Our Story
Local expertise.
Personal care.
Long-term commitment.
Sicara was built around a simple observation: people who buy property in Sicily do so because they love the island. What they don't always love is what comes next.
Who We Are
A family rooted in Sicily
Sicara was founded by Donatella and Atle Stehouwer-Broglia — a family with deep roots in the Agrigento region of Sicily. Donatella brings intimate local knowledge of the island: its laws, its people, its rhythms, and the specific complexities of buying property here as an outsider. Atle contributes international perspective, operational expertise, and an understanding of what clients coming from Northern Europe, the UK, and beyond actually need when navigating an unfamiliar market.
Together, they built Sicara around a belief they return to often: Sicily is worth doing properly.
The complexity, the distance, the systems that are difficult to understand from abroad — these are exactly the things that Sicara exists to manage. Not as a transaction. As a long-term partnership built on trust.
We work with a deliberately small number of clients. Every property we represent gets real, consistent attention — because that is the only way we know how to do this well.
“Sicara is part of a wider family of Sicilian brands — built around the same belief: that a deeper connection to this island is always worth investing in.”
Agrigento
Our home. Our market.
The Founders
The people behind Sicara
Donatella Stehouwer-Broglia
Co-Founder — Local Operations
Born and raised in Sicily, Donatella is the operational heart of Sicara. She brings deep knowledge of the Agrigento region — its property market, its legal landscape, its communities, and its people. Fluent in Italian and English, she is the trusted local presence that makes everything work on the ground. Every client relationship begins with Donatella.
Atle Stehouwer-Broglia
Co-Founder — Strategy & Operations
With a background spanning international business, partnerships, and operational systems across Europe, Atle brings the international perspective that Sicara's clients need. He understands what buyers from the UK, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe are looking for — and builds the systems and processes that make the entire experience seamless from inquiry to completion and beyond.
How We Work
What we believe
Transparency
We tell you what we know, what we don't know, and what something will actually cost. No surprises, no inflated expectations.
Long-term thinking
We work with a deliberately small number of clients. That means your purchase gets real attention — not a conveyor belt approach.
Local depth
Sicily is complex. The legal landscape, the regional differences, the people you need to know — this takes years to understand properly. We already know it.
Family values
This is a family business built on genuine belief in Sicily. We treat every client's purchase the way we'd want ours treated — with care, honesty, and follow-through.
Professional Standards
Built on trust, backed by credentials
FIAIP Member
Registered with the Italian Federation of Professional Real Estate Agents — Italy's leading professional body for real estate practitioners.
GDPR Compliant
Full compliance with EU data protection regulations. Your personal information is handled with the highest standards of care and security.
Multilingual
Full service in English, Italian, and Norwegian. All documentation provided in your preferred language, without anything lost in translation.
Local Partner Network
A carefully vetted network of notaries, lawyers, architects, builders, and property managers across the Agrigento province — built over years of operating in the region.
Sicara is part of a wider family of Sicilian businesses — alongside SB Agriculture and The Sicilian Connection — each built around the same belief: that a deeper connection to this island is always worth investing in.
Ready to have a real conversation?
We don't offer automated packages or generic quotes. We take the time to understand your situation and tell you honestly how we can help.
We respond to every enquiry personally, usually within 24 hours.