Hi Mark,
Like yourselves, my wife and I decided a few months ago to relocate to Cyprus, and this we are doing on 1 September this year with our 10 year old daughter.
We had many pre-conceived ideas about living there, until we visited for three weeks back in June to 'lay some foundations' in advance of our move.
Just about every decision we had made got unmade for a huge variety of reasons, but better to change now than later when potentially a lot of costly mistakes may have been made.
Its not that we didnt know the island - we know it very well (even in the north) but there is something to be said for visiting not as a holidaymaker, but as a future prospect. You do see things very differently, and its a good time to get yourself about and meet people who might be able to help either directly or through introduction. Put it this way, in our 3 weeks there, we got to the beach only once!
We had a lot to do; schools, meet influential people, make new acquaintances (its good to think we are arriving amongt some new friends), job interviews, potential business meetings, interview lawyers (I met 5 before deciding which one to instruct). Then theres the big decision to make on property. Where to live? Rent or buy?
I do not want to influence you in any way. But I would like to make the point very strongly that I believe you should get over there and live for a short period to help you address these questions. You begin to think of all these things differently; from a practical point of view and not as a holiday maker.
For example, I used to think I wouldnt mind the drive from Pafos to Limassol every day, (it is a lovely drive I think), but I soon changed my mind after 2000 kilometers in 3 weeks doing just that!
These boards are all very well for snippets of information, but it does not beat being there on the ground and doing it first hand.
And surprisingly, it is a lot cheaper than holidaying there, because you dont tend to do all the holiday stuff (or drink as much!).
Sorry to go on, but I imagine there will be others who may support me on this.
Regards and good luck
Bill Brown

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Hi Mark,
If you are working for someone else you are looking at about CYP 60 per day.
If you set up on your own you are likely to make much more. The standard of workmanship here is abysmal, so any one good is highky sort after. The only stumbling block initially may be how you source the raw materials, of course you will find them at the DIY stores but to get the best deal you want to be going direct to the importers, that will take sometime to build up a relationship with them not least as some do not speak English
As per Bill's comments above come over and do a fact finding mission, I would be happy to meet with you to point you in the right direction where possible.
Good Luck
Vivian

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Dear vivian
Thanks very much for taking the time to reply,and for your very kind offer of pointing me in the right direction, i may well need to take you up on the offer, or mabye even meet you to thank you in person, i will be over in november, as we thought it best to see cyprus out of tourist season when things are quieter. I will let you know a date when i know my-self, Many thanks and i hope to see you in the future , kind reguards Mark Evans

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Mark Hi

We are also planning to relocate but also need to find something to do i am a Electrician by trade put my own heating system in and usefull at other stuff, Learning to speak a little greek now, Have a couple of genuine greek friends whomay help plots are cheap between us we could build one or two and if you have seen many of the villas after the raft foundation about 6 weeks to the wall plate we both would now other trades,

Getting 1 sold seems to be the difficult bit But 1 a year would give us both above average wage

Any interest

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hello martin
sorry its taken so long to get back to you.
We are in cyprus now, & the general opionin seems to be that the housing market in cyprus like the uk is in a slump. there are big reductions offered by devolopers already.
So Iam going to have to decline your offer, but please stay in touch at sherlock221bst@aol.com, mabye we can meet up or work together in the future, all the best mark

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