Author Topic: Purchasing your property in Kalkan - Any problems encountered. (Read 19796 times)

DRBD · « **Reply #20 on:** February 05, 2008, 10:24:40 AM »

Personally would always recommend engaging a solicitor, even if its to just check out your contract.

msr · « **Reply #21 on:** February 09, 2008, 06:00:33 PM »

We purchased 5 years ago, didn''t have to use estate agents as we bought at Patara Prince direct from architect. We used a solicitor in London who specialised in foreign property. They had a turkish department and our solicitor was turkish and handled all the negotiations in turkish, with the benefit of english speaking at this end. Yes they were expensive but for peace of mind invaluable. We knew they had our interests at heart . Would have been very wary of local solicitors.

felicity · « **Reply #22 on:** February 09, 2008, 07:09:32 PM »

Hi Msr - yes - maybe 5 years ago - you would have been right to be wary of local solicitors especially as I understand there was no english speaking lawyer in town - however we bought 2 years ago and used Alpaslan Gunal - we have discussed him and his contact details on another thread - and others too on this forum have used him. I recommend him but I note that his prices are rising..along with the number of villas going up..!! LOL!

We are also using him to do our turkish wills - which is an essential and essential to be drawn up by somebody who is familiar with turkish inheritance laws.!!

Cheers!

BevJam · « **Reply #23 on:** March 11, 2008, 09:08:37 PM »

We also used Alp, but had a bit of bother last autumn with timings. There were times when we''d email and have to wait weeks for a response.Bridget was saying he is now doing his own property development so not as committed as before. Looks like solicitors in Fethiye are faster nowadays

Kalkan regular · « **Reply #24 on:** March 12, 2008, 10:59:31 AM »

We used Everything Legal in Fethiye for our wills and they were great. The solicitor is Turkish and her sister, who is married to an English man, does the translation and is a notery and also sorts that out with you. The husband then checked the document for spelling/grammar mistakes. Our wills were difficult as we both have children from previous marriages and they were excellent at working out the best way to explain our complicated wishes. It only took a few hours to complete the process.

We already have a property but wish we had known about them when we purchased our apartment as we would have been happy to use them for the buying process.

alantj · « **Reply #25 on:** March 12, 2008, 11:56:33 AM »

As we still have to arrange a Turkish will, I would be intersested in hearing from anyone who has already gone through the process about how much we can expect to pay.

Regards

Alan

Begonvil · « **Reply #26 on:** March 12, 2008, 12:52:10 PM »

Hi Alan.

We made our Turkish will last November and we too used Everything Legal in Fethiye, It only took a couple of hours and if you make the appointment for a Tuesday like we did you can also do the market!!

The cost for everything was 400 Turkish lira.

If you have a look at Fethiye times.com and click on living and then click in to legal this will tell you all about it, and also their email address, Delik speaks very good English, and if you send her a email she will respond back to you with in a couple of days.

Hope this helps

Amanda

turkeyfan · « **Reply #27 on:** March 12, 2008, 01:18:08 PM »

Wow I can''t believe what you paid for your will.

We have been quoted 2400ytl for ours. Think we will be sorting ours in Fethiye next time we are out.

BevJam · « **Reply #28 on:** March 12, 2008, 02:08:22 PM »

When I spoke to Alp about a will he quoted us Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£900, so the lady in Fethiye looks like she might get our business as well

Bevjam

Begonvil · « **Reply #29 on:** March 12, 2008, 02:34:09 PM »

I have just had a look at the Fethiye times web site and it looks like the email address for Delik is no longer on there so here it is: everythingleagal@hotmail.co.uk. She told us last November that quite a few People who have got property in Kalkan had made a will through her.

This just proves to shop around, even if you add the cost of the car hire and the fuel you will still be QUIDS in!!

Amanda

Kalkan regular · « **Reply #30 on:** March 12, 2008, 05:40:07 PM »

We made our wills in October 07 and it cost 800ytl in total for the two wills (not each!). This included the solicitor, translator & notary fees. They said they had a few people coming from Kalkan because it cost a lot more to be done in Kalkan. Looking at the charge Alp has quoted you it is well worth the journey.

The process took about 2.5 to 3 hours in total. Their office is really easy to get to, it''''s not far from the market (if you book your appointment for a Tuesday you can do the market as well). We went by car but it isn''''t too far from the bus station I believe. You need to take your passports with you, we also took our Tapu but can''''t remember if it was needed. You are leaving your ''''assets in Turkey'''' rather than a particular property. I do remember we needed the full postal address of the property however as it is put on the documents as your address in Turkey.

To contact them to get a quote their email is everythinglegal@hotmail.co.uk and the solicitor''''s name is Melek and her sister''''s name is Dilek (translator & notary). Can''''t remember Dilek''''s husband''''s name. I arranged the appointment by email and they gave us directions. The translator speaks very good English and the atmosphere was very relaxed and friendly.

Hope this helps.

lynda · « **Reply #31 on:** March 12, 2008, 08:40:00 PM »

We arranged our wills in September 2006 with Bilgin (solicitor) who''s office is above the mini market at the bottom of Kalamar Road. The total cost for both wills was 970ytl and included notary, translator, solicitor''s fee and hospital fee. Apparently we had to obtain certificates from the hospital to confirm we were sane!!!! We went with Bilgin to the hospital/clinic on Kalamar Road and were told to wait outside while he went in and about 20 mins later he emerged with our certificates without them even seeing us! We then went to Kas to the notary''s office and everything was completed within a couple of hours.

Used the same solicitor for the purchase of our property in 2005 and found him very good.

Kalkan regular · « **Reply #32 on:** March 13, 2008, 09:53:39 AM »

We had been told by someone who had their will done in Kalkan about the doctor bit but the solicitor in Fethyie said there was absolutely no need for the doctor to say you were of sound mind (we may have failed this bit if he met us!) unless there was some doubt about it.

lynda · « **Reply #33 on:** March 13, 2008, 01:39:14 PM »

Must have taken one look at us and thought he''d better be on the safe side!!!

felicity · « **Reply #34 on:** March 16, 2008, 10:36:34 AM »

Have just a quote out of Alp - c.2000 ytl - Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£800 odd - so he won''t be getting our business - and I have told him that...!! So we will be trying Everything Legal too!

thanks for the heads up!!

Cheers!

doddit · « **Reply #35 on:** March 16, 2008, 02:45:39 PM »

We are looking at buying an apartment in the Yelken development, can any one tell me about this complex, is it suitable for children?

Charlie · « **Reply #36 on:** March 16, 2008, 02:59:49 PM »

Does anyone have a different email address, other than quoted above for Everythin Legal, as I''ve just received a delivery failure report? Many thanks

felicity · « **Reply #37 on:** March 16, 2008, 04:08:51 PM »

Charlie - which e-mail did you use...I just e-mailed today - everythinglegal@hotmail.co.uk and haven''t had a failure report...(yet anyway....) - please let me know how you get on as I am trying to contact them too..!!

Cheers!

Charlie · « **Reply #38 on:** March 16, 2008, 05:17:52 PM »

Thanks for that Felicity. I copied and pasted from Begonvil''s message above and after checking have noticed there''s an extra ''a'' in the address so have resent. Hopefully it will be ok this time. Cheers.