Paphos People

Hi
Has anyone a list of what to do first and so on, or direct me to the correct thread. Your help would be much appreciated.

Kind Regards

Jed

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Jed

Jed
first of all find a house ..


you will need to give us a bit more info than that
what stage are you at ??
What are your needs ??
Do you have children ??
are you retierd ?

give us a bit more info, so we can point you in the right direction

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Hi Neil
We are currently looking for a house in the paphos area.
We are both in our early fifties
One son who wont be coming with us.

Jed

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Jed

We have a couple of property agents that advertise on here , maybe they could help
you ..
and I dont know if you will need any help with banking Etc ,
or pension payments .. but I am sure we can help ..

try
new homes cyprus
or cyprus re-sales
they both do lettings and are sponsors of P.P
for more than 2 years ..

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Whilst the optimist and the pessimist argued that the whisky glass was either half full
or half empty ? .
I drank it .....
The opportunist..

Hi Neil
Thanks for the reply, some advice on banking and pension payments would be most welcome.

Regards
Jed

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Jed

I am not at pension stage yet , but others are.
I think I have heard others talk about getting an nationwide account to have it paid into
then using the card to withdraw it over here as its cheaper to do ...
dont quote me on it , but someone will know ..

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Whilst the optimist and the pessimist argued that the whisky glass was either half full
or half empty ? .
I drank it .....
The opportunist..

Hi Jed

Yes, definitely open a Nationwide account while you have a UK address - you can change to a Cyprus address later with no problems. I have my state pension paid into my Cyprus bank account with absolutely no problems - it goes in every four weeks, and gets a very good rate of exchange. I also have a couple of private pensions paid over here, the others go into the Nationwide (only worked for 2 companies, but ended up with 5 separate pensions! ). Nationwide always give an excellent rate of exchange with no charges for withdrawing money.

I think all the banks over here are about the same - I happen to be with Alpha, simply because the agent I bought my apartment through took me there . . . . personally, I have had no problems with them at all.

I'm sure you'll have lots of questions, but just ask away and we will try to answer.

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Jean

Retirement - harder work than working - But much more fun

Quite right Neil..... See you're not as senile as you look
A Nationwide flex account is what you want to get sorted before you come out permanently if you have any source of income generated in Sterling in the UK.
You cannot open an account from an EU member state but if you already have one you can transfer the address to any EU country you move to.
A Nationwide credit card is also useful but not so much as the debit card on the Flex account.
On debit card transactions throughout Europe you pay no commission/handling fee to withdraw your money from any VISA Bank ATM.
You also get the "inter bank" rate rather than a tourist rate. (interbank is always better.)
You can maintain the account by internet (although the site is No2's)
Nationwide customer service is also pretty poor but it's worth putting up with for the rates and lack of commission.
When you get here, if you wish to register for permanent residency you will need to open a Cypriot bank account and maintain it in credit for a period of time. (over draughts are illegal here and you get blacklisted if you go into the red)
regarding your original question you will find you will get better responce if you ask specific questions rather than what you have done.
People will then reply if they have that information rather than try to cover the whole gamut of subjects relating to a relocation.
I would suggest you also look on the Cyprus info pages of Anglo Info (Google it) you will find answers to most general topics there. Then ask specifics here.
Brian

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