If you had the chance to turn back time

tamand


Joined: 23/07/2009
Posts: 240

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 13:16

How many would buy here in TRNC if they knew at the time what they know now, lets just have a simple answer yes or no

My vote is no

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 13:18

mine would be yes.

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 13:20

Up until last year yes , but now , most definitely no

Simbas

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 14:58

Yes still love the TRNC despite all its flaws

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 15:09

If i could turn back time,i would not have wrote this.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 15:11

Bring back the...........OH, I'll leave it to you Jock! )

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 15:12

Why can't I post a simple 'No!'?

teatime


Joined: 20/10/2008
Posts: 852

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 15:19

And why can't I post a simple 'Yes'?

cronos


Joined: 26/10/2008
Posts: 2093

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 15:23

A resounding NO from me

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 15:24

A very big NO from me xx

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 15:26

deffo - NO !

stockiefan


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 574

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 15:27

No from me as well, in fact no way!!

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 17:11

Yes from me,

minertor



Joined: 14/02/2009
Posts: 1238

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 17:24

yes from me too,

must be some bargains out there now from the dissatisfied.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 17:29

NO From me most definitely

If I could turn back time

(I know Cooper you know that song )

ROBIN HOOD


Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 238

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 17:32

Yes, but totally different tactics.

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 17:58

Minertor, its pos because we dont live in NC all the time, we got the best of both worlds lol

Cyprusactive


Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 128

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 18:15

No, BIG mistake...

minertor



Joined: 14/02/2009
Posts: 1238

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 18:34

dizzycows, nor do I, I've been in UK since May. Back HOME Oct 3rd, I also have the best of both worlds. For all those who have "burnt their bridges" when leaving UK "for good" and want to return, contact me, "I'll show you the way" as someone once said.

tamand


Joined: 23/07/2009
Posts: 240

Message Posted:
24/08/2009 09:03

It seems as if the no s are in front at the moment it is interesting, lets see if there are any more wanting to vote on this

Kitty1


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 683

Message Posted:
24/08/2009 09:55

Yes, but I'd do some things differently.

guidosp1


Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 341

Message Posted:
24/08/2009 10:17

if i could turn the clock back i would never set a foot in trnc.

guido

titledeed


Joined: 26/07/2009
Posts: 13

Message Posted:
24/08/2009 12:11

If i could turn back time,i would copy the euro lottery numbers and buy anywhere,you can do that with £64 million or better still copy the Italian lottery

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
24/08/2009 13:08

yes (for the second time) .................... why did my original yes not appear??

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
24/08/2009 14:07

yes but knowing what I know now )))))))))))))))))))))

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
24/08/2009 19:30

Yeah, no, yeah, no, yeah!

Vidal


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 867

Message Posted:
24/08/2009 23:30

Just posted a chance for any of you wanting to return to the UK on For Sale section.

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 00:06

Definately YES,

haven't you all been reading the UK news lately?????

It isn't as good over there as you remember. You can't possibly turn the clock back, so is it not possible to make the best of what you have here.

My 'kids' could never lead the lives they are if they'd stayed in UK.

(please, I'm not including the people that have bad builder/re mortgage problems), of course I feel for them.

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 00:17

Without a doubt it's a NO from me and a NO from my other half.

girne 29


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 1488

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 01:01

Definate No.

Flowerfairy,

The thread was not about living in the TRNC but whether we would still buy if could turn the clock back.

As I still dont own,(no title)like many thousands,dont know if "buy"is the right word when one hands over money but doesnt own the item paid for.

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 01:10

Ok, sorry, I read the line 'if you could turn back time'.

On the other hand, how much would you have paid out in rent if you didn't buy?

Mine's still 'Yes', it's still as much of a gamble as the stock exchange.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 01:28

im still in the NO brigade anyone want a restaurant xxxx well known

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 01:39

I am still in the "No" camp, although we only have a holiday home.



Him indoors is still, unfortunately, in the "yes" brigade (although I think, just think, he may be changing his mind)



Liz - fancy buying a very nice one bed apartment that looks like it's housed in a council block in S.E. London? I can do you a very good price. Anyone else, for that matter



J

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 01:40

oh jennie. If only I had earned some money xxxx

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 01:51

Liz - hello Love. Sorry, I know Paul's a good cook, but to try and run a restaurant ..........................!



Are you sure about the 1 bed council flat - I can give you a good price?????????????



