Who we are
Europlan is an internationally – renowned, award winning company of architects, civil engineers, mechanical engineer and accounts based in Crete, Greece.
If you are looking to build your dream home or implement your investment plan, look no further than Europlan. We will take care of the necessary inspections of your property, architectural design and construction up to full completion, so all you have to do is plan your new life in a sunny and beautiful area such as Crete or watch the return on your investment materialize.
Europlan Video …
A video to introduce our company and the services we provide
Europlan Video…
Watch here…
Our new Europlan Video which gives information on the services we provide, customer testimonials and a visual delight of some of our latest construction projects.
George Gounalakis
Project Manager/ Civil Engineer
- Civil Engineer, Polytechnic School of the University of Patras.
- He was born in Athens in 1966 and has been a permanent resident of Aghios Nikolaos since 1970.
He completed his Primary and Secondary education at Aghios Nikolaos where he was the President of the Student Body. He continued his studies at the University of Patras in the Department of Civil Engineering in the Polytechnic School. While there he immersed himself in politics. - He graduated from the Polytechnic School of the University of Patras in 1991 and later during 1992 he moved to Aghios Nikolaos where he has been practicing his profession up to this day.
- In 1998, he acquired an equity stake at the newly established company EUROPLAN of which he remains a shareholder up to this day, being responsible for the Departments of Public Relations and Communication as well as the Department of Project Management.
- During the period 2000 – 2002, he was a regular member of the Port Committee of the Port Fund of Lasithi and later on since March 2003 up until July 2004 he became the chairman of the Port Fund of Lasithi.
- During the period from July 2001 until May 2004, he served as President of the Prefecture Committee of the Technical Chamber of Greece in the Department of Eastern Crete and became a member from May 2004 until March 2007. Also from 2004 until 2006, he served as a member of the Delegation of the Technical Chamber of Greece in the Department of Eastern Crete.
- Since January 2011, he has been an Elected Councilor, at the Municipality of Aghios Nikolaos, with the party MUNICIPAL COOPERATION.
- He has served as a technical adviser at the Industrial park of Aghios Nikolaos during the design and planning of the project.
- Over the past two years, he has specialized in Management Engineering, having managed to create a model Management system with programs and forms of his own inspiration.
- He is married to the mathematician Mrs. Vagiani Skoumbrou and they have two sons.
- His hobbies are basketball, music and politics.
Yannis Marinos
Civil Engineer / Head of Finance
- Civil Engineer of the Polytechnic School of the Democritus University of Xanthi. He was born in Rhodes in 1970 with an origin from the Peloponnese and the Ionian Islands. In 1981 he settled in Agios Nikolaos, where he lives until today.
- He completed the Secondary Education course in Agios Nikolaos. He continued his studies at the Democritus University of Thrace, in the Department of Civil Engineering of the Polytechnic School.
After acquiring his degree in 1993, he went to Great Britain for postgraduate studies. - Since 1995 he has been a civil engineer and since 1998 he has been a shareholder in the technical construction company EUROPLAN, having in recent years under his responsibility the department of finance and construction.
- He specializes in constructions with ecological building materials as well as bioclimatic architecture.
- During the period 2001 – 2002 he was a full member and technical adviser of the Port Authority of Lassithi Port Authority.
- In the period 2014 – today he is a regular member and treasurer of the Board of Directors of the Lassithi Chamber of Commerce.
- In the period 2015 – today he is Vice-President of the School Primary School of the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos.
- In the period 2015 – today he is a regular member of the Traffic Commission and the Development Company of the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos.
- He is married to Eftychia Apostolaki, a civil servant with whom she has three daughters, Alexandra, Eleni and Myrsini.
- His hobbies include football, music and cinema.
Michael Chorafas
Civil Engineer / Head of Design Department
- Civil Engineer, Polytechnic School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- He was born in 1977 in Heraklion, Crete and since then he has been a permanent resident of Aghios Nikolaos.
- He completed his Primary and Secondary education in Aghios Nikolaos and then he continued his studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in particular at the Polytechnic School in the Department of Civil Engineering.
- Since 2002, he has been practicing the profession of the Civil Engineer and since 2006 he has been a shareholder in the Engineering & Construction Company EUROPLAN, having under his supervision the Design Department.
