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[Get Real!]

That's where the Russian pimps live while their girls are working in the other bit.

If you haven't been there for 25 years you should shut up!

[CBBB]

A BBC (not British Broadcasting Corporation) mate of mine was there a couple of years ago and I am just reporting what he told me. This is not a court of law, so hearsay is acceptable!

[Tim Drayton]

A closely related question:
I have heard that there are supposed to be about 20,000 Russian residents of Limassol, but I am not sure which part of town they live in. I never notice any Russians in residential parts of Limassol. Does anybody know where they live?

[Get Real!]

A closely related question:
I have heard that there are supposed to be about 20,000 Russian residents of Limassol, but I am not sure which part of town they live in. I never notice any Russians in residential parts of Limassol. Does anybody know where they live?

Beats me... maybe they're referring to Georgian Pontians or something!

It’s funny we hear about Russian this or Russian that but we never see anything…

[CBBB]

The few we see in Nicosia are normally working in Pubs. They are probably in the Caberets as well, but being a good chap I don't frequent those places.

[pantheman]

You have to distinguish between the municipality of Potamos Germasoya, which is on the sea front, and Germasoya, which is where the old village used to be. I think the highway more or less splits the two. CBBB is almost certainly referring to the former when he speaks of an area full of yobs. The old village area, where there is a lot of development going on, is very pleasant and I for one would be happy to live there.

Tim,

Many thanks for your sensible reply. The area of germasoya I am refering to is in the village or adjacent to it, not by the see.

I have interest in land in that location and wondered about its marketability.

Cheers all the same.

[Tim Drayton]

The few we see in Nicosia are normally working in Pubs. They are probably in the Caberets as well, but being a good chap I don't frequent those places.

There are also supposed to be mega rich Russians around, especially in Limassol. If you read Antonis Loizou's regular column on the property market in the Cyprus Weekly, you get the idea that Russians are turning up with suitcases full of money and buying up beach-front properties at inflated prices in instant cash deals that are too good for the current occupants to turn down. Yet, you never actually notice these rich Russians anywhere.

[Tim Drayton]

You have to distinguish between the municipality of Potamos Germasoya, which is on the sea front, and Germasoya, which is where the old village used to be. I think the highway more or less splits the two. CBBB is almost certainly referring to the former when he speaks of an area full of yobs. The old village area, where there is a lot of development going on, is very pleasant and I for one would be happy to live there.

Tim,

Many thanks for your sensible reply. The area of germasoya I am refering to is in the village or adjacent to it, not by the see.

I have interest in land in that location and wondered about its marketability.

Cheers all the same.

This is only along the road from where I am, and I have previously made reference to frenetic building activity that is going on here in Agios Athanasios. I am sure the same applies to the nicer parts of Germasoya. There are so many factors to take into account - as I am sure you know - hill views, sea views, building density and type of people in the area, distance to shops and other amenities etc.

[CBBB]

You have to distinguish between the municipality of Potamos Germasoya, which is on the sea front, and Germasoya, which is where the old village used to be. I think the highway more or less splits the two. CBBB is almost certainly referring to the former when he speaks of an area full of yobs. The old village area, where there is a lot of development going on, is very pleasant and I for one would be happy to live there.

Tim,

Many thanks for your sensible reply. The area of germasoya I am refering to is in the village or adjacent to it, not by the see.

I have interest in land in that location and wondered about its marketability.

Cheers all the same.

This is only along the road from where I am, and I have previously made reference to frenetic building activity that is going on here in Agios Athanasios. I am sure the same applies to the nicer parts of Germasoya. There are so many factors to take into account - as I am sure you know - hill views, sea views, building density and type of people in the area, distance to shops and other amenities etc.

And also the fact that the property market is pretty dead at the moment, so people will not be getting the prices they want for land or property.

[Tim Drayton]

You have to distinguish between the municipality of Potamos Germasoya, which is on the sea front, and Germasoya, which is where the old village used to be. I think the highway more or less splits the two. CBBB is almost certainly referring to the former when he speaks of an area full of yobs. The old village area, where there is a lot of development going on, is very pleasant and I for one would be happy to live there.

Tim,

Many thanks for your sensible reply. The area of germasoya I am refering to is in the village or adjacent to it, not by the see.

I have interest in land in that location and wondered about its marketability.

Cheers all the same.

This is only along the road from where I am, and I have previously made reference to frenetic building activity that is going on here in Agios Athanasios. I am sure the same applies to the nicer parts of Germasoya. There are so many factors to take into account - as I am sure you know - hill views, sea views, building density and type of people in the area, distance to shops and other amenities etc.

And also the fact that the property market is pretty dead at the moment, so people will not be getting the prices they want for land or property.

It is not dead in Limassol, or else I wouldn't see new sites starting up all over the place where I live. According to Antonis Loizou it is Russian buying that is keeping the property market hot in Limassol, even if these buyers all seem to be "invisible men".