Cyprus Property Forum for Buyers, Sellers & Investors

I am now one of the fortunate people who have been told that my title deeds are ready for collection, upon payment of outstanding IPT and and 'administration fee' to the developer. There does seem to be a few weird things [only a few, I hear you say] which I did wonder if anyone had previous ...

Thanks for the advice [Nigel] and the good wishes [Terry]

You are quite correct, there is a continuum of developer rapaciousness, and TBH ours has been better than most in the main, they just seem to have a thing about charges, on the actual building side and the old "not taking out a mortgage on ...

Here are a couple of whacky ideas I have been toying with

a) Refusing to pay and complain that the Government mandated instructions for claiming the IPT have not been followed to the Cypriot Consumer Protection Service [if they are not actually a part of the problem]. That way it will be the ...

Firstly Nigel, thanks for all of your advice, both here and on your site, it's all been very useful.

I was one of those people who were so keen to buy their property [a two bedroom apartment on a large development, well within the IPT exemption zone]that I signed a contract to say I would pay the ...

Pete,the pet issue is a very sensitive one,Our 44 apartment block has a no pets rule which does not bother us one bit,You say you are not bothered about your nieghbours owning pets??What about if the apartment next to yours owns a dog that howls night and day..:shock:

The Cypriot authorities have ...

I notice that most of the properties for sale on complexes which have an independent [i.e. not the developer] management committee, also come with a set of "rules"

It seems to me that in terms of the obvious common area maintenance fees and the owners required contributions to upkeep etc., these ...