Yes. You are a co-owner and a shareholder in a company, and you sign a partnership agreement. From the moment you sign, the co-owners own 100% of the home and decide how it is run; VIVLA takes care of the day to day.

Because this is real ownership, you hold the deeds: you can buy and sell whenever you want, at the price you want.

Yes. The legal paperwork and the closing process are those of a standard home purchase, before a notary.

Every home is divided into 8 fractions. One fraction is 1/8 of the home, around six weeks a year, and you can buy up to 4 fractions of the same home.

You reserve your fraction with a deposit. If the purchase does not go ahead the deposit is returned; if it does, it comes off the total.

After the deposit you can go through any legal questions with our lawyers, and the purchase is finally signed before a notary.

They depend on each home and are usually between 3% and 5% a year of the price of the fraction. As a reference, for a fraction of €100,000 maintenance is around €300 a month.

The model is built so that you deal with VIVLA and never have to coordinate with the other owners. We do organise get-togethers during the year for anyone who would like to meet them.

Each 1/8 comes with 42 days a year. They are split differently in beach and mountain homes so that every owner gets the same opportunities.

In beach homes you get 6 weeks: 2 in high season, 2 in mid season and 2 in low season.

In mountain homes you get 17 days of ski season across 3 stays, one of them in high season (the December long weekend, Christmas or New Year). You also get 1 week in July or August and 3 stays outside the ski and summer seasons.