Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Other Local Resorts & Areas => Uzumlu Discussion Forum => Topic started by: big cal on February 06, 2015, 06:55:11 AM
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Hi, my name is Carole, me and my partner are thinking of taking early retirement and have been researching this lovely little village. 8)
There does seem to be quite a lot of resales at the moment on Rightmove or is this just the general average as there does seem to be quite a few villas in the area.
We are thinking that maybe we may rent first or by an apartment. It is early days yet.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Carole :D
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Hello
We use our villa as a holiday home but will retire in 6 years and 4 months!
Great Turkish village with a selection of nationals from all over the world. If you need any further info please contact me
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Definatley rent in the first instance, preferably for a complete year so you get the feel for it in and out of season (the Winter months are a lot colder in the mountains), otherwise go for it!
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Yes, definitely rent first, as Uzumlu is a village akin to marmite - some love it, others hate it & there isn't too much in the middle ;)
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Agree, up in the mountains, so cold in the winter and also some descent recently from people who live there about someone beaten up after leaving a bar. Just rent to get the feel of the place first of all.
This is a thread you may want to read
http://www.calis-beach.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=56862.0
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Don't let people put you off. Make your own mind up
We did and never looked back
Talk all types to make a community
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Perfume as well as wine from Uzumlu I note - enterprising village ! ;D
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Our advice would be to ignore that link posted above, and to listen to the people who actually live here. We retired here almost two years ago, having first rented in Calis and Ovacik. We absolutely love it here, with its stunning mountain scenery, peacefulness, and very friendly, helpful local community - and that includes all the Turks we have met.
We tend to get a lot of summer visitors ( who all love it), so winter is a chance for us to enjoy some of the many activities going on - it's a very sociable place if you want to join in.
Since we moved here there have always been quite a lot of villas for sale, and new builds keep appearing all the time. Renting first can be sensible, unless you pick a resident's brain for location and heating advice (we're happy to help if you want to send a private message).
Good luck with your adventure! Hope you're as happy here as everybody else we know.
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Hi folks, thanks for all your comments. I did read the thread about the mugging but guess this is an isolated incident that happens everywhere at sometime, hardly a worry to us as my partner is 6 foot 5 and 19 stone :D but hope the poor chap is ok now.
We are just looking for a village that is away from the bustle of the clubs and bars ( not saying we dont like that social scene, but nice to spend the day there then to retreat back to the village and sip wine by the pool ;D. It was a worry that we might feel a bit isolated but there does seem to be quite a good social scene ( better than my own area where i live now.)
My partner is a dog lover, well loves all animals so this would be the perfect place to have them.
My sister lives in Koycegiz in a vallage called Topalar, this is quite remote and you do need a car to get anywhere but is very beautiful.
The only thing that i worry about is my aging mother, she is 86, and my baby grandson, and i do feel a terrible dredge of guilt.
Are we being selfish ?
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I think anybody who moves away from family probably feels some guilt, but you should live the life you want to live. Back home we'd be getting up early to commute to jobs we didn't particularly enjoy, in weather that was frequently awful. Here we're loving the climate, we love our villa, we love the area, we love the lifestyle, we love many aspects of Turkish society, and we're having a ball! And when family come to visit, they have a ball too :-)
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Regarding family, you're only 4 hours away by plane and if you've got Skype you can see your family every day. Good luck.
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We move permanently on 26th February leaving behind our one and only daughter, her husband and our two fantastic grandchildren. We have a large extended family who we will miss but obviously our immediate family is the biggest thing that we shall miss, unfortunately we are orphans having lost our parents years ago. Fortunately for us we are moving across the garden from our best friends, who have lived permanently in Calis now for 3 years and who regulars on here will all know - The Rimms. We have good friends who we will also miss. But after working for 92 years between us, we have decided it is about time we had a life of our own. Not one of our family have said anything other than positive things to us, and although we are rushed off our feet sorting the house here out and preparing for the move we wouldn't change it for the world.
If I were you I would try renting initially whilst looking for a permanent property. We are in Calis which means if we turn right on the main road we can be in almost normal turkey or if we turn left we can be in holiday turkey so have the benefit of both. I have heard though that transport up in Uzumulu, especially in the winter stops quite early in the evening, so maybe you would want to take that into consideration, but living there will give you all the pros and cons and you can make your decision, its a lovely village. Good luck and hope to one day see you around.
