My place overseas

[Jacqui Harvey]

We have a place here and now my husband has retired, we are spending longer her, which to me is the best of both worlds. Five weeks this trip and away before the stinking hot weather starts.  Love it here and the nice weather, but also love Scotland, we have had very mild winters in Scotland the last few years and if we moved permanently to Turkey, firstly I would miss my family too much. I have a lovely Granddaughter and enjoy watching her grow up.  Secondly there is something about were we live in Scotland that could not be replaced and it has nothing to do with the weather.   Also, I hate the idea of being in Turkey in July and August when it is too hot.  Do not fancy being inTurkey in the Winter when it is cold and damp. I think people have the idea to move to Turkey because of the heat, but it is not so in the Winter.  One lady recently on this Forum could not stand the cold in Ovacik in the Winter and she has moved back only months after moving over.
We used to think we wanted to move to Turkey 10 years ago when we bought our place here, but now, we have changed our minds.  We can fly here when we want to and then return to our home and family in Scotland.
It is also not a question of private health care, although that would be good.  One example I have.  We met a lovely English  couple in Calis  11 years ago. She worked for a local Estate Agent.  They lived in Calis.  The Estate Agent who she worked for told her she was "Family" now.   He talked her  and her husband into a plot in Uzumlu to build a house.  Long story, but more and more money was needed until most of their savings had gone.  They moved to the house, then lots of things went wrong... another long story.     Eventually, her husband could not drive at night as his eyesight deteriorated.  She did not drive and told us she felt isolated.   The Estate Agent who was Family did not want to know anymore.  This couple put their house on the market and it took a long time to sell, they are now back in England.
I would advise anyone thinking of moving permanent to Turkey, to rent for a year first. For some people it is a real success story and they love it here in Turkey, but IMHO it is best to give it a trial first.   

[Scunner]

According to his Linkedin profile he works for Beyaz Homes;

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/omer-kizilca/87/751/425
Speaks volumes to me.

Beyaz Homes? Isn't that the company that look people in the eye and say they used Thermalite blocks while having photos of their builds on their own Facebook page showing they were made with terracotta pots?

Was it opinions on their integrity you were asking for?

Awkward.

[JohnF]

Cenk covers Uzumlu John.

When we 1st inquired a couple of years back we we told no as they did not want to spread too wide.

Same Eric.  We put a house in Fethiye on with Cenk a couple of years ago and at the time he stated his main area was Calis - saying that, he had no hesitation in listing the property but was honest enough to say that he probably wasn't the ideal agent due to its location. 

Good to see that he has expanded his area of operation, I hope it goes well for him.

JF

[Scunner]

Yep, identical to my own situation back in the day. We had an Uzumlu section and would take on Uzumlu properties but 99% of our customers didn't want Uzumlu.

[JohnF]

I suppose local markets change and businesses have to change with them. 

Having a scout about some estate agents sites this week it seems like half of Uzumlu is up for sale...

JF

[Scunner]

Same as 2006 then

[Liz 101]

Ronnie at Coast2Coast also has loads on his books in uzumlu

[Yoshi]

Scunner can you not let this drop ! If you look back through the posts nobody looked anybody in the eye and said they were Thermalite blocks, the builder told me they were thermal clay pots. It was my misunderstanding no more no less.
It seems to me that you over dramatise every comment and love a fight, you only have negative comments to any of my posts so may be we can agree to disagree and perhaps from now on you can keep your opinion to yourself because to be honest they are irrelevant to me.
There is a differance between offering advise and being arrogant and rude. This is a far cry from our post the other day about being positive and encouraging people to buy in Turkey.
What a shame because the majority of people on this site can be friendly and polite even when their offering a negative comment.

[Scunner]

Scunner can you not let this drop ! If you look back through the posts nobody looked anybody in the eye and said they were Thermalite blocks, the builder told me they were thermal clay pots.

It's funny the building company have told us they were Thermalite and I have to say there were a few in the garden when we looked around.

Really.

[JohnF]

Ronnie at Coast2Coast also has loads on his books in uzumlu

He's not the only one.  It looked to me that a lot are resales where folks are selling them fully furnished - that suggests they're bailing out.

I'm curious - why, given the relatively small population compared to surrounding areas, are so many folks selling up in Uzumlu?  Or are the estate agents sites giving off a misleading impression?

JF