A luxury buyer's agent (property finder / chasseur immobilier) represents the buyer, not the seller. GADAIT searches the whole market — including off-market — builds a comparative shortlist, runs due diligence with legal, tax and private-banking partners, and negotiates on your side. Our difference: one team across eight destinations, from sun to mountain to island.
Most Advisors Sell a Country. We Find You the Right Asset — Anywhere.
Almost every prime agency represents the seller and works one market: a Marbella specialist sells Marbella, an Alpine broker sells chalets, an island firm sells islands. The buyer is left to assemble a patchwork of local agents, each incentivised to place their own stock. No one connects the sun, the mountain and the islands into a single, buyer-side mandate. That is the gap GADAIT was built to fill.
As an independent luxury buyer's agent, we work exclusively for the acquirer. We define what you actually need, search the entire market — Marbella, the French Alps, Dubai, Greece, Mauritius, the Maldives and beyond — and open doors to off-market assets that never reach a portal. One team, one standard of discretion, across every destination.
What Does a Luxury Buyer's Agent Do?
A buyer's agent — a property finder, or chasseur immobilier de luxe in French — is retained by the buyer to source, evaluate and secure a property. Unlike a selling agent, we have no inventory to move and no seller to please. Our only mandate is your interest: the right asset, on the best terms, with every risk checked before you commit.
One Team, Multiple Destinations — Sun, Mountain & Islands
The advantage of a truly multi-destination buyer's agent is comparison. A client weighing a Marbella villa, an Alpine chalet and a Dubai branded residence should not run three disconnected searches. We hold all of them in one mandate — comparing lifestyle, yield, taxation and residency side by side — so capital is allocated with full context, not by whichever local agent got there first.
Traditional Agency or Buyer's Agent?
The distinction is simple but decisive: a classic estate agency sells its own stock and represents the seller; a buyer's agent searches the whole market and represents you. Here is what that means in practice.
| Traditional estate agency | GADAIT buyer's agent | |
|---|---|---|
| Who they represent | The seller and their own stock | You — the buyer only |
| What they show you | The listings they hold | The whole market, including off-market |
| Geography | Usually one city or region | Multiple countries — sun, mountain and island |
| Incentive | Sell what is on their books | Find the right asset, negotiate the best price |
| Off-market access | Occasional | Core of the mandate |
| Confidentiality | Public listings | Private, family-office discretion |
A Search Built Around Your Buying Objective
Every mandate starts from why you are buying. We structure each search around one of five buying objectives — often more than one at once — so the shortlist reflects your real goal, not a generic list of expensive homes.
The Search Mandate, Step by Step
A structured method turns an open-ended wish into a decisive acquisition. Each stage is confidential, and you keep a single point of contact from first brief to keys in hand.
Independent, Transparent, Discreet
Because we never hold stock, our advice carries no hidden agenda. Engagements are agreed in writing — typically a retainer plus a success fee, or a fee shared with the selling side where the market allows. You know the basis before we start, and our interest is aligned with yours: the right asset, at the right price.
Why GADAIT as Your Buyer's Agent?
We are not a portal or a listing agency. We are an independent advisory that buys on your behalf — with off-market reach and a genuinely multi-destination view of the ultra-prime market.
FAQ — Luxury Buyer's Agent
A luxury buyer's agent — also called a property finder or, in French, chasseur immobilier — is an advisor who represents the buyer, not the seller. Instead of selling a fixed inventory, we search the entire market on your behalf, including off-market assets, then handle the shortlist, due diligence and negotiation so you buy the right property at the right price. GADAIT acts exclusively in your interest across multiple countries.
Engagements are typically structured as a search mandate with a retainer and a success fee on completion, or a fee shared with the selling side where the market allows. We agree the basis in writing before any work begins, so there is full transparency and no conflict of interest. The value is measured in access to off-market opportunities, negotiation leverage and time saved — not in a percentage alone.
Off-market (or 'private') property is never publicly listed on portals or agency windows. It is sold discreetly through private networks of owners, developers, family offices and trusted advisors — for reasons of confidentiality, security or simply preference. A large share of the finest trophy assets changes hands this way. Accessing them is one of the core reasons to work with a buyer's agent.
GADAIT is genuinely multi-destination: Marbella and Sotogrande in Spain, the French Alps and France, Dubai and the UAE, Greece, Mauritius, the Maldives, the Seychelles and the United States. What sets us apart is that a single team connects sun, mountain and island markets — most agencies cover only one city or region.
A focused brief in an active market often produces a first curated shortlist within two to four weeks, with viewings arranged around your schedule. Rare or highly specific mandates take longer by nature. The point is not speed for its own sake but finding the right asset — and being ready to move decisively when it appears.
Discretion is the default. We work from a private office, sign NDAs where appropriate, and can represent you anonymously through the search, viewings and negotiation. Your identity, intentions and budget are shared only when you decide. This family-office standard matters most on trophy assets and sensitive off-market deals.
A traditional estate agency represents the seller and earns by selling its own stock, so it shows you what it holds. A buyer's agent represents you: we search the whole market — including properties held by other agents and off-market owners — negotiate on your side, and have no incentive to push a particular listing. In short, one sells; the other finds and buys.
Yes. We regularly work alongside family offices, wealth managers and private-banking teams, coordinating acquisitions as one part of a wider strategy. We can interface directly with your advisors, respect existing structures and reporting, and keep the mandate fully confidential from first brief to closing.
We do not lend, but we introduce qualified buyers to private-banking partners who structure cross-border and portfolio-backed (Lombard) financing, so you can acquire while preserving liquidity. We coordinate the timeline between the lender, the notary or lawyer and the seller to keep the transaction on track across jurisdictions.
It begins with a confidential conversation to define your objective, destinations, budget and timing. From there we set out a clear search mandate, then start sourcing on- and off-market. You can reach us via the contact form or WhatsApp — an advisor typically replies within fifteen minutes during office hours.
Brief Your Buyer's Agent
Tell us your objective, destinations and budget. We reply within fifteen minutes during office hours and return a curated, off-market shortlist — with full family-office discretion.
Where We Buy for Our Clients
Newsletter
Be among the privileged.
Subscribe to the Gadait International newsletter and receive the latest trends in the luxury market, along with exclusive opportunities for exceptional properties in advance.
Low frequency. High relevance.