Cyprus Property Forum for Buyers, Sellers & Investors

Thank you Scots lad for your kind comment. Yes, Hadjivasili Bros did put their request in writing. They sent an email request for c. 4,000 euros and details of the bank account that we should pay it into. This was last September and included 6 years IPT. At that time it had been 4 years and eleven m...

We took delivery of our house from Hadjivasili Bros in Oct 2006 and, in line with our contract, submitted a list of problems the following May. The main problems were damp and flaking ceilings under a flat roof and a large wet patch on the staircase wall, again a flat roof. The developer attempted r...

Hi Nigel, Along with a ridiculous amount of IPT, our developer is trying to charge us municipality tax (the municipality say none has been paid) interest at 9% per annum for the 5 years since we purchased the property because he lost interest on his savings by paying 'our taxes' for us, and a fee fo...

Hi Nigel, I read recently that the LR had assessed several properties at a much higher price than that on the sales contract, meaning that transfer fees were much greater than buyers were expecting to pay when obtaining title deeds. The same article also quoted a well known local lawyer as saying ''...

Hi Nigel, Apologies if this topic is covered elsewhere. Some friends are selling a villa, for which they luckily managed to obtain title deeds just after putting on the market and happily paid €7000 believing this to be a good selling point. They currently have some interest from a Cypriot but he wi...

Hi Nigel. Sorry it did not take long, having introduced myself, can I now ask a question? We live on a development of 9 villas, with an area I think 10%, approx 800 sq. mts. designated as green. We were led to believe that our builder would smarten up this parcel of land. He now tells us (1 year on)...

Hi, I'm Kate and I live in Cyprus. We have been here for 18 months, having arrived here with no planning, 2 days after completion on our sale in the UK. Regrets? None. But would I do it the way we did again? NEVER! There is so much information available on sites like this that we were totally unawar...