Maya Kallio

Maya built LCBSE from the ground up after working across hospitality, design and consulting in Finland and Spain. She runs the business side — pricing analysis against comparable sales, deal structuring, and coordinating the cross-border legal and tax questions that come with buying property abroad. She is usually the first person clients speak to and stays involved through closing.

Her background in international consulting means she understands the friction that comes with cross-border transactions: different tax systems, unfamiliar notary procedures, language barriers with lawyers, and the general anxiety of committing seven figures to a country you may have only visited twice. Maya's role is to remove that friction, step by step, so that by the time you sit down at the notary you know exactly what you are signing and why.

Before founding LCBSE, Maya spent time in Helsinki's hospitality sector and ran consulting projects in Northern Europe. She studied business in Finland and brings a distinctly Nordic approach to client service — transparent, process-driven, and deliberately low-pressure.

Maya takes a consultative approach rather than a sales-driven one. The first conversation is about your situation: timeline, budget, what matters to you in a home, and what your tax position looks like. No property is mentioned until that picture is clear. She typically sends a shortlist of 5 to 8 properties within 48 hours of that initial call, each with a pricing note explaining why the asking price is fair, high, or negotiable relative to recent comparable sales.

From there, Maya coordinates viewings with Marco, manages the legal process with the appointed law firm, and stays as the single point of contact through to completion. Her phone is the one that rings when the gestoría needs a document or the notary has a question. The goal is that by the time you fly to Spain to sign, everything has been confirmed and there are no surprises at the escritura.