Founders' Letter

A fresh approach to Marbella real estate.

Tobin & Downes was formed by founders Thomas Tobin and Jack Downes to create a fresh approach to real estate — built on traditional values with a modern mindset.

While the partnership itself is new, it is built on four decades of combined experience across prime London and the Costa del Sol.

With experience drawn from both London and Marbella, our aim is to deliver the personal service of a London private office combined with the in-depth, on-the-ground knowledge we've acquired together from our years on the Costa del Sol.

Through our personal approach to working with clients, we form a bespoke service that earns our clients' trust — building strong, lasting relationships that, much of the time, develop into friendships.

That same care extends to the owners and sellers we represent: discreet, considered marketing and honest counsel on price, timing and audience — so a sale is handled as thoughtfully as a purchase.

We felt Marbella as a whole lacked an agency whose priority is the client's needs and whose main focus is ensuring a purchase is the best possible investment for them. We explore the locations and property types in full, so our clients have the knowledge to make a fully informed decision.

Our ambition is simple: to be the agency our clients recommend first — the one they trust with their family, their friends and their next move.

— Thomas Tobin & Jack Downes

The Tobin & Downes advisory team on a Marbella terrace with La Concha in the distance
THE TOBIN & DOWNES TEAM

What we stand for

Four principles, applied to every client.

Personal first

One dedicated point of contact, honest counsel, and a service shaped around how you actually want to be looked after.

Local truth

We walk every street, road and complex ourselves. You hear the pros and the cons of an area, not the brochure version.

Protected purchase

A vetted legal and mortgage team, bank-guaranteed off-plan payments, and clear breakdowns of every cost before you commit.

A long view

Buying the right property in the right location, with capital growth and resale demand front-of-mind from day one.

The founders

Two backgrounds, one approach.

Thomas Tobin, Co-Founder

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Thomas Tobin

Co-Founder · Marbella

Raised between the UK and the Costa del Sol, Thomas has spent the last decade brokering villas across the Golden Mile, Sierra Blanca and Benahavís. His instinct for a property's long-term ceiling is the reason returning clients ask him to source their second and third homes.

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Jack Downes, Co-Founder

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Jack Downes

Co-Founder · London & Marbella

Jack came up through prime central London agency work before relocating to Marbella full-time. He also brings hands-on construction project management experience from luxury developments — and the introduction-led, white-glove rhythm of Mayfair private offices to a market that, until now, has rarely seen it.

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€500m+

Marbella property privately sold

< 24h

Average response time

40+ years

Combined partner experience

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We meet where it suits you — at the property, over video, or anywhere on the coast. Calls and consultations arranged around your schedule, whatever your time zone.