Real estate, capital and partnerships, structured with intelligence.
Bergahorn advises property owners, developers and investors on high-value transactions in Nigeria’s premium market, to international standards.
Built to resolve the problems that hold real estate back.
Every property carries value, yet that value is often locked behind a problem. A development may be selling too slowly, a project may lack funding, or a landowner may not know which partner to trust. Bergahorn exists to resolve those problems.
Our value lies in judgement, access and discretion rather than in the volume of listings we carry. We start with the challenge in front of a client and work back to the solution, bringing together buyers, capital, land and expertise in arrangements built to last.
Every stage of a property’s value, expertly handled.
Real Estate Advisory
The core of everything we do. Whatever the challenge, from a property that will not sell to a project in need of funding or a partnership to structure, we start with the problem and build the solution.
Sales and Acquisitions
Representation for owners selling and buyers acquiring premium residential and commercial property, with pricing, negotiation, deal terms and completion handled on your behalf.
Leasing and Lettings
Placement of premium homes and commercial space with qualified tenants, and sourcing of exceptional residences for corporate and private clients.
Off-Plan and New Developments
Sales and marketing strategy for developers bringing schemes to market or reviving slow sales, and independent assessment of off-plan opportunities for buyers.
A considered selection, represented with discretion.
From first conversation to completion.
Discover
We learn what you want to achieve, agree the terms of our mandate and confirm whose interests we represent.
Verify
Title, approvals, developer track record and counterparty standing are checked before any opportunity is put before you.
Structure
We shape pricing, payment milestones and partnership terms that hold up commercially and protect your position.
Deliver
We coordinate lawyers, surveyors and counterparties through to completion, with regular reporting wherever you are.
Access to opportunities we have assessed first.
Many of the sites, developments and partnerships we represent are offered by private introduction only. Share your criteria in confidence and we will contact you when an opportunity meets your brief.
The Bergahorn Group.
A group of specialist businesses, each focused on a distinct part of the real estate and investment value chain, united by one standard of trust.
Bergahorn Realty
Premium property sales, acquisitions, leasing and real estate advisory.
Bergahorn Advisory
Strategic advisory, transaction support, deal structuring and commercial partnerships.
Bergahorn Capital
Project funding and capital partnerships, connecting developments with equity and debt partners.
Bergahorn Developments
Property development, joint ventures and development partnerships.
Bergahorn Living
Premium residential living essentials, interior design and signature home products.
Bergahorn Investment Partners
Strategic investment relationships and co-investment opportunities.
Intelligence before advice.
The Ahorn Review, our private briefing, shares Bergahorn’s perspective on premium real estate and cross-border investment for clients and partners who prefer to decide with the full picture.
The Ahorn Review
Our perspective on property and cross-border investment. Occasional, considered and never shared with third parties.
Lynda Umeh
FounderLynda Umeh is a real estate executive with more than a decade of experience in luxury residential development and investment. Her career has spanned the full life of premium property, from overseeing the construction of luxury residential projects to leading the sales of high-value homes, structuring transactions and forging joint-venture partnerships.
She founded Bergahorn to bring that end-to-end perspective to clients around the world, pairing deep market experience with the strategic discipline of her MBA at Imperial College Business School, London.
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Every enquiry is read by a senior member of the team and treated in strict confidence.