Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Property For Sale in Calis Beach & Turkey => Moving To Turkey => Topic started by: BernieTeyze on December 08, 2013, 16:03:56 PM
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On Friday we finally signed the contract on the Uk house for completion on 16th December. At the beginning of this crazy journey the Great Scunner told me to expect the unexpected..and boy does that man know his stuff...and so the tale begins, unfortunately not one of those and we saw sun over the mountains story,s
Lying on a boat in the middle of the med, thinking how clever we were about our Uk buyers and at last finding our Turkish home, the mobile went, it was the Agent in Uk to tell us our buyer Mrs M had lost her buyer and would not be proceeding..spent the rest of the afternoon, pacifying each other, and saying it was early days, of course we could still complete in time for Turkish house sale. Spent the next few weeks having some very strange people traipsing through our house every weekend, and a few evenings too. Offers were in abundance, at a silly price, once we told them we were going to Turkey to live. Then out of the blue, Buyer Mrs M decides she still wants to buy as she now has a seller, great..we are back in the game. Buyer Mrs M, rings and says it,s ok, survery on her house is ok and as she was offered a mortgage before it would all run smoothly..HA! Two weeks later, no survey, Buyer Mrs M rings to say she doesn't have a mortgage after all, as she has been refused..would we wait for another couple of weeks while mortgage advisor sorts her our another one. So of course I said yes. She even says she has a solicitor in place, so I,m thinking ok, she's just having a run of bad luck, and agree to get a solicitor with the same company to speed things up so we don't have to wait for post etc. In the meantime, she calls me one evening and asks to buy our washing machine and condenser dryer, I offer it for £100, she agrees..of course she's a serious buyer..HA! Back at the ok coral, we receive word off our Turkish Solicitor, and rush off merrily to the bank and transfer £6k to our nice shiney Turkish account. Time goes on, no word from Buyer Mrs M, days pass. I call our agent, no word, so I ring her mobile, no answer. I rang her house phone, and she tells me she only has been offered a mortgage for £75k..and that SHE WAS REALLY STRESSED, but I wasn't to worry as she was going to ask for some more money..(err didn't you do that first time??) I asked her where did that leave me come next week and you don't have a full mortgage, she said she didn't know.. House goes back on the market, redcuced for a quick sale.
Turkish solicitor emails, asking when we are going to transfer funds, as bank haven't received it..so £6k has vanished into the ether. I start ringing around uk bank, who pass me around and still can't offer an answer. Sends all receipts to Turkish solicitor who is a good as gold and tells me to phone English bank for a transfer number and he will trace it. After several calls later and 2 days later, they give me the number, and I send it to Turkish bank and solicitor. Two more days, Turkish solicitor gets in touch to tell me they have found it. The Uk bank had put the wrong name on it..letter of apology but no explanation from uk bank follows the following weekend.
In the mean time, more strange people and stranger offers are coming to my door. I am a little wound up by this point and Slik, bless him, tells me to start thinking about Turkish house and furnishing etc, it will be ok. I then spot Pi55ys advert on here, advertising some lovely bedroom furniture and other bits at a good price. I contacted her and explained we wouldn't be out until January, could they stay were they where. Pi55y agreed and we knew it could happen, but the owners of the villa furniture were having trouble selling their villas and so furniture would probably be ok. Arranged with the lovely Bekir from Eren spot to pick it up, and reassemble at new place in January. Paid up and was once again quite happy with myself. and felt a bit more positive about the move.
Sat chilling out with a drink watching TV, looks at wall behind tv and there is a huge damp patch. Calls Slik at work, and the next day, the damp has expanded. Calls in damp expert, guttering has broken and flashing has come away from chimney breast. More Money..then a call from the Agent, it would appear that buyer Mrs M had been given a mortgage after all. Would I take it off the market, not bloody likely was my reply, but she can proceed with her surveys etc. Logs into forum, to see that owners of villa have miraculously sold their villas, and I had until the following Monday to remove stuff. Couldn't arrange it, so sadly had to have a refund. Although I was happy for the owners to have finally found a buyer, thoughts were with Pi55y worked hard to set it up and get the payment, so I felt bad for both her and me.
