How many forum members live in cyprus full time?

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 09:46

How many of you live here full time?



i am interested to know as cyprus always looks so empty in the winter.

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 09:51

Not us 2 or 3 trips a year to our place. Would like to stay for longer but work gets in the way.

P of P&J

puppylover



Joined: 05/05/2008
Posts: 1427

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 09:54

2 of us here full time.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 09:57

i forgot to say there are 2 of us here full time also!

debdebs


Joined: 22/05/2008
Posts: 285

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 10:00

moved here July full time, 2 adults and 2 kids

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 10:07

are you enjoying it so far deb?

bit of a culture shock to start with. especially when dealing with goverment departments!

ClaireCat44



Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 739

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 10:16

I do! Been here for nearly 7 years.

norma jean



Joined: 29/05/2008
Posts: 191

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 10:18

2 of us, been here 3 years. What a great place to live.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 10:35

Hi Smithy here

I moved over here nearly 4 years ago, after coming over for holidays every year, I love it here, but being on my own find the socialising was better for me when I was in the UK and working, apart from that I am happy here.

Smithy

Pools



Joined: 22/04/2008
Posts: 164

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 10:46

Hi



I been here for 5 years and married with a cypriot man. I just love cyprus and the people in here.

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 10:48

Friends out in N.C. went out just over a year ago, and do not regret it.

Lovely couple

Oilman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 10:51

Full time with only the occasional reluctant trip to UK.

cyprus1


Joined: 19/02/2007
Posts: 154

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 11:11

16 YEARS FULL TIME

authentichoccie


Joined: 09/01/2008
Posts: 481

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 11:25

5 years, 2 of us plus 4 kids! Love it, can't see us going back to the UK.

Course it looks empty in the Winter coz we are all indoors by the fire!!!

Nunu1


Joined: 31/03/2008
Posts: 536

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 11:30

I plan to move here before Christmas..........permanent just depends when my property is finished. I have a meeting today to find out whats going on........



I want out of the Palm Bay view project and buy a fully completed property in TRNC. I have viewed some amazing bargain properties this week fully loaded.



After waiting nearly three years for my apartment and its still not finished I just want a property to move my clothes in, turn the TV on and crack an Efes....pop pop job done!



nunu

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 11:35

As a Turkish Cypriot I live full time in Famagusta and I even enjoy some of the nonsense I come accross at government offices- I just throw it back at them and give them a telling off too. I get my way almost all the time, they have no other choice with me and I enjoy every bit of it.

ismet

the2ofus


Joined: 13/02/2008
Posts: 637

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 11:42

As the name implies - the2ofus are here full time . Moved out here June 2007 and so far no regrets (apart from family but skype and webcams help there). Same as everyone i expect we are concerned about rising costs and also the recent problems elsewhere re recession if it were to bite here.

Here at least most of the time with this weather we can "Always look on the bright side of life " (except when there is a power cut ha ha ).

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 11:52

We have lived here for 3 years... Getting there yavas, yavas... Waiting for our first normal electric meter reading... Builders electric since Oct 2005...

"Permission to Purchase" approved 24th Sept... Not yet reached the Land Office.. Hope it doesn't take another 3 years... House on koçan next target...

Wouldn't go back to the UK for a "Gold clock"...



Harry & Rita... (We did not take the name from a road map.. LOL)

Rocker



Joined: 24/09/2008
Posts: 384

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 12:27

two of us four years

Rocker

sunnyday


Joined: 14/03/2008
Posts: 269

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 12:45

the two of us have been here for 18 months

scampy



Joined: 15/01/2008
Posts: 982

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 13:20

I have been here for 7 years with my 2 daughters

timefore


Joined: 01/08/2008
Posts: 495

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 15:47

The two of us have lived out here for three years and not regreted the move one bit, especially when having visited UK plc recently - wow what a reality check!

brandy sour


Joined: 09/04/2008
Posts: 310

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 16:06

Hi harita

When you said you have been on builders electric since 2005 are you in a villa or apartment just to get a idea how long we might have to wait in the near future.

