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[Jez]

Quick question for everyone in the forum.

Does anyone know of an organisation with a good variety of plots of land / houses advertised for sale? All our searches of local estate agents and Internet sites are proving fruitless. The estate agents seem reluctant to do there job (no return phone calls from over 20 agents called) and the Internet sites for companies like *uy*ell are almost always out of date and embarrassingly low on options.

Any help would be great.

Many thanks, J

[Sotos]

In what area do you need a plot?

[Jez]

Sotos,

We'd like to be in the Nicosia Suburbs. Around the Nicosia/Larcnaca/Limmasol highway. example:Tseri, Geri, Aglanzia. Maybe as far West as Lakatamia / Deftera. We've spotted a few but there seems to be a gap in the market. A central, seller / buyer friendly, service that brings together the majority (or at least alot) of availiable plots etc.

Thanks in advance for any help.

J

[nhowarth]

Hi Jez

In Cyprus, the majority of local people do not use estate agents or advertise in newspapers. Most Cypriot-owned property and land is sold through word-of-mouth and so the direct approach is by far the best way of finding out what’s for sale in the area. If you buy directly from the owner, you will save yourself the added costs of the agent’s commission.

Visit the area in which you are interested and ask the local residents if they know of any land or properties for sale. You can ask at the local coffee shop or Community Office, ask the mukhtar, and drive around the area keeping an eye out for roughly made For Sale (‘ΠΩΛΟΥΝΤΑΙ’ or ‘Πωλούνται’) signs and noting down telephone numbers.

You may find that some For Sale signs bear the telephone numbers of estate agents. But there is nothing to stop you from knocking on the door and speaking directly with the owner.

Make sure you have the land checked to ensure (a) it's suitable for building and (b) that Planning Permission will be granted.

Regards,

[Jez]

nhowarth,

Thanks for the advice. I guess sometimes the modern world doesn't have all the answers!

Thanks again, J

[cyfo]

try notice board in the courts for auctions

[callmered]

isnt Buy and Sell doing this?

[Jez]

Buy Sell do provide this service, to a fashion, but the plots they sell are normally the characterless, 20m*20m spaces that as an artist, I find unappealing and utterly uninspiring. Also, there selection of available plots in very small. They currently only have a handful of options.

The advice offered by nhowarth, IMO, is one of the routes that will provide the type of space that I think will offer a far more interesting canvas for our future home. Far more interesting than the anonymous patches of land normally delt with by the likes of Buy Sell. I would add, however, that Buy Sell does seem to be trying to provide the service I hinted at earlier it the topic. I would seem though, that the cypriot market is reluctant to fully embrace the modern option. Again, as nhowarth wrote

the majority of local people do not use estate agents or advertise in newspapers. Most Cypriot-owned property and land is sold through word-of-mouth

I only hope that we can manage to find an inspiring option somewhere on this beautiful island

Regards, J