Ipanema beachfront apartments and the Dois Irmãos mountain, Rio de Janeiro
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Sell your apartment in Ipanema.

Ipanema is the address most carioca buyers ask for first — which is exactly why an owner here has options. Here's how we'd sell yours.

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Selling in Ipanema

Sell your apartment in Ipanema.

Ipanema is, block for block, the most in-demand residential grid in Rio. The stretch from Arpoador to the Jardim de Alah canal — Vieira Souto and Delfim Moreira on the sand, then the quieter interior blocks around Visconde de Pirajá and Garcia d'Ávila — draws carioca buyers, returning Brazilians and foreign owners in roughly equal measure. That depth of demand is the seller's advantage: a well-priced Ipanema apartment rarely sits.

It's also a market that rewards getting the price and the presentation right rather than simply listing high and waiting. Beachfront on Vieira Souto, a cobertura with a terrace, a renovated two-bedroom on a garden block and a dark ground-floor flat are four different sales, and they price nothing alike. Our job is to tell you which one you own, what it should fetch this quarter, and whether it sells faster quietly or on the open market.

Ipanema beachfront apartments and the Dois Irmãos mountain, Rio de Janeiro
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What actually moves an Ipanema sale.

Three things decide the number: the block, the floor and the light. A front position on Vieira Souto or a high cobertura with an open view is a different asset from an interior unit two streets back, and buyers here know the difference to the metre. We price against what has actually closed nearby in the last twelve months — CRECI-verified, not asking prices off a portal — and show you the comparables so the figure is yours to check, not ours to assert.

Presentation does the rest. Most of what sits on the market in Ipanema is under-photographed and over-asked. We coordinate the shoot, the floor plan and, where it helps, light staging, and we present the apartment to the buyers we already work with before it ever goes wide. For owners abroad, that means the whole campaign runs without you flying in.

Ipanema beachfront apartments and the Dois Irmãos mountain, Rio de Janeiro
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Selling from abroad, cleanly.

A large share of Ipanema owners live overseas, and the questions are always the same: how do I sell without being here, and how do I get the money home. Both have clean answers. A Brazilian power of attorney lets us and your lawyer handle the escritura and the ITBI at the notary on your behalf; you sign once, at a consulate or by courier. And if you brought the money in properly when you bought — through a registered foreign-exchange contract logged with the Central Bank — repatriating the proceeds at the official rate is a paperwork exercise, not a fight.

We walk the whole sequence in the foreign-owner selling guide, and the tax on the gain in the capital-gains guide. Neither is advice; both are the map, and we bring in the accountant and lawyer to run it.

Ipanema beachfront apartments and the Dois Irmãos mountain, Rio de Janeiro
Three ways to list

Sell it, rent it, or both.

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Sale listing

Full-market or off-market

Priced against comps we can show you, photographed and presented to our buyers — quietly to a shortlist, or openly across the portals. Your call which.

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Serviced rental

Earn while it's listed

If the numbers say your apartment earns more furnished than it costs to hold, we can run it as a serviced short-stay — fully managed — while the sale campaign runs. Live nightly rates sit on the rentals, never quoted blind.

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Dual-track

Both, in parallel

List for sale and let it by the night at the same time, so the apartment carries itself until the right offer lands. One mandate, one point of contact.

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Good to know

Questions sellers ask.

How much is my Ipanema apartment worth right now?

That depends on the block, the floor, the view and the state of the unit — a beachfront cobertura and an interior two-bedroom price nothing alike. Send us the building and the apartment and you'll have a same-day read with the recent comparable closings behind it.

Should I sell quietly or list on the open market?

Both work in Ipanema; it depends on the apartment and your timing. Trophy and beachfront units often sell best off-market to a shortlist of known buyers; broader stock does better with a full open campaign. We'll recommend one and explain why — the choice stays yours.

Can I sell from abroad without coming to Rio?

Yes. A Brazilian power of attorney lets us and your lawyer handle the deed and the ITBI transfer tax at the notary for you. You sign once, at a consulate or by courier. Most of our overseas sellers never fly in for the sale itself.

What does it cost to list with Art de Vivre?

Nothing upfront. The valuation and comparables are free, and our commission is negotiable and paid on a completed sale. We'll put the terms in writing before you commit to anything.

Owners' library

Before you list.

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What is your Ipanema apartment worth today?

Send the building and the unit and Charlie reads it himself — the same day — with a recommended price band, the comparable sales nearby, and the honest strategy for your asset. In English, Português, Français or Italiano.

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