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 17:04

Two of us here permanently for 18 months. Like Harita, we have been on builders electric since end of 2005. Other than that we love it love it love it.

philnles


Joined: 11/08/2008
Posts: 413

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 17:05

We have been here for 8 months now,loving it,would be much nicer if our builder had not lied to us and said our house was ready to move into at the start of March

philnles


Joined: 11/08/2008
Posts: 413

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 17:06

We have been here for 8 months now,loving it,would be much nicer if our builder had not lied to us and said our house was ready to move into at the start of March

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 17:10

Hi brandy sour...



We are in a bungalow on the edge of Ozankoy village... I suppose you could call a villa... It was a resale built in 2002/03 ... All hunky dory... Don't believe it ... But slowly getting things are done which should have been done when the house was built... The koçan for the land is in the previous owners name & should not present too much of a problem to get the names changed now our PTP has been given the green light... A few more problems yet to be resolved but will get there... Good luck with yours but it takes time...



Harita

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 20:56

There will be an awful lot more soon if the UK does not rid itself of our Supreme Leader and his cronies!



wyn

Chicken Run


Joined: 11/10/2008
Posts: 252

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 21:02

2 1/2 of us here... been here for over 6 years and still love the place!

jakki



Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 865

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 21:35

Won't totally give up the UK when I retire, despite "Golden Brown" [Wyn's best mate!!]. Too attached to my roots, my favourite Turk, St George, my home footie teams West Ham Utd and Southend Utd!!



Intend to spend more and more time in NC as I wind down to retirement. Beaurocracy in NC drives me nuts, but is more than made up by the stunning sunsets and breathtaking scenery. Also have to say have come across nothing but politeness from the people of NC despite the fact my Turkish is minimal [thus far]. I sincerely hope NC stays as charming and [relatively] unspoilt as it is at present.



Arthur

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
13/10/2008 23:49

3 years in January.



Still on building site, on builders electric, tankered water. You would have to drag us kicking and screaming out of here.



Personally not been back to UK for 2 years but like most women the boss has been a couple of times.



clairecat, how you doing? Not seen you in Lemar for a chat lately!!!!



David

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 00:42

Ten years, the wife occasionally harkens to go to Malta but as there is only one beach on that island and only one small hilltop at M`SADA Cyprus still wins out.

rasalih


Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 25

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 04:59

been here 19 years. and i can assure you cyprus in 89 was nothing like it is now.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 07:55

newscoop

my sister in law and hubby live in malta, in gzira, it looks good but is not a bed of roses.

even though they joined the eu, they don't seem to be in eu mode yet and as a foreigner things are hard.

they have a big house and wanted to convert one floor to let as a holiday apartment. they were refused as only maltese can do this legally.

also i think you can only stay full time if you have a certian amount of funds coming in from an outside country to keep you.

personally we have been a few times and i don't like it that much. (fat kids and pavements full of dog c--p. )

if you do decide to go, i will give you their email.

come_on_aylin


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 08:18

2 adults & 2 teenagers, 3 years under our belts.

lesleyb


Joined: 27/02/2008
Posts: 126

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 10:36

We have been here full-time one year 3 November, it has gone really quick and `hubby` has settled just a bit more than myself, I have had 3 visits back to the U.K since last November, we both love the place and the people and were lucky with our builder etc., but I still have very strong roots back in the U.K.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 10:59

do you think it is easier for men to settle here ,more so than women?



my hubby is always out, coffeeshop,kebab ect. he has many more friends than i do.



a lot of the time i find i don't have much in common with tc women. they are always at home drinking coffee, gossiping. i can't be bothered to do that, its really not me.



i do have cypriot friends but nothing like the amount hubby has.

maybe he's just a nicer person? or he's not so fussy with his friendships? lol.

lesleyb


Joined: 27/02/2008
Posts: 126

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 11:19

I think you could be right, it is likely that men find it easier to settle, my other half often just pops out for a pint (and I don`t mind that) I also like the odd G & T, but I would not just pop into a pub over here on my own, in the U.K. I did because there was always female company, here it seems to be mainly couples or men. My other half certainly knows more people than I do, and they are all nice folks, perhaps its just me, and I should make more of an effort to meet new people.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 11:45

maybe we should start a ladies that lunch type thing. get us all out and about a bit more?

i hate having to go back to the uk on my own. once i went to a chinese restaurant and this guy invided himself to dinner with me! you can imagine what i said!

another time a guy i was sitting next to on the flight asked me if my blue eyes were real? how uncomfortable was that! plane full no other seats, and this creep next to me all the way to turkey.

what is it about men who see a woman on her own and think she is fair game?



maybe thats why i stay at home a lot,lol!

