I would say several hundreds of new properties are being built around Ibiza. You can be sure a few of them will end up in our portfolio!
They are mainly the tasks related to direct attention to guests. For example the meet and greets at the airport, any specific arrangements or guest requests in the villas before they arrive and general problem solving during their stay.
Yes. It is clearly the easiest and most convenient way to do it. Local legislation is confusing and the dynamics on the authorisation and legalisation process depends a lot of the time on the relationships the local building community has with authority which has been successfully established for many years of working together.
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