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As others have said, make your own mind up - and I would definitely recommend renting somewhere first.
Living somewhere is very different to visiting or staying on holiday, and personally I have found areas I previously loved and thought 'I could live there' would actually be far from ideal as a permanent home.
I moved out with my family last June, and fortunately we are very happy in our chosen village of Kaya, where we rent. It's not perfect, because nothing ever is, but you need to decide whether the benefits outweigh any problems you might encounter.
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A great piece of advice WordBird.
When we bought our place in Calis 11 years ago, we bought intent on the idea that this was the place we would retire to and live permanently in Calis.
My husband has retired now and although we love Calis to bits and always look forward to our holidays there (and now look forward to longer holidays) We have totally changed our minds and will not be moving permanently. We are now happy to stay living in Scotland and enjoy our breaks in Calis.
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Thanks for all your advice, yes i think renting first is a good option. Will probably be inundating everyone with more questions :-\
Great site and very addictive x
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I have to agree with Jacqui. When I was younger I thought I could live in Fethiye permanently but now I can I am happy to live in Scotland and have long holidays anywhere in the world.
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Ood luck with your move on the 26th, hope all goes well, you must be so excited x
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Uzumlu might be chilly in winter, but it's a bit cooler in summer. It's lovely here IMHO, but like places in the sticks in the UK it's not for everyone. Weird though, how people who don't live here can be so opinionated about our home.
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Brenda and I really enjoyed our one and only visit to Uzumlu - although. truth be told, we didn't see much of the village.
The natives however were very friendly and super hosts.
That having been said the dolmus service was cr*p ;)
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Hi Carole,
Have just read your first post. We moved out here in October, and are renting on the outskirts of Fethiye, we have no plans to buy, but see this as a forever move. Of course it is very hard leaving family, and the guilty feelings will certainly persist. I have 5 grand children and I am off next week to see them all, but I know how much I will be looking forward to getting back here.
Living here is very different from holidaying here, and you do only realise that by living here.
It has been a very cold wet winter, but there are gloriously warm sunny days in between. Turkish houses are not built for winter, and it can be colder inside than out, but you can make every day an adventure.
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Uzumlu is a typical Turkish village. It doesn't have the medieval charm of a French village or the beauty of a whitewashed Greek village, but it's a great place to enjoy the dream.
Market day on Fridays gives you fresh milk from local cows. (One behind our house). Newly churned butter. Nose tingling baked bread from the village bakery. Fresh seasonall garden herbs and veg from the ladies on the steps.
Wander back to the house through the herd of of goats that parade throughthe village twice a day.
Enjoy a true village breakfast at home or at Lup Lup cafe or Izems or the gozleme cafe on the market corner.
And it's WARM
What is not to like
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Sounds much like Dingwall suehugh ;)
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I love the Lup Lup, she makes poached eggs on toast taste like heaven! When does she re-open?
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Sounds much like Dingwall suehugh ;)
A lot warmer though Highlander
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I love the Lup Lup, she makes poached eggs on toast taste like heaven! When does she re-open?
Lup Lup normally opens temporarily for the mushroom festival in Apriland then fully again in May.
Not tried the poached eggs, but her lasagne, fresh orange and homemade cakes are excellent. She also does turkish specialities which are also delicious
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We went to look around Kemer yesterday wıth a vıew to movıng there. Lots of expats lıve there I thought. Well after dodgıng the traffıc ın the town square and walkıng around we could not fınd one expat. No yanancı cars no vıllas no bungalows .What ıs the attractıon to live here and where do the expats live. The adverts for propertıes say 3 mıns walk to vıllage from where ?
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Kemer is a town and Uzumlu a village.
I would choose Uzumlu without a doubt out of the two but that's just my humble opinion, having lived there for 8 years.
Quiet village life, apart from the 3 days of the Mushroom Festival when it's rammed, but choice of places to eat and drink and a good mix of Turks and expats.
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Its the start of blossom time in Uzumlu.
WW
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we live in a turkish village catalarik a real mix of english and turkish not too cold in the winter and quite central for the bus routes been there 11yrs now and hope to retire there in the next 2 -3yrs