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Buying Abroad

chantelle87_2
chantelle87_2 Posts: 30 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Hi there,

we are thinking about buying a house abroad most likely Turkey and am now doing lots of investigation.

One friend told me to go to "place in the sun live" its at the NEC in Birmingham in October...although Channel 4 state this i went on the NEC and i cannot see it listed.....has anyone else bought tickets for this yet???

Thanks

Chants
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Comments

  • Jelliebeen
    Jelliebeen Posts: 331 Forumite
    Hello,

    It's the first weekend in October, 2nd-4th. You can book tickets here:

    http://www.aplaceinthesun.com/book-tickets
  • pandalove
    pandalove Posts: 3 Newbie
    Buy any property back-to-back with a mortgage of the same currency (assuming that you are not using 100% cash). That way, if the ex rate changes, your property value is not squeezed.
  • estelle123
    estelle123 Posts: 446 Forumite
    Beware beware beware.Many people are seduced into buying property from these shows,they show you pics of the property you are buying but when you get there its not the same one.So never hand a penny over to these people untill you have been over to see the property and made sure it is really for sale through a local recommended lawyer.
  • hearts
    hearts Posts: 1,191 Forumite
    estelle123 wrote: »
    Beware beware beware.Many people are seduced into buying property from these shows,they show you pics of the property you are buying but when you get there its not the same one.So never hand a penny over to these people untill you have been over to see the property and made sure it is really for sale through a local recommended lawyer.


    Wise words indeed. Better to visit and then visit again...then visit again. Trust only those who have no vested interest, and be very careful about trusting them.
    Get a well respected lawyer from a big firm. Buy a resale rather than a new build. Check everything 10 times and then check it again to make sure, then have someone else check it.
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