About me

Someone has to look for you on site.

You are putting a major decision in someone else’s hands. So you should know who looks for you – and what he earns nothing from.

Müslüm Berk, founder of Fivestar Property Scan

Müslüm Berk

Founder & technical inspector · Antalya

I live with my family in Antalya. If you hire me, I drive to your property.

I know both sides: the standard of quality people in Germany and Europe expect when making a large investment – and the reality on the ground in Turkey.

I know how it feels to have to make an important decision without being able to check everything yourself. That is exactly why you should have someone on site you can trust.

We drive to your property, inspect the agreed areas directly on site and use modern inspection, measuring and documentation equipment. This lets us spot problems more reliably and document our findings in a way you can follow.

Because when an investment of possibly several hundred thousand euros is at stake, you should not rely on pictures, videos or statements alone. A professional inspection before the purchase costs only a fraction of that – and can help you spot expensive surprises early.

My job is not to sell you a property. My job is to look at it for you.

Why I see what gets missed during a viewing

I was born and raised in Germany and was self-employed there for around 15 years in skilled trades. The trades were different, the work behind them was always the same: substrate, measurement and clean execution – exactly the three things that later reveal whether a property was built properly.

The substrate decides, not the looks

With any surface it is the build-up underneath that counts: base layer, fall, drainage. That is precisely where most terraces, balconies and driveways fail on the Turkish coast – and precisely what I measure instead of estimating.

To the millimetre, not by feel

Whether an edge runs straight, a surface is truly level, an alignment holds: if you have not done it daily, you do not see it. I record it with measured values, not impressions.

A good-looking surface says little

For years I made a living making surfaces look better than they were. So I know quite precisely how good something can look that is not sound underneath.

Fresh paint over a damp patch is invisible to the eye. Not to a thermal imaging camera.

And I am just as clear about what I am not: I am not a structural engineer and not a certified surveyor. I measure, photograph and document the technical condition. Where I reach a limit, I write it in the report and tell you who can help you further. Better one honest sentence too many than a figure that does not hold.

German thoroughness. On site in Turkey.

Independence

We are not selling you a property.

We inspect it for you.

Our task is to give you an independent additional perspective before you make your decision.

  • No sales commission
  • No brokerage
  • No sales interest

We earn from the inspection, not from the purchase. It makes no difference to us whether you decide for or against the property in the end. What goes into the report is what we measured and saw – no more and no less.

Your property. Your decision. Our independent inspection.

Shall we take a look at your property?

You stay where you are. We are on site.

Trust is good. Checking is better.