Hi all and welcome to those of you who have moved here or are thinking of doing so. It is a beautiful village but there are a couple of ponts everyone should know. There is an electricity problem here. There are just not enough transformers in the village to cope with the new houses. Tedas (electricity co) are waiting for final approval from Ankara as to how much extra power can be pumped here.It costs 9000 pounds to put a transformer in.I asked if some of the building companies here could contribute but Ankara said no ,at the moment.We have about 4 power cuts a month ranging from half hour to 4 hours. Not a big deal really but you bet it is when you are watching something on tele that you dont want to miss!!. The other thing is the water charges.If you have a pool you pay 1.50 YTL per ton and if you dont 1YTL per ton. Sounds ok for non pool owners. You only fill up the pool once a year yet every ton of water you use is 1.50YTl. Our bill last year was 475 YTL. Ok so we have a big garden but in the end we were only watering it 2 times per week. Couldnt bear to see all the new trees we had planted looking so thirsty!! Please dont think I am a miserable old git. Far from it I love my life here and wouldnt change it for the world but, it pays to know some points.
WW