moving to cyprus

[Veronica]

I would not recommend renting anything through the internet before you come.
Pictures can be very misleading and what looks lovely on someones website might not look as good in reality, also with rentals the pictures might be a few years old and the place could have gone downhill since they were taken.
On the other hand you might dismiss something that is really nice because the pictures didnt do it justice.
If you do decide to go for renting before you come, only sign a 3 month contract not a long term one. This gives you lots of time to find the right property in the right area for you. If you sign a 12 month contract you will lose your deposit if you leave early and you could end up stuck in place you hate.

[theo79]

thank you very much for all your help, :-)

[toppers4]

Hi, myself, my husband, our 2.5yr old daughter and 1yr old son move to Xylaphagou in a few weeks. We are in a similar position as you. We did find our place on the Internet, but we met with an agent earlier in the year, visited several villages during our visits over the last 4yrs and gave the agent a 'wish list'. We were lucky when she came back with a place a couple of days later that hit every point on the list. Aware that photos may be old, we asked her to go round and take a couple of photos and send them direct to us. Having visited the area many times I am happy to take a risk on the property.

[toppers4]

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We are also lucky that we know people in the area who can vet an area for us.

Fingers crossed we have found the place for us and if not, we've tried and my thought process is I'd rather regret what I've done than sit back in 5yrs time saying I wished I'd done that. We have a fallback fund and plan if we need to move back, or we can try another area in Cyprus.

Good luck and if you would like to catch up when you arrive send me a message.

[theo79]

hi we're currently swaying toward secret valley near paphos we were lucky enough to visit there when we got married in paphos last year so we know it's beautiful and there's some great villa's online at what I think are quite reasonable prices between 700 and 800 euro's pcm, our outllok on thing's is similar to your's the worst thing that can happen is we end up back home in a year and we're not selling our house untill we're really sure, I hope it works out for you guy's and I'll be sure to message you in september when we leave hopefully you'll have some tip's on cypriot life by then

[Cleo Shahateet]

Secret Valley is lovely in my opinion and has a nice neighborhood feel. We have friends that live there and the homes are fantastic. You can easily get to many play areas and things to do with your daughter in Limassol as well as the Mums and tots groups and other activities in Paphos.

[theo79]

Originally Posted by Veronica

I would not recommend renting anything through the internet before you come.
Pictures can be very misleading and what looks lovely on someones website might not look as good in reality, also with rentals the pictures might be a few years old and the place could have gown downhill since they were taken.
On the other hand you might dismiss something that is really nice because the pictures didnt do it justice.
If you do decide to go for renting before you come, only sign a 3 month contract not a long term one. This gives you lots of time to find the right property in the right area for you. If you sign a 12 month contract you will lose your deposit if you leave early and you could end up stuck in place you hate.

hi veronica, we're going to fly out on a package holiday to paphos and look for a property when we arrive in the secret valley area but we're not sure whether to book one week or two week's at a hotel, will one week be sufficient time to lease a property (is there a lot of red tape)

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by theo79

hi veronica, we're going to fly out on a package holiday to paphos and look for a property when we arrive in the secret valley area but we're not sure whether to book one week or two week's at a hotel, will one week be sufficient time to lease a property (is there a lot of red tape)

Hi Theo,
There isn't a great deal of red tape once you find t he property you want but one week might not give you much time to find the right place. Also once you have found somewhere it may be in need of cleaning or some repairs carrying out before you move in so I would recommend that you give yourselves a little bit longer in a hotel.

Regards
Veronica

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by Veronica

Hi Theo,
There isn't a great deal of red tape once you find t he property you want but one week might not give you much time to find the right place. Also once you have found somewhere it may be in need of cleaning or some repairs carrying out before you move in so I would recommend that you give yourselves a little bit longer in a hotel.

Regards
Veronica

Doh, I need to switch my brain on. You are only coming over on a recce arn't you. Not to move in

[theo79]

Originally Posted by Veronica

Doh, I need to switch my brain on. You are only coming over on a recce arn't you. Not to move in

no we're actually going to come and stay in september i'll book two week's in a hotel initially if it takes any longer my granparent's have a couple of properties in a village called mazatos we can crash in till we find the right place, thanks again for all your help