Buying property in Sharm El Sheikh with Dommare

How we work

Most agencies in Sharm sell you a property. The work that decides whether the purchase was a good one happens elsewhere: in the documents, in the compound’s accounts, in what the seller can and cannot prove. We do that work first and show you the result of it, including the parts that came back badly.

That is the whole difference. Every property we publish carries a Property Passport — a record of which checks have been made, what each one found and where the information came from. Where a check has not been made, the passport says so instead of leaving a gap you might read as a pass.

For buyers

We start from what you actually need — a home you will live in, a place for the winter, something to let — because those are different properties and the same budget buys a different flat for each. From there the search covers what is published on the site and what is not: a good deal of what changes hands in Sharm never reaches a listing.

You see every property under the same conditions: the price the seller is asking, the price per square metre, the distance to the sea and how it was measured, the service charge where the compound will state it, and what the passport shows. Nothing is scored, ranked or recommended — the comparison is yours to make.

For owners

We list a property once its documents have been seen, which is slower than the alternative and is the reason a buyer trusts the listing. Preparing it to be sold or let — furnishing, repairs, photographs — is work we take on where it is worth doing.

While you are away we look after the place: the service charge, the utilities, the caretaking, the letting if you want it let. A flat by the sea in this climate deteriorates when nobody opens it for six months.

What we do not do

We do not give legal opinions. Where a question is legal, it goes to a lawyer, and we say plainly when a check has not been made rather than implying it has.

We promise no yields and we rate no properties. There is no star rating on this site and no “investment score”: in place of a number that means nothing we show the checks, the sources and the costs, and let you decide what they are worth.

We do not publish a property we have not seen the documents for, and we do not describe a view, a distance or a fee we cannot source.

How a purchase goes

1. The briefOne conversation about what the property is for, what it must have, and what you would rather not pay for. Written down, because it is what the search is measured against later.
2. The shortlistProperties that fit, each with its price, its numbers and the state of its checks. Anything that does not fit the brief is left out rather than padded in.
3. ViewingsIn person, or by video if you are not in Egypt — filmed by us, showing what you ask to see, including the parts a marketing tour leaves out.
4. The checksIdentity of the seller, the ownership documents, the compound’s standing, what is registered and what is not. The passport records each one and its state, and you see it before anything is signed.
5. Negotiation and contractThe price, the terms, the schedule. Contested wording goes to a lawyer — we do not give legal opinions in their place.
6. Payment and handoverThe payment route, the paperwork, the transfer of the keys, the meters and the compound registration.
7. After the purchaseManagement, letting, maintenance — or nothing at all, if you would rather take it from here yourself.

Questions we are asked

What is the Property Passport?

A record, on every property page, of the checks that exist for that property: the seller’s identity, the ownership documents, the compound, the independent legal review. Each check has a state — not provided, received, under review, reviewed, verified, needs clarification, expired — and the page shows that state rather than a verdict.

What happens if a check has not passed?

The property stays on the site and the passport says so. A failed or missing check is information you need before you spend money, not a reason to hide the listing. What we will not do is show a verification mark that the checks do not support.

Can I buy without coming to Egypt?

Much of it works at a distance: the shortlist, video viewings filmed to your instructions, document review, negotiation. The parts that resist being done remotely are physical — how the flat feels, what the view really is, what the compound is like on an ordinary evening. Most buyers plan one trip around those. What a remote signature requires legally depends on your citizenship and is a question for a lawyer, not for us.

Do you publish rental yields?

No. A yield is a forecast, and a forecast printed next to a price reads as a promise. We show what a purchase costs, itemised, with the rule behind each line — and where a figure is an estimate it is labelled as one.

Which languages do you work in?

Russian, English and Italian. The site runs in all three; a viewing, a call and the paperwork are in whichever of them suits you.

How do I list my property with you?

Tell us about the property and have the ownership documents to hand. We look at them before the listing goes up, which is why a Dommare listing carries what it carries. Nothing is published until you have seen how it will look.