Nicholas Homes Maintenance

[GocekF]

Hi
I withheld 50% until I got my Tapu which they sorted on the same day as I signed the final legal papers and collected from Fethiye, I was just refering to the snagging list. My villa is in Gocek but I did find many companies offering maintenance & changeover cleans etc for the Hisarano area there is a couple of English companies also.

[davewalsh]

Problem is that its all rumour and BS at the moment regarding what will happen next year. Mr Swain's activities and profile so far leave me holding little hope for a service improvement, I have also heard that Nicholas might not be ready to divest their maintenance portfolio, which is enormous, and must be a big income stream. There are alternatives to these two options, but no-one has supplied me with any decent references for any of the newer, alternative maintenance companies, all of which seem to be some form of Anglo-Turkish two-man enterprise. As things stand, we are trying to motivate our complex owners (16 of) to initiate something early, rather than wait until the last minute next year and end up going with the status quo (whatever it turns out to be) because its too late to change. Hopefully in the next month or two we can either get some answers from Nicholas or get some alternative quotes. No doubt this thread will run and run......

As for the guy negotiating to buy a villa, the only thing I would say is that I don't regret buying in Turkey, but I do regret buying an apartment, we should have bought a villa and retained a bit of individual control over our maintenance destiny. It's hard work marshalling the often conflicting requirements of 16 owners

[c1]

Dave you mentioned on a previous post that nicholas had been operating at a loss on account of their figures did you get or have you any supporting third party bill to prove the figure shown are correct, ie: when they states complex used £***** in electric did you also get a copy of the bill from tedas that proves nicholas figure is correct or are you just believing their report.

[markaren]

quote:Originally posted by c1

Dave you mentioned on a previous post that nicholas had been operating at a loss on account of their figures did you get or have you any supporting third party bill to prove the figure shown are correct, ie: when they states complex used £***** in electric did you also get a copy of the bill from tedas that proves nicholas figure is correct or are you just believing their report.

If other complexes are like ours then we have never seen any evidence backing up bills of any kind!! As DaveWalsh says ony regret is being on a complex and not having control, at least with a private property you have this choice. We have moved our apartment M&M away from Nics now and it was the best thing we have done this season for numerous reasons.

[c1]

markaren, have you asked for any evidence to support thier bills we have and they have complied with our request.

[davewalsh]

No, we have not asked for any evidence that bills have been paid, however, after 4 years, we still have water and electricty!! From that, I am assuming someone is being paid. As to how much, too much etc, we are an early stage with that type of investigation

[jwood]

We've just come back from 12 days at Palm Beach and everyone there (those who were there )agrees that the gardens and pool area are looking immaculate. It was always good in our opinion but a great effort has been made of late.

[Sandrats]

Just read in the Hisaronu section that Keramettin Yilmaz (one of the two Brothers who own NG) has been sent down for 15 years for corruption (all subject to appeal).  I wonder if the re-org at NG could be related (them knowing that this may have been looming)?

[tetmeister]

Here we go.Bought from Nicholas in 2004,a fantastic off-plan villa in a fantastic location in Ovacik,for a reasonable price.Outcome;Nice ,friendly people,incl MD and Selva( the legal lady).Problems,too many to mention.Lies,thousands.Quality of work,generally crap.Tapu,received promptly.Best thing to do,hold a good wack of money back till you are satisfied,which could be 1-2 years after the build.Truthfully;love our villa.Am still friends with all nic's staff.Have always been courteous but firm with them.Arm yourselves with good common sense and knowledge,as they do't always know the answers.Nic's have been back to address problems on numerous occasions,but I feel sure because of outstanding monies owed.Solutions for nic's; Wake up.if you pay peanuts,you'll get monkeys.plough the money into staff,training etc rather than stumping up for glossy,corporate brochure and lunches with shampoo and canapes." Lemonade pockets,champagne taste"Listen to your customers!!!Don't lie to your customers!!Don't send a plumber to paint someones villa,or a painter to re-grout a pool.Wake up,shake up,hey,what about providing some nic's emblazoned t-shirts and I.D for your staff!Give them a reason to provide your customers a gr8 service,they are your front line,your image is your pool guys,cleaners etc.The hierachy sitting in marbled offices aren't the image you project; old mehmet with his fag on,vest and lack of enthusiasm is your image!Trust me,I was a fireman for many years and told many a CFO exactly the same.Phewww!, need an Efes,I hope they turn the company round.

[tony]

I have been with NGPS for several years. I have decided to change to another property management company. I have an in credit float balance (£350 plus) with NGPS, After several e-mails I get the impression they are reluctant to refund this to me. As anyone else had a similar problem? I have a solicitor on standby, and will use her if necessary. I assume they would be liable to costs incurred and any interest that the money would have accrued.