Chris was born in 1961 in Munich, Germany and grew up in a small town near Dusseldorf. He completed his high school education and went on to study economics and informatics both in Germany and in Switzerland.

In 2004 he began working in Pelion and formed this co-operative. His idea was very simple: to facilitate the involvement of everybody in the area - locals, builders, craftsmen, owners and officials, and even foreigners of course, acting as buyers, sellers or investors. In this way the profits of all stages of a transaction are shared throughout the community, and therefore protect and support the interests and welfare of the people living in and moving to the area.

He has carved his own niche in Greece, knowing the language as he does, and having the necessary contacts with the local people. He lives and works here in the local area, not in some distant and remote place. His primary goal is to involve the community in order to help preserve the Pelion as the beautiful place it is today. .

"In this difficult period in our country's history, as Greece macro-economic data and its perception by the EC are less favourable, we feel obligated not only to Pelion - it is about the whole country to come forward and all of us must be part of anything what can help improve its stature in the international stage, restore our national pride, and revive that feeling of optimism we so desperately need today. What Greece is famous for is its heavy industry - it is imperative that we safeguard this tourism! Our tourism. The Pelion Cooperative makes its contribution to this issue and helps to protect the quality of an industry that only a modern country with great cultural heritage can provide. We need to believe in that what we are doing for it and we do need to promote the educational systems to avoid physically polluting the environment but also avoid redeveloping the spreaded spirit of stopping and interupting people who are successful while doing a lot for this homeland. From the very first day of our operation, be on renting, selling, building Pelion Estates / Properties, or be on just talking over related things with all participating members our goal was just to bring quality to the customers - let's say in form of culture. This is referred to the trial striving to bring back values to our brokerage like integrity, friendlyness, faith specially in the future. It is about the way one sees his clients - we do integrate them into the cooperative so they become part of the whole thing with all its benefits. Though there are always people who never show their appreciation for those who helped to the get to their goals, PELIONESTATES© could manage to cultivate mediation environment and develop an affirmative perception of the participating or just watching people. Our greatest award has to be the satisfaction of reading our member's feedback by email.These messages are deeply moving and will be published shortly. As first successful cooperative down here PELIONESTATES© feels the burden of its responsibility and aims to promote the Greek country every day grasping every chance coming up to maintain the new status quo of modern mediation." (Dr. Christopher M. Horning, CEO Raccoons Homes INC in December 2010)

The Pelion has a lot of water, and this is the main reason for its wonderful greenery, which is difficult to find elsewhere in Greece. This especially applies to the southern part of the peninsula which enjoys the best climate. Even when there are harsh winter conditions in the northern part, you won't find snow close to the sea in the southern part. The summers are less hot than in the more southerly parts of Greece (Athens for example), so you don't have to worry about having air conditioning and suchlike. However, heating for the winter is strongly recommended! A small fireplace will ensure that you can be comfortable in wintertime (and we're talking only January and February really).