Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Property For Sale in Calis Beach & Turkey => Moving To Turkey => Topic started by: apollo7 on June 26, 2011, 12:37:06 PM
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Hi All, we are new members to your site our names are Tony & Karon and we have had a place in calis for 7 years we have now decided its time to make the move to Turkey. Can any of you give us your views on the good & the bads of moving lock stock and barrels. I hope to have many more chats with you all.
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Hi, no bad things about living here in Turkey, just wouldn,t thin about bringing anything much from England, seems to cause loads of headaches, sure things will work out well for your move
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Hi Apollo
Good luck with your move.
Read, read and read again of all the experiences on here, good and bad.
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Search this forum with a fine toothed comb, I've been reading for months now after making a similar decision as you, the best source of local info ever! Good luck, I'm out for 6 months in September to "test the water" but in my heart I'm there for good lol.
PS: Welcome to the forum to you both.
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Thank you all for replying so quickly hope to meet you in calis. Is a 170,000 enough to live on using the intrest only.
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Only if you restrict your Efes input to 50 a week lol.
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No regrets - about making the move or shipping my stuff :-)
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Who did you ship your stuff with?
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Does anyone know if you can buy whirlygig washing lines anywhere?
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I haven't seen any, but maybe if Ikea do them, you'd be able to get one either by going to Izmir yourself or ordering through JJs in Fethiye, as they do a weekly collection service to Ikea.
Otherwise, as a lot of people live on complexes, they can't put washing in the communal garden as such, so the most common thing is to have 2 x pieces of ironwork welded to a balcony, which works a treat, with the bonus that when it starts to pour down, you stay relatively dry whilst grabbing all the washing. Cost 2 years ago was either 20 or 30tl + the lines themselves
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Originally posted by apollo7
Does anyone know if you can buy whirlygig washing lines anywhere?
There is a couple (Steph & Jac) who do regular runs to & fro the UK collecting such things from Argos etc at a reasonable cost, you order online or they will order in the UK for you, Jacs email is: shishcojackson@hotmail.com should anyone be interested. I have yet to use them personally but have been recommended to them.
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Thank you Liz 101 & Supacabby for the info Supacabby you sent me an email and left your contact number a mobile is this an english mob or turkish as my husband will be in touch shortly.
Kind regards
Karon
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It's a UK number, I don't move over til September.
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I used Bonners to ship my stuff they were very good - worked out at £7.30 a cubic foot :-)
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HI Tony and Karen - well done on the big decision, MIke and I are doing the same we go in Feb next year but will be over for hols in Sept. We are not totally selling up but going to rent our house in the Uk for a year and see how we get on, we live in Calis and have a 2 bed apartment and are taking our dog Rory with us. Its all very exciting and we really hope it works out for us, its very positive hearing feedback from ex pats that have done it and dont regret. Good Luck and hopefully we will meet up.
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Bring a whirlygig washing line with you .....you can't get them here. We bought ours over as excess baggage.
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Got to be a wind up.
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Originally posted by Supacabby
There is a couple (Steph & Jac) who do regular runs to & fro the UK collecting such things from Argos etc at a reasonable cost, you order online or they will order in the UK for you, Jacs email is: shishcojackson@hotmail.com should anyone be interested. I have yet to use them personally but have been recommended to them.
It is also a highly illegal operation and if they are busted at the border you won't get your goods and I doubt there will be any chance of seeing your money back either.
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Just a thought (and as we are not intending to move to Turkey it may have no validity) but if we were, I would like to think that we would want to buy from local traders whenever possible.
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Originally posted by Scunner
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Originally posted by Supacabby
There is a couple (Steph & Jac) who do regular runs to & fro the UK collecting such things from Argos etc at a reasonable cost, you order online or they will order in the UK for you, Jacs email is: shishcojackson@hotmail.com should anyone be interested. I have yet to use them personally but have been recommended to them.
It is also a highly illegal operation and if they are busted at the border you won't get your goods and I doubt there will be any chance of seeing your money back either.
Thanks Keith, I haven't used them in the end, just hope the person I've booked my stuff with is ok!