V&G

V&G · #1 (**permalink**) 8th February 2008, 10:08 PM

Hiya, we're two very cold people up here in the North East.. hopefully this time next year we will be in Cyprus... hito all those brave people who make the move whatever the weather.. just a bit scared to dip my toe in at the minute...

kaz101 · #2 (**permalink**) 8th February 2008, 11:02 PM

Hi V&G,

Welcome to the forum.

Check out the Cyprus section (if you haven't already

).

It's scary when you don't know what to do but there are loads of people on the forum happy to share their experiences.

Regards,
Karen

V&G · #3 (**permalink**) 9th February 2008, 11:03 AM

thanks ever so much. We've woken up this morning to blue skies and yet its cold, it still feels good. I know when we do make the move it will be for the best, i would love a house but G isnt bothered, he would live in a shack.
We've been advised to rent.. and if we dont like it we will come back or go somewhere else... as i keep saying lifes too short!

Stravinsky · #4 (**permalink**) 9th February 2008, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by V&G

We've been advised to rent.. and if we dont like it we will come back or go somewhere else... as i keep saying lifes too short!

Thats good advice
If you buy you may discover you dont like the area you're in, or even that you dont like living abroad. Then its easier to return.

MichelleAlison · #5 (**permalink**) 10th February 2008, 07:21 PM

The best advice is to rent first.

We didn't like the area we rented in originally and now live in an area which we love.

Michelle

synthia · #6 (**permalink**) 11th February 2008, 02:43 PM

Rent, and spend at least one full year in an area before buying. It's good to see all the seasons, winter and summer, rainy and dry, tourist and off.

kaz101 · #7 (**permalink**) 11th February 2008, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by synthia

Rent, and spend at least one full year in an area before buying. It's good to see all the seasons, winter and summer, rainy and dry, tourist and off.

We went the other way for Australia. Took several trips to visit several areas, asked the locals a lot of info, did loads of research on the internet and then bought a house. Our thinking was that being investors if we really hated it we'd let it out and move on. We had the money to do this too.

Our research paid off and the only thing we weren't prepared for was how cold the wind can be when it's coming up from the South (Antarctic).

Regards,
Karen

yummymummy150 · #8 (**permalink**) 12th February 2008, 10:25 AM

Hi ,V&G. Its scarry but you never know unless you try just take your timefind where is right for you and go for it.We have been planning our move a long time hope to be there this time next year .We have a apartment we let out and use when we can in Paphos. Still in sunny scotland for now.
Feel free to pm if you want to chat Tricia

synthia · #9 (**permalink**) 12th February 2008, 02:55 PM

If you can afford to look at a house as an investment, and move on if you don't like the area, then it isn't such a risk. In the US we have a lot of people who have mortgages on their houses that are more than what they can get if they sell the house. Not just the people who got those goofy loans, but people in areas where property values have dropped 30%.

The problem, if you can't, is that you might be desperate to move, and not be able to because you are locked in. And no one makes a big move in order to be in a place they don't like. It's good to have options at first.

V&G · #10 (**permalink**) 12th February 2008, 05:38 PM

Cheers, i like the idea of that, one year at a time.