Insider · coming soon
Every house first. And a check of the place around it.
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- Houses
- Every one
not only the best 5
- Timing
- 48 h early
before the free email
- New
- Area check
schools, doctors, internet, climate
- Price
- From €9
a month, planned
What Insiders will get
This is the plan. We build it with the first readers on the waitlist, so it can still change.
Every house, 48 hours early
You get every house we find, the day we find it. Free readers get the best ones 2 days later.
Your own alerts
Pick your countries, your top price and your must-haves: ready to move in, big land, water close by. We email you when a house matches.
The full cost sheet
For each house: the price, the taxes, the notary, and what it costs to own each year. Plus the rules for foreign buyers and any red flags we found.
Country buying guides
How buying works in Sweden, Finland and France, step by step. Who you pay, what you sign, and what to ask.
Area check New
For each house: schools, doctors, shops, trains and buses, the nearest airport, internet speed, the weather, and if the town is growing or shrinking.
We contact the agent for you
An extra, for one flat fee per house. We ask the agent your questions in their language, get more photos, check the costs and write back to you in 72 hours.
The Area check
A cheap house is only a good buy if life around it works for you. So every house gets a short check of the place. Here is what one looks like.
Example
Village house in Värmland, Sweden
This is an example, not a real house or address. The numbers show the layout. A real Area check uses open data for the exact place.
- School
- Primary school 4 km
High school 22 km, school bus
- Doctor
- Health centre 9 km
Hospital with A&E 45 km
- Shops
- Food shop 6 km
Big supermarket 22 km
- Train and bus
- Bus stop 800 m
Train station 24 km
- Airport
- 70 km
Big airport with flights to the US: about 3 hours
- Internet
- Fibre at the road
Up to 1,000 Mbit/s. Good 4G.
- Weather
- 1,900 sun hours
January about −4 °C. Rain 700 mm a year.
- Town
- Shrinking slowly
About 4% fewer people than 10 years ago
In a real check, each line names its source: OpenStreetMap for schools, doctors, shops and stops, the national broadband map for internet, 30-year climate averages for the weather, and the national statistics office for the town.
A second search: search by area
Most house sites let you search by price and size. Insiders will also search by the life around the house.
Search by areaNear a school, fibre internet, mild winters, under €50k
- Near a school
- Fibre internet
- Mild winters
- Under €50k
- Train within 20 km
- Doctor within 15 km
Coming soon. This shows the idea. It is not a working search yet.
For familiesA school close by, a doctor, a safe bus.See how far the school is and if a school bus stops near the house, before you fall for the garden.
For remote workersFast internet and a way to the airport.Filter for fibre, good mobile signal and an airport within 2 hours. Then look at the price.
Free or Insider
What you get now, and what Insiders will get
What it will cost
From €9 a month
Or €79 a year. These prices are a plan and can change before we open. You pay nothing now.
Stop with one click
No contract. Pause or stop at any time. If you stop, you stay on the free newsletter.
Help with the agent: one flat fee
If you want us to contact the agent for you, you pay one flat fee for that house. We never take a share of the price. We are a publication, not an agent.
Join the Insider waitlist
We tell you first when Insider opens. You also get the free newsletter with the best houses. Leave with one click, any time.
Free. No card. We send you an email to confirm.
Questions
When does it open?
When enough readers want it. We have not set a date. People on the waitlist hear first.
Does the free newsletter stay?
Yes. The free email with the best houses, the town, the agency and the link stays free.
Which countries?
We start with Sweden, Finland and France. Portugal comes later.