See you v. soon



J

xxxxxxxxxxx



P.S. My answer is still a RESOUNDING "No".



J

maningi pusa


Joined: 07/09/2008
Posts: 120

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 07:51

A definite NO

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 08:02

Sorry smithy ive only just seen your message, is this the one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OR0U87mRsY



Cooper

Bradus


Joined: 25/02/2007
Posts: 2641

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 09:25

A NO from me too



I am shocked by the shear number of no's in comparison to those in the yes camp. Do I presume that the NO is mainly related to the buying process and the fact that most have not got what they have paid for? i have no problems with the builder or my property buy I feel I have been "robbed" in that like Girne29, I have paid full price for a property I will never truly own.



Not many will be recommending the TRNC as a destination for buying that holiday home then?

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 18:26

It,s a yes from me, and Jeannie that must be the nicest block of council flats I've ever seen , you obviously didn't put your glasses on again.

Carol

ustwo


Joined: 08/12/2008
Posts: 67

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 10:00

Yes, we love it here.

tamand


Joined: 23/07/2009
Posts: 240

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 10:01

I hope more people respond it looks as if there are a lot more no people.

my guess is there are lots who dont want to say in case it effects the selling price of there home here, could this be possible ?

rigsby


Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 912

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 12:45

Well we came,we bought,we sold and i was shocked by the amount of people that wished they were us.I include the locals in that statement.

tamand


Joined: 23/07/2009
Posts: 240

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 14:37

Was speaking to the guy from Olaytrans when our container arrived and he said that there is more going out (leaving) than coming in nearly double in fact that is why i asked the question

Suffolk



Joined: 31/08/2008
Posts: 222

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 14:39

we are happy but i think we were very lucky with the place we bought got title deeds after 3years and good standard of build we live in england but get over to trnc a lot best of both worlds but we do like the sun so its got to be trnc

mamachina


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 730

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 14:42

Yes, but we would have done it differently. (Both of us)

Tuttut


Joined: 09/12/2008
Posts: 270

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 14:47

Yes YEs YES AND A BIG YES

charlotte55


Joined: 14/11/2008
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 15:31

No I would not buy -

girne 29


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 1488

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 15:51

Flowerfairy



You are right about renting costs,but my point is that as I dont have title deed I am really renting anyway and have just paid £100,000 advance rent to the builder.

Leaving that aside I can rent nice place for £3500-£4500 a year .Call it £4000. I will be dead in 25 years so that makes it £100,000 to rent for life.Over the same period I will have to pay site fees and expenses of £1000 for my bought house, that makes £25,000.Say my house cost £100,000 as well then over 25 years cost is 100,000+25,000=£125,000

Assume appreciation I would lose and the increase in rental over the years works out at 3% per year, that leaves 2% out of 5% interest giving after 25 years £65,000, add the £25,000 for site fees.

£90K better off renting over 25 years.







We most of us buy knowing this,but want to own in order to live out our lives in our own place.If the powers that be dont want us to do this then impediments to owning should have been put in place before buying, not after

cronos


Joined: 26/10/2008
Posts: 2093

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 17:11

Girne29......that's an interesting way to look at a totally unsatisfactory and scandalous state of affairs that is allowed to exist in TRNC.



Your hypothesis assumes that the builder/title deed holder ie the bloke you gave £100K "advance rent" to, will allow you to live in it for 25 years and not dispose of "his" property in the interim !



You,me,and many many others made a massive mistake "buying" in NC.

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 18:05

Yes I would still buy but would probably do things differently.

girne 29


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 1488

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 18:31

cronos message 39.



Exactly,

Until you get the deeds, you are living in the builders house on his land .Some will argue that the new registration

contracts law makes a difference.Personally I dont see it makes much difference ,if that contract is still not legally enforceable in practise.

Some also argue that you are the owner when that contract is registered or when you get the keys, but my thinking is simple,if the property is in somebdy else's name then it belongs to that person.I am paying him for a promise that he will sign it over to me someday.

In hindsight sounds so childishly naive that I feel silly.



Again this thread is not about staying in TRNC but about buying here and the two shouldnt be confused. I would recommend staying here but at the moment never recommend buying.

tamand


Joined: 23/07/2009
Posts: 240

Message Posted:
27/08/2009 10:15

Good point girne 29 I would stay here but rent not invest again as i cant see a return on my investment any time soon and if i wanted to sell would prob find myself in a negative equity situ for quite a while

Tommy