The Right Way to Use House48's Concierge

The Concierge is one of House48's most powerful features and one of the least understood. Most people who could benefit from it either don't know it exists or assume it's for a different type of buyer than themselves.

Here's what it's actually for and how to use it well.

What the Concierge is not

It's not a search assistant that does what the Marketplace filter does, just more slowly. If your criteria are standard and the Marketplace is returning relevant results, use the Marketplace. The Concierge is for situations the Marketplace can't handle on its own.

What the Concierge is

A human-assisted service for property requests that are too specific, too complex, or too context-dependent for a filter to address. The quality of what it returns depends almost entirely on the quality of what you bring to it.

The requests it handles best

Searches with multiple intersecting criteria that don't map cleanly to filter options. Cross-border transactions that need local coordination in a market you're not embedded in. Golden Visa applications running alongside a property purchase. Finding legal representation in a foreign jurisdiction. Properties that aren't prominently listed but exist in the market you're targeting. Any situation where the complexity of the transaction exceeds what a platform alone can support.

How to brief it properly

Don't submit a search query. Submit a brief. Write down everything that matters: the property type, the location parameters, the price range, the timeline, the purpose of the purchase, any legal or visa considerations, and anything else that shapes what the right outcome looks like.

The more specific the brief, the more useful the response. A vague request produces a generic result. A detailed brief produces a shortlist that's genuinely sourced against what you need.

Submit your brief at thehouse48.com