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Kypseli · Zakynthos · Ionian Sea, Greece

Stop booking your summers.Start coming home to them.

Four private-pool homes on the quiet side of a Greek island — where the sea holds 26 °C into late summer and the beach is a short walk down through the olive groves. Not one week in someone else's house. Every summer, in your own.

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4Private-pool homes
80 m²+ 50 m² private courtyard
1.7 kmTo the water
€247kFixed price
What you're actually buying

Look at it the way you'll live in it

The architectural renders, and the real ground they will stand on — drone-shot in Kypseli. Tap any image to open it full-screen.

The difference it makes

Nothing about your August
has to be booked again

Every year, the same negotiation. Which villa, which two weeks, which price this time. You pay for a fortnight of somebody else's house, and you go home with photographs.

Ela Home ends that. Four maisonettes on the calm eastern side of Zakynthos, each with its own walled courtyard and its own pool. You arrive to a house that is already finished — you unlock the door, and the summer starts. And for the months you are not on the island, it does not sit there costing you money. It works.

Wabi-sabi living room interior
Where you'll be

Zakynthos, in its own time

Leave the harbour and the island slows to its own pace. Turquoise water folds into limestone coves; olive groves run all the way down to the sea. In July it rains, on average, two days. The sea holds 26 °C through August. Navagio — the shipwreck cove — is the photograph the whole Ionian is known for, and every summer the Caretta-Caretta turtles return to a protected coastline. From May to October, the good months simply keep going.

Navagio Shipwreck Beach, Zakynthos
Navagio — the Shipwreck Cove
Zante town waterfront
Zante town & harbour
Cape Keri lighthouse
Cape Keri & the Ionian
Navagio beach
A protected coastline
Cameo island footbridge at sunset
Cameo island at sunset
Aerial of Kypseli with the sea beyond
The Location · Kypseli

Breakfast at home.
In the water by afternoon.

Ela Home sits in Kypseli, a quiet village on the calmer eastern side of the island — close to everything, apart from the crowds. The beach is a short walk down through the groves. Zante town, its harbour and its tavernas are eleven kilometres away. The airport is fourteen: near enough that the journey from your front door to the Ionian takes a morning, not a day. Direct flights from Cluj, Bucharest and Budapest land in about an hour and a half.

Beach
1.7 km
Zante town
11 km
Airport
14 km
Cluj / OTP / BUD
~1h30
What you get out of it

Three things change the day you get the keys

01

You stop being a guest

A real house on a Greek island with your name on it — not a room in a resort, and not a fortnight you have to win in a booking race. The place your family gathers every year, and your friends start asking to borrow.

02

Your money moves somewhere steadier

Across 150 years, residential property has returned around 7% a year in real terms — comparable to shares, with far less of the drama. Greek house prices have risen every year since 2017.

03

The house pays its own way

For the months you are not there, a private-pool villa in a region that earns nearly €2 billion in tourism a year lets easily, on the platforms you already use. Ownership that doesn't ask you for money every month.

The Homes

Four maisonettes. Four private pools. Nobody above you.

Eighty square metres over two floors, wrapped around a fifty-square-metre courtyard with a pool of its own — room for three bedrooms, two bathrooms and everyone you'd want to bring. Downstairs opens onto the courtyard; upstairs, the bedrooms give onto a private balcony. Only four homes will ever be built here.

Exterior render of the residences
The residences
Aerial view of the private pools
Private pools
Entrance approach render
The approach
Aerial above the olive groves
Above the groves
Interior, two floors
80 m²
Private courtyard
50 m²
Living + kitchen (open plan)
30 m²
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Private pool
4 × 2.2 m
Air conditioning *
Every room
Handover *
Furnished · turnkey

* Optional — available on request.

Ground floor plan
Ground floor — living, kitchen, storage & bath
First floor plan
First floor — three bedrooms & two baths
Inside

A house that lowers
your shoulders

Outside, it belongs to the island — clean Mediterranean lines and a palette taken from the landscape. Inside, the mood changes: wabi-sabi.

Clay, timber and stone. Honest textures and soft neutral tones that let the light do the work. It photographs beautifully in a listing — and, more to the point, it is calm to live in.

Wabi-sabi bedroom render
Living and kitchen
Living & kitchen
Kitchen render
The kitchen
Bathroom render
The bathroom
Bedroom render
A quiet bedroom
Engineered for the island

The things you'll never have to think about

Beneath the calm is real engineering. The technology stays out of sight; the ease stays with you.

Steel frame

Engineered for the seismic safety a Greek island demands — so the structure is the last thing on your mind.

Near-zero energy

Rooftop photovoltaics hold running costs close to zero, in the months you're there and the months you're not.

Starlink internet *

Fast, reliable connectivity — the difference between a holiday and a month of working from the courtyard.

