Owner / CEO of Wetag Consulting Immobiliare
Ueli Schnorf owns Wetag Consulting Immobiliare together with his business partner Peter Albrecht and serves as CEO for Wetag. He holds a University of Zurich degree (Master of Arts) in Economic History.
Ueli bought Wetag Consulting in 1997 together with his business partner and developed the 30 year old Wetag Company into the leading luxury real estate broker of Southern Switzerland. Wetag has offices in Locarno, Lugano and Ascona. With his tremendous work ethics, real estate knowledge and great feel for luxury living, Ueli Schnorf and his partner transformed the company not only to leader in luxury real estate but also to a great source and well informed experts of fine living with a Mediterranean touch on the south side of the Alps.

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With 7 of 10 positions, European cities dominate the ranking for cities offering the best quality of lifestyle world wide. Swiss cities Zurich and Geneva almost retaining last year’s ranking and scores and hold position two and three while Vienna moved up one position from 2nd to 1st this year. The survey released by the Mercer consultancy last month cited not just Vienna’s affordability but also its improved political and social environment, its safety record, leisure offerings, cleanliness and excellent infrastructure as reasons for its top quality-of-life ranking, which put it ahead of Zurich, Switzerland, for the first time. The real estate market of Vienna is quite stable and in some city quarters prices are even climbed up. The quality of real estate belongs to one of the best within Europe. There are beautiful restored apartment buildings offering great living in top of the line renovated flats. Crown moldings, parquet floors, central heating and all modern amenities are only a few of the high standards to mention here. Neighborhoods like Grinzing and Hietzing are amongst the most sought-after living quarter in Vienna and feature beautiful mansions and villas offering the highest comfort and quality of life.

Source: Mercer Consultancy, Financial Times, Citymajors.com

Posted By: Peter Rabitz

While winter is hitting central Europe and even parts of Europe like the UK, where this kind of winter weather is very unusual, people might dream of sunny beaches, blue skies and start to think about where their holidays will be spent, or even buying a second home where they can escape such weather when they want.

There are many places in the world where it seems nice to spend your time and money, but only a few are worth it to think about. Great accessibility, stunning vacation lifestyle and service throughout are the key facts for the most of us. The Caribbean will be almost every ones first thought. One of my favourites in the Caribbean is Dellis Cay; a well designed and often reported about development on a beautiful island of the Turks and Caicos. A few of the most recognized architects of theses days, like Piero Lissoni, Shigeru Ban, Zaha Hadid and David Chipperfield, just to name a few, have been invited to design beach front villas, over water villas and resort residences. All feature each architect’s own style, far beyond the traditional Caribbean style and this development is to be one of the, if not, the, most outstanding Caribbean luxury development by far.

In contrast, I would like to mention Roko Ki on the Dominican Republic Island. The brand new development, launched in 2007 and soon to be open, is one of the most beautiful new resort developments in the Dominican Republic. Toped by the Westin® Roco Ki Beach & Golf Resort, featuring a Nick Faldo design golf course which was awarded as one of the “Best New International Course of 2008”, this eco-friendly development is nicely sited at one of the most beautiful spots on the east cost of the island. After completion, Roko Ki will be home to a few lucky people who’ve decided to own an oasis from it all on this beautiful island.

Posted By: Peter Rabitz

Marrakech - with its exotic riads in the Medina or its numerous supersized luxurious villas in the Palmarei around the city - didn’t loose its charm to foreigners. The Medina, as the old town is known, is bustling with colourful life, vibrating with exotic sounds and is exploding with alluring perfumes from those oceans of activity – the souks.

Many of the sumptuous villas by the old-established foreign community, including Bled Targui, owned by Princess Henrietta von Auersperg, and Le Verger de l’Etoile Filante (Orchard of the Shooting Star), which belongs to Frederick Vreeland, the former United States Ambassador and son of Diana Vreeland, the famed fashion-setter and Editor of Vogue are changing hands to a new but not less elitist scene of Morocco lovers such as Jasper Conrad and Ralph Lauren.

Properties combine the best of European refinement, American comfort and Moorish culture. A very exclusive and rare example is riad “The Secret” or a very fashionable riad just around the corner. Both are fine examples of a great mixture of traditional architecture and design, enhanced by modern components and luxurious details. Even you don’t want to buy a property in Marrakech – you need to visit this dream of The Thousand and One Nights.

Source: Times Online by Celia Brayfield

Posted By: Peter Rabitz