Luxury experiences

The105th CSIO Barcelona brought us some months ago, in the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona, the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final. The event that lasted 4 days, was filled with the participants' talent and the attendees style, glamour and sophistication.

For the occasion, which we didn’t want to miss and to which we invited some of our clients and partners, we made our stand at Polo Park to look like an art gallery, the perfect place to display properties as special as the ones we're managing at Living - a collection of properties that excite. The frames on the walls were carefully handcrafted and a typography artist was in charge of creating a special lettering for the space.

Hundreds of people passed by Living’s stand during those days and, as it is usual, at the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona we didn’t just meet with friends, we also met new interesting people, with whom we are still in contact or even work with. We were also accompanied by the fashion blogger Mariona Planas (@diariodeestilo), collaborator for ELLE Magazine.

But not just the adults enjoyed our stand, the two toy horses by Vondom that we placed at the entrance, were one of the main attractions for our younger visitors, though the undisputed winner were the fantastic live sketches that one of our collaborators, the designer and illustrator Márika Mihalache, created as a gift for the visitors.

Saturday evening, we set at the table and enjoyed the exquisite dinner we organized at the same Club de Polo with partners, clients and friends. At this part of the event we were accompanied by personalities such as the Torres brothers.

We’ve put together some of the moments from Saturday in this video, and here you can see more pictures from the event.

Club de Polo de Barcelona, a first-class club

We enjoyed the atmosphere at the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona during 4 wonderful days. This society proudly celebrates more than 100 years since its foundation in 1897, and is nowadays more active than ever. The Club still defines itself as an equestrian society but, besides it still being the reference in the equestrian and polo world of Barcelona, currently offers tennis, padel, hockey, swimming and other sports facilities, activities and competitions.

And, in reality, "The Polo" is much more. The Club de Polo de Barcelona organizes an array of events, activities and competitions throughout the year, and offers a wide variety of services (from luxury restaurants to meeting rooms, passing through its beauty salon or its physiotherapy and osteopathy centre among others). Of course, everything with a touch (or more) of exclusivity, elegance and distinction.

This year, at the end of April, the 65th Conde de Godó Trophy took place, nowadays officially known as The Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. The tournament is part of the ATP World Tour and takes place every year in the prestigious Real Club de Tenis de Barcelona**, where tennis enthusiasts from all continents gather for the occasion.

Living’s team didn’t miss the event, and we took advantage of the opportunity to bring our idea of luxury Real Estate and our top quality services closer to the tournament’s public. We did it from our stand in the Village, a space specially designed for the occasion, marked by the concept of drawing parallels between "the white sport" and the luxury real estate world.

 “We say GAME, SET, MATCH in Luxury Real Estate”

These two ideas, tennis and luxury real estate, seem far apart at first glance but, when you take a closer look, you realize they have many things in common. Both ask for their professionals to have a great technique control, strategy, concentration, effort and an enormous dedication. And both are an art.

Besides, even though it may look like it is an individual effort, behind every success (it doesn’t matter if it’s winning a match or finding or selling a luxury property) there’s the work of a whole team of professionals that gave it their best.

Roses and books at Godó 2017

Our stand, a dynamic space full of elegance thanks to the enticing graphics and the contrast between the sobriety of black and the light from the white details, was one of the most active and entertaining presences during the Godó event days, especially during the Diada de Sant Jordi (Saint George’s Day), which coincided with one of the trophy’s days.

To celebrate such a notable date in Catalonia, we filled the stand with red roses from our grand partner Flors Zinnia and with copies of the wonderful book ¿Quieres vivir conmigo? (Do you want to live with me?), which Márika Mihalache has created especially for Living, a book dedicated to those who are looking for a new home. The presents were a huge success.

If you missed it or you want to relive the day, here you can watch a video we’ve created as a memento of the event and here you can see more pictures.

To end our little summary of how the Godó 2017 unfolded, we’d like to congratulate this year's tournament champions: Rafa Nadal, who beat Dominic Thiem in the singles final (6-4, 6-1), and the couple formed by Florin Mergea and Aisam-ul-Haq, who won against Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peyain in doubles final.

And, of course, we'd like to give thanks to all those who visited our stand, whether they came to say hi, have a chat or to discover more about what Luxury Real Estate means to Living. Thank you very much!