Another sucker
Posted: 11 Oct 2013 12:51
Hello!
I am an Australian married to a Cypriot woman
In 1996 we purchased an apartment in Pafos and were told that we would get the deeds in a few months (!)
We returned to Aust and an estate agent rented out the apt for us until 2008 when they ceased the arrangement
We then engaged a British-run management company
My wife returned to Cyprus this year and went to check on the apt.
The management co. had closed down
She found the apt. being renovated by a property developer who told her that he owned it!
The sale documents we signed in 1996 had not been lodged at the Land Registry
She approached the estate agent who had sold it to us and he offered her our money back less taxes which came to (have a guess) - Euros 0.0!
How can we pay the taxes for a property that they tell us is not ours?
We want our money back!
I am an Australian married to a Cypriot woman
In 1996 we purchased an apartment in Pafos and were told that we would get the deeds in a few months (!)
We returned to Aust and an estate agent rented out the apt for us until 2008 when they ceased the arrangement
We then engaged a British-run management company
My wife returned to Cyprus this year and went to check on the apt.
The management co. had closed down
She found the apt. being renovated by a property developer who told her that he owned it!
The sale documents we signed in 1996 had not been lodged at the Land Registry
She approached the estate agent who had sold it to us and he offered her our money back less taxes which came to (have a guess) - Euros 0.0!
How can we pay the taxes for a property that they tell us is not ours?
We want our money back!