We started Muse to do real estate the way it should be done.
Buyer-side representation. No developer commissions. No call-centres. One founder who answers his own WhatsApp.
Max Bykov · Marbella, since 2018
Max moved to Marbella in 2018 after eight years working cross-border deals between London, Moscow, and Dubai. The pattern was always the same: foreign buyers handing over seven and eight figures to local agents who worked for the seller, not the buyer.
Seven years in, the numbers are public: more than €500M transacted, 200+ closed buyer outcomes, and a client list that runs from UK tech founders to GCC family offices to Scandinavian operators looking for a third home that won't embarrass them at dinner.
Muse stays boutique by design. We will never be the agency with 100 mediocre agents and a glass tower on the Golden Mile. We're the people you call when you want the deal done right the first time, in a language you actually think in.
Three things we do differently.
We work for you, not the seller.
Our fee comes from the buy-side, structured transparently up front. No silent kickbacks from developers, no listings we're pushing because the commission's fatter.
Twelve properties beats two hundred.
Every listing we show you has been physically walked, financially stress-tested, and matched against your brief. Volume agents waste your weekend. We don't.
The good listings never hit Idealista.
In La Zagaleta, Sierra Blanca, and the Golden Mile, roughly 40% of trades happen quietly. We're inside that network because we've earned the seat.
Small by design.
Founder-led, deliberately under-staffed, and answering the same number that's been on the website since 2018.
30 minutes. No charge.
We talk through your situation, surface the questions you haven't asked yet, and decide together whether we're the right fit. No follow-up sequence, no CRM pressure.