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 12:02

msg 38: "my hubby is always out, coffeeshop,kebab ect. he has many more friends than i do. a lot of the time i find i don't have much in common with tc women. they are always at home drinking coffee, gossiping. i can't be bothered to do that, its really not me. i do have cypriot friends but nothing like the amount hubby has. maybe he's just a nicer person? or he's not so fussy with his friendships? lol."



Speaking personally my friends are my wife's friends too. Obviously there are "girlie/boys" events but with two very young kids you generally rub along with each others' buddies as you're all in the same boat.

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 12:04

My friend who is married to a T.C. long time goes to a lot of events

locally, and has taken me to some, i.e. charity coffee mornings/sales/markets

and church. Mostly ex-pats who have lived there ages but few locals & you

can buy some interesting locally made stuff. There are also auctions. Other friend goes to line-dancing!

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 12:13

yes pike i don't disagree we have loads of mutual friends who are couples. but i don't find i have much in common with the wives. cypriot women (not the uk cypriot women) have had quite a different up bringing than english women, so i often find them hard work. but i do try to understand them.



for instance, watching a fashion program on tv, models are modelling underwear. catwalk sort of thing, nothing different from whats on the shelves in m&s in the south or the uk.

both tc friends sat there and called the models natasha!

all i thought was not to peg my undies on the line as this is what they might think of me,lol.



now i know why my elderly neighbour is convinced that i'm a russian!

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 12:36

suzanne: "been here 22 years & seen great changes!!"



I'll be you've seen major changes in 22 years! Someone who should be listened to. Welcome back to the forum.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 12:39

pike i think you have this wrong? you are thinking of another person, this is not the same one!

suzanne i apologise for pike i think, he thinks your someone else.

welcome to the forum!

lesleyb


Joined: 27/02/2008
Posts: 126

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 12:41

fire starter, I`m definitely up for lunching or meeting up for coffee with any others who are interested. Our apartment is walking distance from the town, close to The Pia Bella Hotel, I don`t have use of a car at the moment so am limited to how far I travel.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 12:50

give me an email at sharpeisara@hotmail.com and we will arrange something.

i am busy this week but i have time to go out next week.

i don't know many places in girne, but i don't mind meeting up there. you choose the venue.

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 13:53

Little nige and heroine pat here full time 4 years now.

Mellie


Joined: 30/01/2008
Posts: 145

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 14:41

Hi Fire Starter, I think your suggestion of starting a Ladies who Lunch is a fab idea. I believe there is already a Ladies group on the island who meet up but I think it ismore like a Ladies Circle, luncheons and charity stuff, bit to posh for my liking.. I am more of a Girl who does Grub lol.



Maybe we could start a separate thread and see how many women would be interested in just meeting like minded women for a coffee/wine/efes and a good old natter once a month. What do you think??

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 16:41

Now now girls......no gossiping I hope!

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 17:35

fire starter,



I'm with you now. Yes, cultural differences can be an overwhelming obstacle.

Marvo


Joined: 30/04/2007
Posts: 194

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 19:27

oops, forgot to mention it but give the Trypini restaurant in the harbour a wide berth.

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 20:55

Mrs jock and i, only been here,2 months but by god we are loving it.

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
14/10/2008 23:56

Its a home from home for me, Alsancak is starting to get a nice bit of familiarity about it.



Lem

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
15/10/2008 11:47

mellie

you sound like you are on the level.

i'm a london girl so i'm not into posh ! more the down to earth type.

no bitching, no gossiping just always up for a laugh!

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
15/10/2008 13:43

Hi Mellie/Fire Starter



You sound like my kind of girls. I would be interested in meeting up for a chat and a laugh sometime.



Jo

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
15/10/2008 13:45

a post for next tuesday morning will be on cyprus44 shortly.

pilgrim



Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 1404

Message Posted:
15/10/2008 19:10

3/4 months a year love it and friendly atmosphere of village life in Iskele

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
16/10/2008 10:04

tuesday morning, 10.30 am . mollys cafe near pia bella.

we are meeting up for coffee and a chat.

all welcome.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
17/10/2008 09:17

i agree starry, no going back!

