PANIC!!! moving to cyprus in 6weeks

toddles_2

My friend lives at aki, her house has central heating and there are new houses that have just been built, but i have not been in them.

Alias_Omega

Barbie,

You dont get a choice in your housing request, you submit the forms and the Housing Office (Barrack Warden) allocates you the best quarter available at the time. They will tell you this if you ring up and ask.

At the minute, there are 4 types of house available at akrotiri -

Grade 1 - New houses - Gas Central Heating
Grade 2 (maybe 3) - Newishy houses (built 2002) - Gas Central Heating / Air Conditioning
Grade 3 - Gas Central Heating
Grade 4 - Stone Houses - Nothing

Grade 4 - Bungalows - Nothing

The bungalows are slowly in sections being demolished to be replaced with new Grade 1 houses.

Let us know what house you are allocated, and we can go from there..

Regards,

Alias

barbie22193

oh when we moved to scampton we got a choice so i figured it would be the same on this move too. from the pictures ive seen of some of the houses they are lovely despite no central heating, guess ill have to wait and see what they offer

13Kent

If you look at https://www.hivecyprus.co.uk there are lots of information sheets and some photos. There should be floor plans of some of the accommodation too.

We don't have CH and it does get cold in the winter months in the house - you tend to put on a jumper when you come in and take it off when you go out!!

We have a log fire , and we were issued with stand alone gas heaters, but we gave them back as we have two little ones. We do use the stand alone electric radiators. You pay for gas bottles yourself, but the electricity charge is included in your quarter charge, and you are only charged extra if you go over the 'average' usage (although what the average usage is is kept a closely guarded secret!!) but we haven't had an extra bill, and we used the radiators enough that we weren't cold over the winter - although we did put our children together in the smallest bedroom during the winter to keep them warmer as we weren't comfortable leaving the heaters on overnight.

The best thing we bought though was an electric blanket - the bed gets very cold even if you can keep the room warm, and it was lovely getting into a warm bed even if the room was a bit cold!, and we've got wheat bag toys that microwave for the children.

Seems silly talking about being cold when the weather is heading for 30 deg this week!! :rotfl:

AFF_company_representative

Hi there,

This page on the Army Families Federation website might be useful to you. On the right hand side there are Factsheets/Downloads on what to take, pets, driving etc etc - http://www.aff.org.uk/aff_cyprus.htm

HTH

Best wishes

AFF

esmf73

Barbie,
If you're moving in in November then, bar the rain on occasions, it will seem like bliss - and you'll have the chance to get used to the heat. You'll be walking round in tshirts and wondering what on earth people were fussing about - talking about how cold it is. BUT when you've been there for a summer and have experienced 40 degrees, you'll see how cold it can feel on a chilly winters day with no central heating.

I had 2 years in Cyprus and although I like being back here for the shops, I miss the sunny weather - would LOVE to be in 30 degrees right now, rather than 8!!!

Endora_2

Alias_Omega wrote: »

Hello,


When you arrive, you should get a free car to drive around in. Basically the dealers give you a car to use for free, which when you are on your feet, you take the car back and buy a car from them.

Alias

I thought the car dealers had stopped doing this, it's been almost 20 years since we were posted to RAF Akrotiri and we were given a car, they called it a "gizzit" then. Hubby & I coming back over to Cyprus for a 10 day hol this Sat, we're not with the Army anymore but will be visiting the base next Tue (with permission of course as we're now civvies). Can't wait to see how much things have changed.:A

Endora_2

Alias_Omega wrote: »

Akrotiri has a cinema, also there is one in limassol.

Is it still the tin nissan hut which is what it was when we were based at Akrotiri nearly 20 years ago?

13Kent

I don't think so, I think it has moved to a new building.

Hope you have a lovely time - very warm here at the moment, weather approaching 30 deg!

There was an article in the local paper about a couple that used to live here and visited recently, and they were surprised at how much had changed - even to the point that they struggled to find their way there due to new roads!

Endora_2

13Kent wrote: »

I don't think so, I think it has moved to a new building.

Hope you have a lovely time - very warm here at the moment, weather approaching 30 deg!

There was an article in the local paper about a couple that used to live here and visited recently, and they were surprised at how much had changed - even to the point that they struggled to find their way there due to new roads!

As we are planning to hire a car whilst over there we're prob going to need an up to date map then eh, tried to get one for the TomTom sat nav but there doesn't seem to be one??? Hope we don't get lost, are road signs good?:eek: