TRNC property purchases - bad experiences Hi
for those who have not heard of us, we are Simon and Vikki and we are based in the UK...
...if we can help 1 person NOT TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES AS OUR PARENTS we will have succeeded.
we also now have a bulletin board
Cheers Simon and Vikki,
I have just found, and been on, the site and it is excellent - I wish however that I had seen such a thing a couple of years back. I am still owed my £10k deposit back by
North Cyprus Properties, who were supposed to be building my villa, as well as £1k legal fees from the unscrupulous lawyer I used (
Oktay Feridun).
I thought I had done all the right things - I visited everything, met all the people involved in person, visited offices to check they actually existed, etc, got everything written down, and used large firms. Even so, it seems like when the builder and/or lawyer is intent on cheating you, there is little you can do.
There are lots of agents (I used
Cyprus Bay Properties) in the UK who act as brokers - I wish however that I had done all my dealings only in the UK and with UK banks and paying money only over to a registered UK company - that way you stand a chance of suing in this country should the TRNC builder let you down. I unfortunately allowed them to just act as information go-between, so I probably have little comeback aginst them, even though they have been useless. If the UK agent is reputable they will act as financial go-between as well - if not, don't use them.