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by **janea** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:59 pm

By the way I think the british all the time make calculations and nothing else...

by **Baggieboy** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:11 pm

Why not do what we're doing? The plan is save like crazy for 10 years (5 years completed now), pay off as much as we can off the mortgage, keep up to date with developments in the property market (plenty of web sites to help here), and generally get into a much more secure financial position.

I think a lot of people rush into this decision (even though its very tempting), but I would recommend just slowing down a bit and thinking things out.

Many people go to Cyprus and come back after 2 years - for a variety of reasons.

I must admit if we could afford to we'd move to Cyprus tomorrow, but we know much more than we did 5 years ago when we first came up with the idea, and the details of our planned move have changed substantially.

Best of luck with what you decide.

richie

by **Maccy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:10 pm

Thanks to everyone for your replies - sadly not the answers that we were hoping for, but then we did ask for realistic advice so thank you for being so honest! As long as we could be sure we would be able to make ends meet we would gladly make the move as we are basically living a hand to mouth existence as we are now, but from most of your replies it doesn't seem we would be able to. Looks like we may have to go back to the drawing board on this one...

by **SABEANEY** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:08 pm

I MOVED WITH MY WIFE AND 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO PAPHOS 6 WEEKS AGO AND HAVENT LOOKED BACK WE RENT A FANTASTIC 3 BEDROOM VILLA WITH PRIVATE POOL IN A VILLAGE CALLED PEYIA 5 MINS FROM THE BEACH AT CORAL BAY .WHAT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER HERE IS FOOD CAN BE MORE EXPENSIVE BUT ELECTRI IS CHEAP AS ALL YOUR HOT WATER COMES FROM THE SUN THERES NO GAS ON THE ISLAND COUNCIL TAX IS APPROX £60 PER YEAR IF YOU WANT ANYMORE ADVICE EMAIL ON [email protected] AND I WILL BE PLEASED TO HELP IN ANYWAY I CAN. P.S REMEMBER YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE SO ENJOY LIFE NOW NOT LATER

by **oranos64** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:04 pm

SABEANEY NICE ONE ...WELCOME TO CYPRUS ... ITS EARLY YET ,,IT CAN BE HARD AT TIMES ..GLAD YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE ..I AM SAD TO SEE SO MANY BRITS LEAVING THE U.K ... BUT WE ALL HAVE OUR REASONS
I HOPE YOU ARE ALWAYS AS HAPPY AS YOU ARE NOW

VERY NICE OF YOU TO BE SO WELCOMING TO FOLLOW BRITS ETC

GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW LIFE .....

by **oranos64** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:08 pm

RAYMANUVA ...BECUASE OF THE STRONG £CYP ..I BOUGHT A ALIENWARE MACHINE OF $8000 FOR £1700 CYP ..(£5000 ENGLISH) FROM THE U.S

STATE OF THE ART EVERYTHING ..NO COMPLAINTS 4 PROCESSORS .DUAL GRAPHICS ..

ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF A STRONG CY POUND

by **raymanuva** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:59 pm

there is a joke:

dhr82: hey wassup?
niky85: ALL FINE? YOU?
dhr82: what time did u guys leave last night?
niky85: DUNNO, BUT I GOT A MAJOR HEADACHE...
dhr82: Niky, press CAPS LOCK
niky85: OH, COOL... MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE NOW.

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wtf with CAPS u guys?

by **Spetz** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:17 pm

I don't think you can live on 800 pounds a month...

If somehow someone does survive on that, the quality of life would be ridiculously low

by **joanna** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:18 am

Baggieboy agree with you there , and youve deffinately got a good idea, but on the other hand, property prices in Cyprus have gone up a lot in the last 5 years, so imagine how much they may go up in another 5?, in the end, it may have been a bit of a false economy.

by **hunnibee** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:41 am

Cant your husband work??? If he got a job too you'd be fine! It is harder for men to get jobs here but if he's got a trade he might find it easier (esp if he does a crash course on greek!)

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