Completed some more paper work with solicitor. still no sign of a surveyor. Gets an email from Turkish solicitor asking me to complete on the place the following Monday and to send 100k..never wrote an email so fast in my life to say there had been a mistake, luckily, someone with same surname is using him too, and the email had gone to the wrong address. During all of this drama, I had to have some surgery and was off work for 4 weeks, so you can imagine how crap I was feeling, just by that alone without all of this too.
Survey was completed last week and we went to solicitor Friday to complete the last of the paperwork. The completion date for UK is 16th December. We will be homeless and still have to give a months notice at work. We also can't get a short 6 week let through an agent, it's 6 months minimum.. Homeless for Christmas.
Our Turkish solicitor has contacted us to say the military checks back and we are good to go,So fingers crossed good people we will be on the 10.50 Thomas Cook flight to Antalya on 21st January on a one way ticket, or in Broadmoor after I have totally flipped out.
A huge Great Big Thank you to the lovely Aisha,(Menthol) who has kept me reasonably sane, positive and smiling through all of this Drama, despite being really ill herself and in the process of buying too.
So here is to a Merry Christmas , my last one here, for now, and a Very Happy Healthy New Year.
Slik and Bernie
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merry xmas and good luck for the new year at your new place in the sun
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That was lovely to read- thanks for taking the time to share. I wish you all the very best and good fortune in your new home. Please do write again when you have time.
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So happy for you! xx
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Well done slik and slikmrs.
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All the very best to you both, look forward to an update when you have the time. x
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Thanks all, next instalment next week, probably from a park bench somewhere ;)
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All the very best to you both.
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I promise you that in six months time, whilst lying in the warm sun, it all will really seem like a long past bad dream. 8) 8)
TC
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Good luck to you both! 8)
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Oh heck, think I would have freaked out already. Hope all the hassle is now behind you and wish you both all the very best for your new life in Turkey.
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Bit the bullet, booked..Let The Gods Decide..So if it all goes Pete Tong, I,ll already be £6k down, whats another £500..Feeling Positive.
Thanks for all your well wishes, even found a short term holiday cottage..
Let The Good Times Roll
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I promise you that in six months time, whilst lying in the warm sun, it all will really seem like a long past bad dream. 8) 8)
TC
Exactly what I was going to say!
So glad the end is in sight for you, Bernie. You've really been through it and coped better than I would have done!
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best wishes on the move
The start of a great new adventure
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Good luck and best wishes to you both. Don't know how you've coped with all that's gone on but it will all be worth it in the end. :)
Fingers crossed all goes smoothly for you and your new life in Turkey.
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My mouth to God,s ears..we won,t be completing 16th, we are up to 20th. Another day of phone calls, from solicitors and Agents..Got to admit it,s all wearing a bit thin now..
It,s all in the lap of The God,s, let them decide.
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A momentary new hiccup. It will pass.
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When I moved recently we had a completion date which had to be sorted by 2pm or could not be completed on that day, the money came through the chain at 5 mins after the end time, and thanks to our good solicitor it all went through. Keep your cool, it could still be ok xx
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It will come right at the end .... good luck to you both.
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Good times are coming - everything will work out and you'll look back and laugh at the difficulties on the way. Good luck for a wonderful sunny future!
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Ride the waves Slik you doing well. 8)
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Well the solicitor phoned to say we won,t be exchanging today, but we are set to complete on Friday as plannedas the person at the bottom of the change couldn,t be located..
Just waiting for the electrician as the bath pipe came off,flooded through the kitchen ceiling and has not only fused the lights but has done something to the fuses.
Will be sleeping on the settee tonight again, as family came and took all the furniture they wanted yesterday..
Do you think The Gods are trying to tell me summat..tut :-[
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Hang on in there, Bernie!
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It will all be ok just keep your cool, and remember all the chain want to move as well as you, very best to you xx
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YIIPPPEEEE..
We Have Exchanged..complete on Friday for UK house, complete Monday for Ovacik house..so the journey finally begins #feeling relieved.
