Contacts in Zante

[rich2000k]

Hi me and my family are considering moving to Zante in the near future and building a property. I am doing all the research i can on the web and am looking for a bit of help.

We are coming over in sept/oct for a week so my partner can experience the greek feel. We are looking to chat with a few people who live and work in zante. My fiancee is a little sceptical about the entire thing so i am hoping that this will settle at least a few of her nerves.

Any information we can get or any help with the research we are doing will be fantastic.

Thanks a million

Rich

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by rich2000k

Hi me and my family are considering moving to Zante in the near future and building a property. I am doing all the research i can on the web and am looking for a bit of help.

We are coming over in sept/oct for a week so my partner can experience the greek feel. We are looking to chat with a few people who live and work in zante. My fiancee is a little sceptical about the entire thing so i am hoping that this will settle at least a few of her nerves.

Any information we can get or any help with the research we are doing will be fantastic.

Thanks a million

Rich

So ..... you are going to have to get employment there Rich?

[Wils & Nance]

Hi Rich,
Have a wee look through older posts, you will find out it's not so easy to get work or land to build on, and no english speaking school.
I have worked there with a Uk tour operator and have friends there both Greek & English.......you will never earn a great deal, as most jobs are seasonal !
Don't get me wrong, I love the place and have contacts, but I could never afford to live there permenantly ! and I would love to !
The main guy to talk to about building a house is Yiannis Bracco, he has a 'site' using his surname and he is not a cowboy...there are strict building conditions due to the earth tremors, so it won't be cheap !
Have a browse through the older posts, there really is lots of info on this site.
Good Luck

[Wils & Nance]

Geisu Rich,
Sorry, but I forgot to ask where on the island you were thinking of ?
Nance

p.s. not trying to put you off....like i said I would love to live there...just can't afford to.
My friends there are either married into greek families,have taken early retirement or work in tourism.......but not one of them works in the winter
months !

[rich2000k]

Hi we are talking about tsillivi but we have not made a full decision on that at the moment.

If everything goes to plan (which it hardly ever does) i won't need to get employment as i'm setting up an internet business at the moment, Tara on the other hand had expressed some intrest in working so we would be looking for something part time for her. She would like something in the hospitality sector but we'll see how that goes. Hopefully overall that will give us more than enough to live off (well thats the plan).

Thanks for the information on the contractor we are going to do some research into that. I had no idea that there were no english speaking schools i'm hoping that we will be able to work around that, We'll see how we go. Does anybody know anyone we can meet when we go over in sept/oct to have a chat with etc...

Thanks a million

Rich & Tara (and Charlie due in 6 days)

[Wils & Nance]

Hi again,
There is a guy on here paulmallaratt, he owns heaven bar in Alykanas, pm him, he's nice and it's not too far from Tsilivi, I was living in Alykes but worked in Alykanas as well.
We were hoping to go visit friends in September too.
Poor money working in hotels(for your partner)it tends to be locals that get these jobs. Better money selling tours, try Pelargos(Yolande) or Spring tours(Jimmy) they are usually looking for peeps to work a season and being english speaking is a plus 800euros per month(roughly) thats a good wage in Zakynthos !
My friend Vassilis has an internet cafe in Alykes, he goes home to the mainland in winter time, he said last season was pretty poor money wise, and that Tsakis in Alykanas didn't do well either.
So do lots of research, people are very friendly on the island.
Just be careful not to step on anyones toes, business wise !
Best of Luck, Nance.

[rich2000k]

Thanks Nancy.

Tara is keeping her mind open regarding the type of job she wants. We have sent Paul a message so with any luck we will have a contact out there for when we go. I am getting quite lucky regarding work and my site at the moment so as it stands everything is looking good. Baby Charlie still hasn't arrived yet but hopefully he'll show his face in the next couple of days and then we can arrange a date to travel. Thanks for all the help oh by the way i couldn't find the site for the builder (Yiannis Bracco). If you can post the url it would be fantastic.
Thanks again
Rich

[Wils & Nance]

HI Rich, Tara & Bump !
I have pm'd you the website addy, my mis-spelling , sorry !

[rich2000k]

Thanks Nancy we have checked there website the work they seem to do is great. I am hoping to drop in on them when we come over in sept. Thanks for all the information it's been a great help.

[Wils & Nance]

You are very welcome !