Our personal opinion is, if you are thinking of buying in Cyprus, is to find a plot, with title deed and a view you love and build your own bespoke villa. If you like a view like this
please contact us if your dream property is sitting on your balcony above the overflow swimmingpool watching the clouds climb over the Troodos mountains in the distance,whilst sipping a glass of your favourite drink
Or a view like this.........
If you are looking for a brand new unfurnished 3 bedroom penhouse apartment in Centre of Paphos for around 190000 euros, please contact us and we will put you in touch with the owners.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us, if we can help you to project manage your dream
Make time to check the progress
and if you need to make any changes
it can be done before it is finished
add extra windows or doors
add extra levels, move the swimming pool, change the colour of the tiles
And watch it grow
In touch 24 by Kim Brown
Many older expats in Cyprus want to remain in their own homes for as long as possible, but want the security of knowing that should a medical emergency arise, back-up is quickly available.
Moving back to the UK to an expensive care home is frequently not an option – so many elderly people in Cyprus can feel trapped – until recently.
Thanks to a new UK teleservice just launched, they now have peace of mind. It aims to meet a growing need of English-speaking expats resident in Cyprus and operates under the umbrella of the British Care Trust, who provides assistive living services to English speaking people in Europe. The trust is co-operating with Chubb UK to provide an NHS approved telecare system which links the user, via a wrist button, 24 hours a day to a UK call centre.
“Many of today’s vulnerable expats do not have the same choice to return to the UK which was available even two or three years ago” says a spokesperson for the British Care Trust.
The assistance takes the form of a trained operator speaking through a base unit directly into the subscriber’s home – this is accessed by pressing a wrist button. The operator makes any necessary arrangements for assistance once the nature of any incident has been established. If voice contact is not possible as a result of emergency, illness or the subscriber being out of the 150m range, the operator works through a list of pre-filed key holders to get someone to go immediately to the property and ascertain the extent of the emergency.
“In the event that no key holders can be contacted, a chosen ambulance, hospital, doctor or carer will be called to the property,” says the spokesperson.
Recent launch events in Paphos were met with enthusiasm - it’s clearly a service that is needed. What’s more, the same service will soon be available in other countries – watch this space!
If you would like more information, please contact Kim on 0207 898 0549.
Top Tip: more about Capital Gains Tax
I hope I am not whittering (or should that be ‘witter’ – neither are in the dictionary incidentally!) on too much about this – but then I ask myself – can one have too much information on how to save money…?
It’s about that old bugbear, Capital Gains Tax in the UK. I did mentioned it a while back, but here is a little more detail.
Evidently, anyone who has sold a property that was not their main home since April 2003 may be able to claim a rebate on Capital Gains Tax (CGT), provided that it has been let out for a period. That period is clearly defined and you need to check this out carefully.
Any gain made on a second home sale is usually liable for CGT, but rental holiday lets are now subject to both Business Asset Taper relief AND Entrepreneur’s Relief. It is estimated that this could reduce your CGT to 10 percent: since April 2008 it has been 18 percent and prior to that was as high as 40 percent!
Frankly, my feelings on this are that it is a job for the experts – a really clued up IFA (Independent Financial Advisor) may well be able to save you quite a bit if money here. If you need any help here please give Kim a call – 0207 898 0549 by Kim Brown