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Well done, many would have given up long before this. Good luck in your new home, BTW bring some hot water bottles it can be a bit chilly up there, a friend tells me.
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Fantastic news! Time now to enjoy your new life in Turkey :)
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Wonderful news, now your journey really begins. It is flippin freezing here at the moment, before you leave have a visit to Argos and buy yourselves an "all night electric blanket", this was probably our best buy for comfort in Turkey. We haven't had an electric blanket in the UK for over 30 years but believe me, here it is an absolute necessity.
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So pleased for you, especially with all the drama recently. Now you can sleep well, even if it is still the sofa. Not long now - enjoy the anticipation x
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All the very best Bernie, will be over end of May, would love to see you in your new home then x
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All the best, keep us informed as and when - in 10 years you can come back to CBF and relive it all ;)
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Good Luck with the move
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Yes, God Willing we leave to our rented cottage after I finish work on Friday. We then have xmas break until I relocate to a different job from 2nd to 16th, then we fly out one way on 21st jan..whoop..can,t wait x
But Scunner, I will still be on cbf, when my internet works that is.. ;D
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But Scunner, I will still be on cbf, when my internet works that is.. ;D
Thursdays normally ;)
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Well done. Exciting times ahead.
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This is fantastic, Bernie - so pleased for you.
Have you made a chart to count down the 'sleeps' until you go? (I would have done! ;D)
Hope you have a fantastic Christmas/New Year now this is sorted.
x
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Is it a flippin conspiracy or what..
Slik takes stuff up to rented cottage, already arranged with woman yesterday..who tells me, the keys are in the post box, gets there not a soul to be found and no key in postbox.
He turns the car back around and heads home, finally gets her on the phone, and she says she got mixed up..Parcels2 go, still havent picked up Turkey boxes, and the house is still not empty and cleaner due in at 1pm to give it a going over..if it wasn't so soddin frustratin I would laugh..tut.
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Oh dear.
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With you in spirit Bernie, with you in spirit…….
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And after a shot of spirit bluewise, miraculously the lady phoned to say keys are there, the parcel2go people collected the parcels and the cleaner turned up.. :-* :o ;D 8)
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Yay….it worked !
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Ihave COMPLETED...Whoop Whoop WHoooooPP XX
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Hooray!!!!!!! ;D
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WHOOOOPEDY-WHOOOOOP!!
Fantastic, so pleased for you.
An extra-celebratory atmosphere in the Slik household for Christmas, then. :)
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YES, YES, YES Fabulous. So pleased for you.
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Well done to you both, now the stress really begins !! ;)
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Good luck with the Internet Bernie, I've been here 11 weeks and I'm still not sorted! Can't get connected, can't get my tv to work, keep going in to Electro world and kicking off about my tv not connecting to the Smart hub, it's a nightmare, everything is just a problem. They give you a service number to call, that uses all your credit on your phone but you don't achieve anything because they haven't got a clue what you're on about !!! But, it's been a beautiful day, sat outside having my morning coffee, must have been a good 20 degrees, I'm not complaining . X
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Thanks all have a lovely holiday cottage,all warm n cozy. Just unpacking and getting rid of all the old paperwork. We are both slowly coming down,and looking forward to the Turkish leg of the journey. Enjoy your weekend xx
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Wow! Nearly there now, Bernie. All the very, very best and may see you very soon in Fethiye!
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Thanks Aisha, looking forward to a catch up. We will be out 21st Jan God Willing x
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Inshallah, Bernie, inshallah!
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Here we go again..went to pay for Turkish house
Tried to transfer money to Turkish account,branch said phone this numberyou do it over the phone..phoned number said too much £ we have to send a fax, don,t have a fax. Said go into branch,do transaction there, who said phone this number, who said you have to have a fax, we said we didnt have a fax, who said go into the branch..don,t you just love the coop bank..tut. :-\ : :) ;D
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Ddaddaaa, whooppiieedoooo,finally after another 2 visits to the bank,various phone calls and the threat of a formal complaint,just got the call to say they will be transferring our money within the hour. Hopefully,this will start my happy New year with a smooth transaction
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All the best for a very Happy New Year.
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Happy New year to you too.