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Hi - we are thinking of buying and renovating a house in Lefkosa within the walled city. I am looking for peoples opinions / recommendations for the best area? Many thanks

Sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen to me. Sorry to be so negative, hopefully others might give you more positive input.

We tried it but the big problem is finding out who owns the buildings especially in the old quarter. There are a lot of squatters in the buildings and the owners we found either did not want To sell or wanted in the region of £300, 000 for the villas. You have a load of red tape as regards the material you can use ( mud bricks for instance) so renovation is astronomical . We were quoted £200000 on our project. Lovely idea but think and do your research.

Thank you for your comments.

We are currently renovating a listed house in the Turkish Quarters Girne so we used to the restrictions etc... my enquiry was more about recommendations on area i.e is the Arabahmet area a good area - or maybe up by the Buyuk Han or any other suggestions? Many thanks.

Arabahmet is a lovely area to visit during the day, never been at night so don't know what the bars and restaurants are like regarding noise. Plenty of choice for redevelopment I would think, but good luck either way.

Would love to see some pictures of your renovation if it's possible to post them online

Hi Thickey - thank you for your interest. Here are a few.

Just as we started - then new roof going on - and the works going on in garden.

We have another house that we have finished - we are looking to sell it so if you want some picture of that happy to send? Also in Turkish Quarters with garden and parking.

Many thanks

Here is the house we finished...

Did you have much trouble finding a builder who understood what you were trying to achieve with your project plans please?

I will be looking for a builder pretty soon who can follow a brief/plans to the letter.

Hi A1sysman - yes its not easy getting a good builder here! If you want to drop me your email address I will send you further information,

Thanks