katespot, yes you can, usually house owner goes to a few agent at once, cause then his house is sold quicker, so just come to the agency you trust or that was recommended by your friends and say: i liked a house, its there and there and be sure agent will find the owner very soon cause in small places like calis and such places where i stay- akyaka( it is really small- if i am not mistaken only 2000 populatin) people know everybody, why is good and bad, who cheats who and who not, just as Scunner said, before buying a house please and please talk to house owners .
Thanks to forums like this one you can get some advices before buying. As for my family: let me share a little: we bought our house about 1 year ago in Akyaka. At that time I didnt know anything about forums and I had no friends at all who could give me any information about Akyaka. We were offered some houses in Marmaris but I didnt like beaches over there, and life in Marmaris semms to be more for young people than for us. We where looking for a small calm apartment ( villa is the best i think but then yit takes too much time and effort to look after it or you should trust to an unknown person to give him or her your keys and also pay money- and you even dont know if it worths it). I fell in love with Akyaka, so small and calm and cosy, so we had to trust to the first agency we saw in Akyaka center
))we were pretty scared of being cheated. Guys showed us some dublex houses and some apartments. the one we chose was with open planned kitchen- not everybody like them but there was enough place for washing mashine
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we were doubting also if our sea view disappears after some new building in front of our house. Agency told us that in Akyaka only 3 floors allowed for building and as all the houses ar eon the mountain it is logically that the building in front of you will always be lower than your balcony. agency turned to be absolutely right. After new building was build in from of our house, its roof stayed under our balcony so nothing happened to our sea view. We had no problems with tapu, habitation sertificate, and now they still help us with house matters. If i am asked for recommendations I will always recommend them. Yeah I forgot to say, again and again, go to a trustable agency, they will always find a suitable house for you. I met an old man in Akyaka, if i am not mistaken he has bought his house lot and lots of years ago and he has no tapu yet! the house still belongs to the seller! Actually that man doesnt mind it i think cause he does nothing to get this tapu, but i think its not ok...nevermind...its up to him
