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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....
A British Insurance company is launching a government sanctioned policy for homeowners and buyers, which it claims can put an end to Orams style cases. Supposedly the policy, called Land Title Indemnity Guarantee, will cover home owners against any claim against their title. Initially the policy will cost £1,560 for a year, reducing to £1,092 per annum for a three year policy. Claims will be administered here by Gurkan & Gurkan solicitors and there is an on-line website www.yourindemnity.com A TRNC equivalant of e-bay has been set up by Andrew Charter together with Amanda at Ian's Auctions. You can get a look at this through his regular website www.northcyprus.biz Local authorities here are suffering financially and have all vowed a big crackdown on debtors. Many debts are run up by none residents who own properties here so maybe its time to set up some sort of system to ensure these things are paid. Easyjet finally started their Luton/Istanbul service, but unfortunately there is no link with the Pegasus flights from the same airport to the island. Pegasus say they have no plans to alter their flight timings to provide a connection for onward travellers as their target market is local people wanting to travel between Istanbul and the island. This means it might be cheaper but you would have to sit in the airport for up to 8 hours, waiting for the onward flight. Work goes on at our house and we believe that they are going to knock down the external steps on Wednesday so expect some pics. |
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A chance to look at the newspapers this morning, with the major news item being the tragedy at The Courtyard Inn. Four of the staff at this well known restaurant died in the well in the Courtyard grounds. The official police verdict, after post mortem examinations is that they died through lack of oxygen but speculation says that it was carbon monoxide poisoning. It appears that one of them went down the well to find our why the pump was not delivering water and when he did not come back up the others went down to investigste and all suffered the same fate. All of the boys are from Pakistan and closely related to many of the other restaurants in the area, Jashans, The Grove, Happy Valley and Rafters. Many of these will be closed for a time as owners and friends have all gone back to Pakistan for the funerals. |