About the author
Oleg Chupryna
Fifteen years in construction, now on the buyer’s side.
I have delivered projects for investors: homes, a public school, roads and a hotel, from the first budget to handover. I have lived in Spain for five years. This guide puts that experience to work for the person who pays.
- Master’s in civil engineering
- PRINCE2 certified
- 15 years in construction
At a glance
- in construction
- 15 years
- in civil construction and engineering
- Master’s
- construction projects delivered on schedule
- 11
- specialists in the team I led
- 30
- saved for clients against the initial construction budget
- 15%
- living in Spain
- 5 years
Why this guide exists
I have sat on the investor’s side. Now I sit on yours.
On a construction project every euro and every deadline is checked: feasibility, budgets, permits, tenders, contracts, site inspections and handover. I have done that work for fifteen years, for investors who wanted to know exactly what they were paying for.
Buying a home in Spain rarely works like that. Most of what you read comes from developers and agencies, who earn more when you pay more, so the costs that are easy to forget rarely reach the brochure.
This guide works the way a project manager works. Every tax rate and fee comes from the official text, every figure shows its source and the date it was checked, and the steps come in the order they really happen, based on a real purchase in 2026.
Career
The experience behind this guide.
2020 – today
Construction consultant
Independent
Advising on construction projects alongside my role in technology.
2020 – today
Senior project manager
International technology sector
Leading cross-functional teams and launches across several regulated markets: roadmaps, compliance, release and risk planning, and reporting to senior management.
2019
Founder
Charrette, construction project management
Project management and cost advice for investors and public clients.
- Listed by the US Embassy in Ukraine as a Trusted Business Service Provider
- Feasibility study and cost management for the renovation of a 7,000 m² business centre, as a partner of the UAE embassy
- Project management for a foreign investor’s reconstruction of a 5,000 m² residential building in a historic city centre
2013 – 2018
Project manager, then Senior Construction Manager
Dragon Capital, investment banking and real estate
The full cycle of the company’s construction projects, from feasibility, permits, budgets and tenders to construction and commissioning, with a team of up to 30 specialists. As Senior Construction Manager I ran the highest-priority programme and mentored other project managers.
- 2018: a public school, a residential building and road infrastructure delivered on schedule
- 2017: named one of the company’s top 3 performers of the year
- 2016: 15% saved for the client against the initial budget of a complex MEP installation, through procurement, without losing quality or time
- 2015: four residential projects delivered on time and within budget; promoted to Senior Construction Manager
- 2014: two infrastructure projects and a retail building completed
2011 – 2013
Assistant project manager
Gardiner & Theobald, international construction consultancy
Site quality and safety checks, project documentation and progress reporting.
- 2012: the redevelopment of a former state resort into a private resort hotel, delivered on schedule
Credentials
Trained as an engineer, certified as a project manager.
Education
Master of Civil Construction and Engineering
Zaporizhzhia State Engineering Academy, 2010
Bachelor of Industrial and Civil Construction
Zaporizhzhia State Engineering Academy, 2009
Certificates
PRINCE2
Certified project management method
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification
2019
Recognition
Trusted Business Service Provider
US Embassy in Ukraine, 2019
Top 3 performer of the year
Dragon Capital, 2017
How this guide works
Independent, sourced and practical.
Independent
Nobody can pay to change what we write. Nothing on the site is sponsored; if anything ever is, it will be clearly labelled.
Sourced
Every tax rate and fee comes from the official text, with its source and the date it was last checked. Anything not yet confirmed is marked as such.
Practical
Calculators for buying, mortgage, running costs and rental yield, and guides that follow a purchase step by step. Information, not legal or tax advice: always use an independent lawyer.
Questions, or spotted a mistake?
Write to me through the contact form. Every factual page shows when it was last checked, and I correct errors as soon as I can.