Turkish Estage Agents & Developers........never trust them!!!

I have been using the Turkish Living Forums before we even set off to Turkey, to speak with other people who have bought or are in a similar position to us.

Have just signed in today and found out that the company Harmony Homes in Bodrum are in financial trouble, hence the reason why we haven't heard since we paid them. I can't believe they can lie through their teeth to rinse out every penny from you.

The fact of the matter remains that we have paid the developer over 90% of the monies and are only holding back a mere £8,000 which we have said we will pay when we get the Tapu or the Habitation Certificate.

Apparently Harmony homes have been selling homes with a 50% reduction, and the complex we have bought in Gumusuluk, has been going on for a over a year. Which is why the facilities in the complex are un touched. They are in debt and big time too, no wonder Mustafa the sales manager from Harmony hasn't replied to me.

As for the Tapu, it doesn't look like anyone will get one until the debt, which can be secured against this complex is cleared off. Unless we go there and investigate further, perhaps even appoint a solicitor we are not going to know.

As for the Estate agent, they got a hefty pay out on our purchase so they don't care and haven't even been in touch. It should be there job to advise and offer help to us, we thought because we were dealing with an English speaking person at Euroland that she may have the same values as us British people, but like i have heard many a times that the British out in Turkey seem to get acustomed to working the Turkish way and not feel bad about conning money out of you.

If anyone is thinking of buying out in Turkey....there's one piece of advice that I can give you and that is ....TRUST NO ONE...

It's not always easy to know who you are dealing with...like for example we pre- arranged our appointments for viewing properties before we went out...gathered all the information that we needed... but still fell into the trap of signing blindly when we should have appointed a lawyer.