Electric, Gas, Water, etc. costs - UK versus TRNC

[paul90]

Just for my own interest I have compared what we were paying to Utility companies in the UK in 2010 to what we paid in the TRNC in 2015.
In the UK we had a largish detached house on a "standard" estate-type plot of about 300 square metres.
In Karsiyaka we have a medium to large house on a 1200 square metre plot with a 12m swimming pool.

We are very pleased with a total annual cost saving of £2700 here in Northern Cyprus.
And, of course, that we made the decision to move and live here full time.

I have attached a copy of the calculations that I made (since I cannot insert it into this message without loosing the formatting).

[Keithcaley]

That's very useful, thank you.

...and just for anyone without the facility to open Microsoft Word documents: -

[lee666]

Paul90

Excellent post, this will give people thinking of make the decision to move to TRNC some useful information to work with.

Nice edit and repost Keith !!

[kibsolar1999]

... and when you install a solar powered pool pump.. you can save even more



kibsolar1999

[lee666]

Good point, well presented kibsolar1999.

Any idea what the cost for a solar pump might be and who installs them ??

[kibsolar1999]

well.. we install them

https://www.lorentz.de/en/partners/euro ... -trnc.html

not only the pump is premium, also the panels.
http://www.solarworld.de/en/home/

a solar pool pump system for a standart 10 x 5 meter pool comes to 2500 to 3000 euros, depends on installation situation.

all PV solar systems (incl net metering, which would be an alternative to solar pool pumping or for homes without pool) at the moment have a 6-7 years payback.

kibsolar1999

[jayceebee]

Thanks for this post. Very useful indeed as we will be moving to TRNC as from June.

[tomsteel]

Excellent value post. However, remember to factor in health care costs if moving here.