HarryHornet



Joined: 18/07/2007
Posts: 291

Message Posted:
19/10/2008 10:53

2 of us been here 6 weeks loving every minute ,no going back here for the long

haul.just starting to explore the trnc and not disappointed in what we have seen.

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
19/10/2008 11:16

10 years, cannot wait to get out of here.

Casablanca


Joined: 16/09/2008
Posts: 32

Message Posted:
19/10/2008 11:18

Been here 27 years...and at the ripe old age of 55...I get my pension from the TRNC too! Well I have contributed since 1981!

mint1955



Joined: 30/05/2007
Posts: 988

Message Posted:
19/10/2008 12:35

Quarmby could you tell us why?

dav88



Joined: 01/08/2008
Posts: 605

Message Posted:
20/10/2008 17:50

from the day I was born!

vikingqueen



Joined: 07/02/2009
Posts: 241

Message Posted:
15/02/2009 08:38

fire starter...

Sound a great idea

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
15/02/2009 09:26

You lucky lot.

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
15/02/2009 09:26

Me and the wife, been here 6 years,

Geoff

Famagusta City.

Tricia


Joined: 06/03/2008
Posts: 70

Message Posted:
15/02/2009 19:45

What an encouragement to see all these positive posts.

So encouraging. Thanks

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
15/02/2009 20:09

RE msg #1, fire_starter : (...) How many of you live here full time? i am interested to know as cyprus always looks so empty in the winter. (...)



===> By Godfrey! You got some answers. And now what?!! What's your next silly question? When do you usually switch on your washing machine? And if you don't, why not? Or what?

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
15/02/2009 20:17

which shoe do you put on first ......................

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
15/02/2009 20:45

gotta be the right one jock lol

BillyB


Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 436

Message Posted:
15/02/2009 20:54

We spend half our time here and half our time in Beverly hills but hope to spend all our time here as soon as we can sell in Beverly hills.

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
15/02/2009 21:12

First visit 8 years ago,after 10 years holidaying in Turkey.Bought within 6 months.holidays for all that time,in hotels until house built.

Retired here by myself september 2008.Like first day still love the place.

Turtle


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
15/02/2009 21:26

I am amazed so many people live so close to each other but either don't know this or keep themselves to themselves ?

There must be meeting places or get togethers with brits on a regular basis surely ?

Bootz


Joined: 16/01/2009
Posts: 46

Message Posted:
15/02/2009 21:52

Re msg 70 - how rude!



If it's such a silly question, why have you gone on thread and answered?!!

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
16/02/2009 09:59

Msg 70; Ignore him he`s Dutch.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
16/02/2009 10:54

dutch

in the uk we have a saying "if you can't say something nice, say nothing at all"

if you don't like this thread don't bother to contribute.

you rearly need to learn some manners!

batgirl


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 676

Message Posted:
16/02/2009 11:40

The two of us have been here nearly 3 years and we love it despite the occasional frustrations we all come across, but there are these things everywhere in the world to some extent. If there is one thing I dread it is the possibility of having to move back to the UK which makes me really enjoy life here to the full. One of the funniest thing I have seen is the "shoe shop" in Lapta on a Sunday morning which is a car covered with pairs of shoes for sale. There are lots of things here to make you smile.

toady


Joined: 03/06/2008
Posts: 62

Message Posted:
16/02/2009 12:20

Good to see such positive postings about life in North Cyprus. You don't realise how lucky you are, lots of us are still just dreaming about the sort of life you are now living. One day ...........

Macha


Joined: 18/01/2009
Posts: 650

Message Posted:
16/02/2009 13:27

I think there may have been even more expats living near me but, they are missing belıeved lost after dısappearing ın the swamp they call kanalısasyon here. Top tip guys - provide duckboards or a temp foot path when you decide to abandon your UNOPS-funded project for a few days.

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
16/02/2009 13:31

quarmby you were asked a question in msg 64.



Would be most interested why you want to leave and what you expect if you go back to UK?

lillia


Joined: 28/03/2009
Posts: 5

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 13:29

i been here 3 years its nice to live in cyprus

bridie


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 308

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 15:01

Lived on the Island 30 years in September, 25 of them here in the North. Been back to Uk twice, the last time 10 years ago, never again.

bridie


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 308

Message Posted:
28/04/2009 15:03

Sorry I fib, 26 years this coming year, Sept.