A different kind of real estate practice.
I grew up between continents — Hungary, Russia, Europe, San Francisco, Buenos Aires. Four languages at the dinner table, a grandmother in New York, a father managing real estate across European cities. That upbringing didn't give me a fixed identity — it gave me something more valuable: the ability to understand people deeply, wherever they come from and whatever they need.
I arrived in Madrid in 2021. By choice. I found a city still early in its transformation — calm, underestimated, full of potential. And a real estate market where, without the right guidance, the gap between what you pay and what something is worth can be very wide.
"Trust in this market is not given — it is earned, slowly, deal by deal."
Building a practice here as an outsider taught me what no business school course can: trust in this market is not given — it is earned, slowly, deal by deal. Over six years, we built a network of Spanish lawyers, technical architects, tax advisors and carefully selected brokers with access to properties that never reach any portal. That network is not a feature of our service. It is the service.
Elena Legacy Properties works exclusively for buyers — by contract, from day one. Every mandate is signed before any search begins. Fees are fully disclosed, success-based, and agreed in writing. We negotiate in Spanish, English and Russian.
Madrid gave me a home, a career, and a purpose. When I help someone buy here, I bring all of that to the table — because this is not just business to me. It never has been.
8 years in real estate: starting in international investment in Moscow, 6 exclusively in Madrid's prime districts
IE Business School : Real Estate Asset Management & Portfolio Development Programme
Trilingual practice : Spanish · English · Russian at professional negotiation level
A formally constituted advisory practice, with every operation supported by a specialist real estate lawyer
Elena Ushakova
Founder & CEO - Elena Legacy Properties