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We have had over four
years of wonderful holidays in this apartment
which is about 10 minutes gentle walk down to the main beach,
bars and restaurants, and during those four years we have
shared happy times with our many friends and relatives who
have stayed with us, in fact they keep coming back so often
that we needed a larger apartment with a third bedroom ..
so that is what we did .. we bought a 3 bedroom apartment
about another 10 minutes walk away from this one, which although
a little further from the beach is still in a nice quite location
.. and once again we are fortunate to have good neighbours.
Our apartment for sale is in a mature block
of eight apartments in total with just four apartments sharing
our entrance way. It is substantially built and very light
and airy with a wonderful welcoming homely feel about it.
The Turkish neighbours are very friendly, in particular the
family living in the ground floor apartment opposite our balcony
... I remember when we first bought the apartment and we were
cleaning it and we had forgotten the time and had not eaten
all day ... when there was a knock on the back door, the Turkish
neighbour had climbed over her balcony and brought us a meal
she had cooked ... That is so typical of the Turkish people,
we have never received anything but friendliness and kindness
from them. We were so glad we chose an apartment in a area
lived in and preferred by the Turkish people and was away
from noisy complexes and resort centre.
The walls and ceilings in our apartment for
sale in Altinkum, Turkey have all been recently painted throughout
in a refreshing clean off white colour, the security shutters
have been painted in a white gloss, and as can be seen from
the pictures below the apartment is fully equipped and furnished,
and is ready to move into as your own holiday home in beautiful
Altinkum, Turkey or you can let it to holiday makers and friends.
There is a small corner shop which sells all
the essentials about 15 yards from the apartment, plus a few
local restaurants within a 5 minute walk from the apartment.
The apartment is not on a holiday complex so does have a great
advantage that it is not subjected to rowdy noisy holiday
makers.
Most of the local hotels are very happy for anyone to use
their swimming pools providing they at least buy a drink whilst
they use their facilities, and there are a few of those within
easy walk of the apartment, so if you don't fancy going to
the beach, but want to bathe or just sun bathe you can use
the hotel pools.
Electricity is supplied via the usual type
of mains similar to the uk and each apartment has it's own
meter and cut off switch.
Water supply is also similar to the uk and
each apartment has it's own meter and shut off valve.
Gas is via bottled supply which is delivered
as and when you need i from local shops.
Hot Water is provided by solar panels on
the apartment block roof which providesvery hot water for
the kitchen and bathroom, during the non sunny winter periods
or when additional hot water is required there is the backup
water heater in the bathroom which is plumbed into the water
main.
Transport we love walking but if we didn't
there are local buses called Dolmush these are like mini buses
and run up and down the main roads all day long, there are
designated stops for these but when the driver sees any one
walking, just catch his eye, wave and he will stop for you
wherever you are. The cost is around the equavilant of 15p
and is a standard charge wherever you want to go locally,
these minibuses are spaced about 5 - 10 minutes apart so you
are never waiting long.
Taxis there are a number of taxi ranks around
and the charge for a local run is 10 (YTL = turkish lire)
around £5 at current rates of aprox 2 YTL to the pound.
Exchange rate The exchange rate does fluctuate
and back in Sept 08 was 2YTL to the £.
Rates and community charges these are extremely
low at under £40 per year for both.
Insurance Contents, Building and earthquake
insurance costs only around £130 to £150 per year
for complete cover.
NB! It is a Turkish government requirement following the devastating
earthquake some years ago that now every property in Turkey
has earthquake insurance cover, however our apartment for
sale in Altinkum is NOT in a earthquake area.
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