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Confirm the receiving account
Account holder, account nature and the written lawyer confirmation or contract clause that designates it. No confirmation, no transfer.
Payment Safety
How to Pay Safely for Greek Property
The most expensive mistakes in Greek property purchases are not slow paperwork. They are payments made before title was confirmed, to accounts nobody had verified, under conditions nobody had written down.
Short answer
Money should only move along a path your lawyer has confirmed in writing: a client or escrow-style account, or an account named in the contract, with each payment tied to a milestone and a refund condition. Before the first serious payment, the lawyer should have checked the title chain, mortgages and seizures, permitted use, taxes and the notarial transfer plan. Golden Visa buyers should additionally confirm the property matches the current investment threshold and route rules before funds are committed. OULANG coordinates listings, lawyers, payment milestones and after-sales management in one chain, but legal conclusions always come from the licensed lawyer on your case, and approval decisions from the competent authorities.
Last reviewed
2026-08-01
Use this page for pre-signing verification and to prepare questions for a consultation.
Verify before signing
Six confirmations before any payment
Payment safety is not a feeling. It is a set of documents you can point to: who receives the money, why, under which clause, and what happens if the transaction fails.
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Confirm deposit and balance milestones
Deposit, interim payments, balance, transfer and hand-over should each have a contractual trigger and a documented refund condition.
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Confirm due diligence scope
Title chain, encumbrances, co-ownership, building permits, permitted use, taxes and notarial steps, confirmed case by case by a licensed lawyer before money moves.
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Confirm route fit for residence plans
If a Golden Visa is intended, confirm the property fits the current threshold, area and use rules, so the purchase and the application do not diverge.
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Confirm who is responsible for what
Agent, lawyer, tax adviser and management team each own defined steps. Ask for the division in writing so no payment depends on an undefined role.
06
Confirm post-purchase arrangements
Letting, maintenance, tax filings and record-keeping affect the long-term value of the purchase; agree responsibility before completion, not after the first problem.
Common questions
Questions worth asking out loud
Can I pay the seller or the agent directly?
Not before your lawyer has confirmed the account and the contract defines the milestone. The safer pattern is payment through a lawyer-confirmed path where every transfer maps to a clause with a refund condition. Direct early transfers to unverified accounts are where most unrecoverable losses happen.
If due diligence passes, is my Golden Visa approved?
No. Due diligence reduces property and transaction risk. The residence application additionally depends on the current investment rules, family documents, fund-path evidence and review by the competent authorities. The two must be planned together, but one never guarantees the other.
What is OULANG responsible for in payment safety?
We connect the listing, the lawyer, the payment milestones, the transfer steps and the after-sales management into one coordinated sequence, and we flag when a step is being skipped. Account confirmation and title conclusions remain the lawyer, and we put that boundary in the contract rather than blurring it.
Keep verifying
Do not stop at this page
The claims here are only useful if you check them. These pages carry the detail and the documents.
Reading a due diligence report
How the lawyer findings connect to your payment decisions.
Verifying the agent
Check the intermediary as carefully as the property.
Greece Golden Visa topic hub
Thresholds, family scope, renewals and policy boundaries.
Legal coordination services
How lawyer cooperation is arranged around a purchase.
Next step
Put your specific case on the table
A consultation covers your budget, family structure, property questions and the verification items above, with the boundaries stated plainly: legal conclusions come from licensed lawyers, and approval decisions from the competent authorities.