Off to Bodrum to start viewing houses

At last ...we fly to Bodrum tonight...but I can't believe we actually paid more for our flight now £249 each off season) compared to when we went out in season (Oct 08) just over £100 each and we are flying the same airline Onur Air, not many charters operating at this time of the year.

Feel excited and nervous at the same time..have been reading comments on others who have bought in Turkey at Turkish Living Forums... great site to get plenty of advice on what pitfalls to avoid and buying costs to take into account ...plus advice on which estate agents to watch out for!

We met Caroline who works for Euroland (estate agent) in Gumbet, their office was right next to our apartments we stayed in (Queens Resort) when we were out there in October 08. Caroline has been emailing me and kept in contact ever since and has been looking for properties within our budget around 40K ... so far she only has about three in total which we have arranged to view on the 1st of Jan 09, although officially this is a holiday there she has kindly negotiated with the builders and owners for this date.

Before we booked our trip we had been researching properties on the internet, and came up with quite a few websites, one of the contacts from this website is a British company selling to Brits looking for properties in Turkey, and this lady named Christine has been extremley helpful..giving advice and tips on getting the most out of our trip and putting us in contact with local agents there that she has used herself in the past. In fact we have two and half days booked with her agents for viewings, so will keep this blog posted on how we get on with all our viewings.

The whole week is fully booked for us now with viewings, with four contacts made by just using the power of the internet. One of these companies is myvillaturkey.com who is a local estate agent in Yalikavak and is one of the first to take us around as soon as we land!

The other is a turkish5starproperties and another British lady named Sarah Seller, who too has come up with plenty of options for viewings, so lets see how it all goes.

I will be posting a video diary of the whole trip....soon after I return and will also be blogging about the experience..so watch this space