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by HappyCamper
07 Dec 2023 23:44
Forum: Louise Zambartas' Legal Questions
Topic: CAEDB - Tax on Sales
Replies: 3
Views: 6466

Re: CAEDB - Tax on Sales

Thanks Nigel for what it is worth my solicitor now tells me ... We received your email and noted the contents. The decision is yours. We just sent you the letters because they are given to us together with other 300 letters for other people they sold during the specific period of time. The law was e...
by HappyCamper
05 Dec 2023 18:17
Forum: Louise Zambartas' Legal Questions
Topic: CAEDB - Tax on Sales
Replies: 3
Views: 6466

CAEDB - Tax on Sales

We (wife and I) sold our apartment in Paphos at the end of August 2022. Our solicitors advised us on tax implications which we settled in full at the time of the sale. Our solicitors provided us with a final settlement statement However, it turns out that our solicitors were unaware of a new tax lia...
by HappyCamper
13 Aug 2019 00:37
Forum: Mark Nowell's Financial Questions
Topic: Communal Fees - Making them up!
Replies: 4
Views: 12348

Re: Communal Fees - Making them up!

thank you Nigel it is sorted now - and I think I understand what might have happened an FB response ... my guess would be Pafilia sold the larger roof top apartments, pent house apartments with a promise of low annual maintenance fees, and used their interpretation of the law to get around the respo...
by HappyCamper
10 Aug 2019 01:22
Forum: Mark Nowell's Financial Questions
Topic: Communal Fees - Making them up!
Replies: 4
Views: 12348

Re: Communal Fees - Making them up!

Result They appear to have given in - albeit with the Cypriot refusal to admit a mistake and talk rubbish instead! they had until today until I referred then to the Financial Ombudsman - then this came .... Dear ....Further to our previous communication with regards to the above subject, we are plea...
by HappyCamper
20 Jul 2019 12:00
Forum: Mark Nowell's Financial Questions
Topic: Communal Fees - Making them up!
Replies: 4
Views: 12348

Communal Fees - Making them up!

would appreciate advice please. I own an apartment in Paphos built by one of the major developers. Their in-house property management company collect communal fees from us all, but I am not comfortable with how they are calculating individual shares. As I understand is there is only one way to corre...
by HappyCamper
24 Apr 2019 00:23
Forum: General Property Questions
Topic: Communal Insurance - Service Standards
Replies: 2
Views: 8516

Communal Insurance - Service Standards

Good Evening can you offer any advice on service standards for Cypriot Insurance Companies and Developers please? My property is in a Pafilia Development where communal management is provided by Blue Orange (a Pafilia subsidiary) who insure the communal property through CNP Afsalistiki. Back in Janu...
by HappyCamper
17 Dec 2018 17:39
Forum: Louise Zambartas' Legal Questions
Topic: "Own Risk" Disclaimer
Replies: 5
Views: 15901

Re: "Own Risk" Disclaimer

thanks jb

I shall try that route
by HappyCamper
16 Dec 2018 19:24
Forum: Louise Zambartas' Legal Questions
Topic: "Own Risk" Disclaimer
Replies: 5
Views: 15901

Re: "Own Risk" Disclaimer

thank nigel i have found another possible solution in the short term .... a FB reply that I got ..... P I would have thought your solicitor could have sorted this one out. However, putting a sign up could help protect you in case anyone got hurt, plus if the complex has public liability insurance th...
by HappyCamper
15 Dec 2018 20:22
Forum: Louise Zambartas' Legal Questions
Topic: "Own Risk" Disclaimer
Replies: 5
Views: 15901

"Own Risk" Disclaimer

This is an odd problem - but earlier in the year I bought an apartment in paphos where the developer (Pafilia) had clearly messed up the plans they submitted to the land registry (wrong numbers on flats, storage rooms etc). My Cypriot solicitor did not spot this. He would have done so had he asked f...
by HappyCamper
03 Sep 2018 15:02
Forum: Communal Property Management
Topic: this swimming pool malarky
Replies: 18
Views: 42775

Re: this swimming pool malarky

8k signatures will trigger a mandatory ministerial review - worth signing maybe? Brian, Firstly thank you for signing the petition calling for the suspension of the prosecution of 150 complexes and an urgent review of the swimming pool regulations. I am happy to report that we have just hit 1000 si...
by HappyCamper
28 Aug 2018 20:15
Forum: Communal Property Management
Topic: this swimming pool malarky
Replies: 18
Views: 42775

Re: this swimming pool malarky

hi lady warrior

Doros T's statements were made in front of, and minuted by, residents of the development in which I own a property.

I can not comment on whether or not he was telling the truth - but I know our owners were

best wishes
by HappyCamper
16 Aug 2018 01:34
Forum: Communal Property Management
Topic: this swimming pool malarky
Replies: 18
Views: 42775

Re: this swimming pool malarky

update and some progress (Nigel - I shared your comments on own risk when swimming etc - they have been leapt on - thanks) my development is Pafilia built and Blue Orange Managed (they act as our Management Committee) in Paphos some meeting notes .... "Last week our representative met with Mr Doros ...
by HappyCamper
15 Aug 2018 19:46
Forum: Communal Property Management
Topic: this swimming pool malarky
Replies: 18
Views: 42775

Re: this swimming pool malarky

we too are coming under pressure to sign an "instruction" with BO which authorises them to act as the pool manager and to recharge us with any fees they incur (all to be agreed and signed by end August) I am planning to respond to BO as follows (thanks Nigel as ever) Good Morning Thanks for your cor...
by HappyCamper
03 Aug 2018 20:09
Forum: Communal Property Management
Topic: this swimming pool malarky
Replies: 18
Views: 42775

Re: this swimming pool malarky

thank nigel

very helpful

i assume then that Cyprus, as a member of the EU, ignores EU directives on how swimming pools are to be classified

(I know the answer!)


:-))