About

I'm Karel Olde Meule — the person behind Kiriakos Services & Consulting. I grew up in Amersfoort, in a family where taking responsibility and seeing things through were simply how you did things. That's stuck with me ever since.

Professionally, I spent nearly fifteen years as a technical and project manager, guiding complex renovation projects from the first analysis through to the final handover — known for reading a complicated situation quickly, bringing structure where a project has stalled, and making a clear call once the key parameters are in.

Building is about details — I've always said that, and it's still how I look at every job.

After years of managing that kind of work from a distance, I wanted to get closer to it again — and not narrow myself to just one role. Kiriakos Services & Consulting is built around that idea: the same technical standard and project discipline, applied across three flexible lines, delivered in a more direct, pragmatic way.

The move to Samos wasn't a sudden decision — it grew over several years of visits, where the island's freedom, simplicity, and connection to the sea kept pulling at me. When it got serious, I gave it the same treatment I'd give any project: a sober look at what was actually realistic — living here, working remotely, the finances, and how it would combine with a project of my own: restoring an old steel sailboat I call Kon-Tiki. The analysis held up, so I went ahead with it.

These days that boat project, island-hopping around the Aegean, and the occasional renovation project of my own sit alongside the client work — alongside a healthy dose of curiosity for what's over the next hill, or just past the harbour.

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