Smart home *

Lighting, gate, irrigation, blinds, climate and security — all from your phone, from anywhere in the world.

* Optional — available on request.

When you're not there

The months you're away,
it's working

Ela Home is built for the short-let market — easy to run remotely, on Airbnb, Booking, or a direct-booking site of its own.

  • A large, mature rental market (~5,000 active island listings)
  • Long 7.2-night average stays across the region
  • Running costs held low by rooftop solar
See the full earnings model →
High-season nightly rate
€300–700 / night
Typical (May–Oct)€450/ night
Winter · nightly€200–250/ night
Winter · monthly€1,500–2,000/ month

Indicative market ranges for comparable homes — not a guarantee of income.

Investment Intelligence

Don't take our word for it

The numbers behind the summer — official sources, nothing rounded in our favour. Explore the analysis that speaks to you, or see the full picture.

★ Flagship · Zakynthos in Numbers

A destination on the rise

Air arrivals hit an all-time record in 2025 — the demand your home plugs straight into.

2.28M arrivals
2025 record · past 2019 · ~98% May–Oct
Explore the analysis → The rental engine

What a home can earn

A private-pool villa in a €2bn tourism region, let through the summer.

~7–10%
modelled net yield · 130–150 nights
Explore the analysis → The safe-haven

Bricks that beat inflation

Stock-like returns, bond-like stability, across 150 years.

~7% real/yr
far lower volatility than equities
Explore the analysis →
The Process

A fixed price, staged payments, about eight months

From reservation to the day you turn the key, you know the cost, the timeline and exactly what arrives. And with only four homes, the earliest reservations take the pick of the units.

1
Retaining wall, foundation & steel frame

Site enclosed; the structure goes up.

2
Roof & exterior walls

The homes are closed in and weather-tight.

3
Services, floors, windows & tiling

Electrics, plumbing, glazing and finishes go in.

4
Interior finishes & furniture

Fit-out and fittings.

5
Paving, pools & final handover

Courtyards, pools and the keys.

Price per home
€247,000 fixed

Payments staged against real progress on the ground — not up front.

On signing35%
Stage 2 complete25%
Stage 3 complete20%
Stage 4 complete10%
On handover10%
Talk to the project owner
About

The name is the whole brief

Έλα is the first word you hear in a Greek house. It means come — come in, sit down, eat something. Less a greeting than a door being opened.

That is the entire brief for these four homes. Not a development marketed at you, and not a resort to be booked for a fortnight. Four houses above the olive groves of Kypseli, each with its own walled courtyard and its own pool — and one sentence that has to be true on the day the keys change hands: come home.

Deliberately small. Four homes, one plot, and an owner you can reach by name.

Viron LabaditisProject owner · Kypseli, Zakynthos
ΕΛΑ — come and see it

Four homes.
One summer to claim yours.

Write to the project owner and you'll have the full brochure, the floor plans, the payment schedule and current availability — and, if you want it, a call or a private viewing on Zakynthos.

  • Brochure, floor plans & payment schedule
  • Current availability across the four homes
  • A call, or a private viewing on the island
Talk to the project owner
WhatsApp+40 740 000 393 — usually the fastest
Project ownerViron Labaditis
Mon–Fri · 10:00–14:00 (Athens)
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Questions, answered

What exactly am I buying, and is it ready to use?

A complete, self-contained maisonette — 80 m² over two floors, with a 50 m² private courtyard and its own 4 × 2.2 m pool. It is delivered finished and connected. Furnishing, air conditioning, Starlink and the smart-home system are available as options, so you can take the house as it stands or take it ready to let.

How much can the home earn as a short-let?

Indicative market ranges for comparable homes, not a guarantee. In high season (May–October), similar homes let for €300–€700 a night, around €450 typical. A realistic model sells 130–150 nights a year for a net yield of roughly 7–10%. The full model is on the Investment Intelligence page.

What is the price, and how are payments structured?

Each home is fixed at €247,000. Payments are staged across the build — 35% at signing, then 25%, 20%, 10%, and a final 10% at handover — so your capital is committed in step with real progress on the ground.

When is delivery, and how many homes are there?

Delivery is targeted at approximately eight months from reservation. Only four homes will ever be built here, each with its own pool and courtyard, so the earliest reservations secure the pick of the units.

Does this qualify for the Greek Golden Visa?

No. The Golden Visa requires a single property of €400,000–€800,000 and at least 120 m², and it prohibits short-term letting of the qualifying home. Ela Home is designed as a lifestyle-and-income asset, not a residency-by-investment vehicle — which is exactly what keeps it free to earn on the short-let market.

Can I manage the property from another country?

Yes. With the smart-home option — lighting, gate, irrigation, blinds, climate and security, all controllable remotely — plus Starlink, the house is built for genuinely hands-off ownership from abroad.