Water, water everywhere.

[Chris & Andrea]

Hi all just got back from Cyprus checking on developments of property over in Polemi. Whilst we did not experience any problems, water cuts have come into effect over most of the island, with the exception of Paphos, which has been spared for the time being. Consumers in the districts of Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca are very much restricted over water usage with tap water in some areas, e.g. Nicosia, only available 3 days a week for 12 hour periods! This apparently has been enforced due to over consumption. No decision has been made on the Paphos area , mainly due to the fact it has access to it's own bore holes, although it would appear the situation is being monitored, and over consumption could bring about similiar restrictions to that of it's neighbours.
Regards, Chris

[yummymummy150]

Hi Chris,i think if all take care paphos will see through the worst off the cuts this summer.good news is that they had a lot of heavy rain and storms yesterday . will need a lot more to help the situation but its a start.. hope all was well with your build/
Tricia

[Ang Cyprus]

Hi Malcolm

We are one of the lucky ones as we haven't been affected by the water cuts, we live in a small village on the outskirts of Paphos (I won't say where in case the water board see this!). As for the pressurised water system, this is so we don't have to have our water tank on the roof (as you mentioned they are ugly) so we have it in a hidden in a cupboard at the side of the house but need the pressure to pump it up. Problem is when you have a power cut, no water!!

[malcolmw]

Thanks Ang. We have been looking at the many property sites and so often the 'views' are marred by the water tanks on the roofs. You would think they would screen them!! Paphos does seem to have the best water supplies but missed out on the rain storms of last week! Didn't know about the power cuts. Malcolmw.

[Ang Cyprus]

Hi Malcolm

We did get a little storm last week, even got hailstones!

I would recommend if your not 100% certain about moving consider renting for a few months first or spend a few weeks visiting different areas of Paphos, just don't commit yourself too soon and check your contract throughly especially the right to sell some developers charge you a percentage to sell your property if the title deeds haven't been issued, they should just charge a one off administration fee as the percent sometimes can be up to 5%.

My partner deals with property and has helped many people re-locate so if you have any questions at all please feel free to email me. His parents moved over here and love it, they live in Tala which has been hit hard with the water cuts I believe it's off 3 days of the week but they normally have enough in their tank to have a shower and flush the toilet. They say they'd never go back to the UK.

Well good luck and if you need any help just ask I think there's plenty of people on the forum who can help you.

Angela

[Veronica Kneeshaw]

Hi Malc,
As Ang has said it is a good idea to rent for a whuile if you are not too sure
about committing yourself and yes some developers will charge a high percentage for the cancellation of your contract if you decide to sell. My husband and I help people to find the perfect property for them (mainly in the Paphos district) and there are certain developers we will not deal under any circumstances because of this. Unfortunatelythe worst offender are some of the bigger developers who many people buy from because they tihnk big is best.
Take a look at our website and if there is anything we can help you with dont hestiate to get in touch. We will search for the right property for our clients if we dont have what they are looking in our database.

I agree that the water tanks on the roofs are an eyesore but unfortunately it is the way it is had always been done over here and they are slow to change their ways.
However more and more of the smaller developers are now hiding these tanks and we can only hope that they gradually start to dissapear from the skyline.

Veronica

[malcolmw]

Hi Veronica. Only a few weeks and we will be able to see the situation for ouselves. This will only be a quick (7 day) visit this time but we expect to come over for 6 weeks later in the year. If we sell quickly (don't hold your breath) we will go for a 3 month rental till we find what suits us. I tried your Elysian fields site but my computer objected to the use of Adobe Flash and would not show details of properties. My Adobe reader is fully uptodate. Thanks again for all your comments. Malcolmw.

[Veronica Kneeshaw]

Hi Malcolm,
If you look google european properties and look on european properties . com you will find all of our properties on there as well.
Just click onto any of our properties then click view all properties and you will be able to look at them that way.
There arn't as many pictures of them on there but at least you can see them.
I cant understand why your computer dosnt like our site if your adobe is up to date. No one else has said they have problems. However we will ask our website designer to see if there is a problem that needs sorting out.
Thanks for letting me know.
Veronica

[malcolmw]

Hi Veronica. Thanks for your help. Have had a scan through some properties via European properties.com with no problems. Malcolmw