Purchasing Our Cyprus Property!

Hello, how are you?

Well, this is an exciting week. I’m going to tell you the story of how we bought our property in Cyprus and renovated it. Phew, that’s going to take some time, but I really hope you will enjoy sharing all the experiences!

It all started in 2006 when we came over to stay at a friend’s villa. Well, we fell in love with Cyprus instantly. Cyprus is like that, so friendly and welcoming.

We did the usual thing, booking appointments from the UK with agents over here to view properties. But due to such a buoyant market, by the time we arrived, almost everything we wanted to see was sold. And off-plan wasn’t for us - we wanted to buy a resale, something to renovate - this was our dream.

So, after spending a few days with agents, we decided to set off on our own instead. We had already found an area we really liked – it was Tala, in Paphos. So we headed off in the car, and driving up a quiet cul-de-sac, my husband suddenly spotted a tiny for sale sign in the window of an old bungalow. And that was it!

It was perfect. The price was right, the area was beautiful, there were no building works around it – and it had the all important Title Deeds issued in the current owners’ names.

We negotiated a good price - bearing in mind there was a lot of work to do - and shook hands on the deal.

This was on the Wednesday. We flew back to the UK on the Sunday, sold our house in 11 days and within 11 weeks – yes just 11 weeks – we were emigrating. I can’t wait to tell you all about that, talk about life in the fast lane!

More follows next week, so stay tuned, we’re only at the very beginning ….

Have a lovely weekend and keep smiling.
Best wishes
Jackie

PS: I forgot to mention, before we even thought about getting a property in Cyprus, we bought The Cyprus Buying Guide – check it out, http://www.cyprusbuyingguide.com/guide.htm. Without it, we would have made so many mistakes that could have cost us thousands!