- He is a certified Valuer in Real Estate Property
- During the period 2007-2009, he was a regural member of the Port Committee of the Port Fund of Lassithi
- From 2007 until 2009, he served as a President of the regional Committee of the Technical Chamber of Lassithi.
- From 2014 he is a member of the central Council of the Technical Chamber of Greece. From 2007 he is a member of the regional Council of the Technical Chamber in East Crete and from 2016 he is President of this Council.
- He is married to the architect Mrs Konstadina Drakonaki and they have three sons.
- His hobby is basketball.
Vagelis Plevrakis
Mechanical Engineer T.D / Construction Department
Vangelis comes from Lakonia studied Engineering in T.E.I in Heraklion. He has worked in the company since 2004 as a supervisor and belongs to the Construction department.
Vangelis hobbies include football and reading books.
Carla Price
Research and Development Department
Carla is from Canada and began working for Europlan in January 2008. She studied Marketing in Canada and is now an integral part of the Research and Development Department of the company.
Carla likes to spend time with her family enjoying the beautiful Island
Giorgos Lembidis
Mechanical Engineer T.D / Construction Department
George comes from Neapoli and he studied in Engineering at T.E.I Heraklion. He joined the firm in 2005 and works as a supervisor in the Construction Department.
He lists his hobbies as being football and basketball.
Georgia Kachopoulou
Secretary / Communications & PR Department.
Georgia is our longest serving employee, originally from Athens where she attended secretarial college. She has worked in the company since 2003 and belongs to the Communications & PR department.
In Georgia hobbies include art, handmade creations and cycling.
Nikos Chirakakis
Civil Engineer T.D / Construction Department
Nikos hails from Elounda. He graduated from T.E.I Piraeus and started working for Europlan in 2009. He works as a supervisor in the construction department. Nikos’ hobbies include photography, running and socializing with friends.
Bethan Sewell
Head of Marketing and Public Relations
Bethan originates form wales and moves to Crete in 2006. She studied Applied Economics and Business at the University of Plymouth in England and is Head of the Marketing and Public Relations Department at Europlan. She started working for the company in 2006. Her hobbies include hiking and exploring the Cretan countryside with her young daughter.
Architect / Design Department
Popi Giannakaki
Topographic Engineer / Design and Construction Department
Popi originates Pirgou in Heraklion and she is our topographer. She began working in Europlan 2012. She studied at Heraklion University and is a member of our Design and Construction Departments.
Her hobbies include spending time with her family, playing tennis and playing with her dog.
Maria Mastoraki
Economist / Financial Management Resources Department
Maria comes from Agios Nikolaos and studies Economics at the University of Crete. She joined Europlan in 2008 and is part of the Financial Resources and Management Department. Maria Likes spending time with family and close friends.
Evangelia Evangelinaki
Production Engineering and Management / Design Department
Evangelia comes from Agios Nikolaos and studied Production Engineering and Management at the Technical University of Crete. She joined Europlan in 2012 and a member of our Design Department.
Her hobbies include cycling and tennis.
Maria Thrapsanioutou
Accountant / Financial Management Resources Department
Maria comes from Agios Nikolaos and studied Specialist Computer Accounting at college (IEK). She has been with our company since 2008, as a member of the Financial Resources Management Department.
Maria’s hobbies include tennis and Pilates.
Filippos Petarakis
Civil Engineer / Design Department
Philipos comes from Agios Nikolaos and studied Civil Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He joined the Europlan in 2012 and is a member of the Design Department.
His hobbies include music and going to the cinema.
Panagiota Markou
Architect / Design Department
Panagiota comes from Athens and honors us with its presence in Crete. She studied architecture at the University of Thrace and cooperates with our company in the Design Department since from 2015.
Panagiota’s hobbies include is painting, DIY constructions and sewing
Soula Kratimenou
Civil Engineer T.D / Design Department
Soula comes from Athens and studied at T.E.I Heraklion. She joined the company in 2012 and works as a Civil Engineer T.D in our offices in Heraklion. She is a part of our Design Department.
Her hobbies include crafts, decoupage and the creations in shrink plastic.
Civil Engineer / Construction Department
Quality Guaranteed
Our company gives a 5 year guarantee which exceeds the expectations that the Greek law specifies as a guarantee from a contractor.
Home Owners’ Manual
At the end of the day the property is yours. Get to know how everything works through the detailed manual which we provide to you.
