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You could try here, Sally: https://insurance-greece.com/insurance-services/home-insurance/ The company is run by Stavros, who is a member of this forum and would give you a quote. Your house will need a Certificate of Static Competence to verify that it's not about to fall down, and if you want eart...

I would endorse everything that Guy, Maud and Warwick have written above, Amanda. The best advice, I think, would be to have a good look at the whole island before deciding where to settle. Our first visit was 43 years ago when we stayed in Malia, (then a pleasant fishing village, not the tourist he...

... and how bitterly ironic that he spoke in near perfect English and most of those listening did not need simultaneous translation.

Only 50 euros a year Bob? You're getting a bargain! Or I'm being fleeced.

And if you are closer to Sitia than Ag Nik, Yorgo, the registry office there is on the Piskokefalo Road, about 500m out of Sitia, on the opposite side of the road from the warehouse of Bidakis, the courier company.

Thanks for clarifying that, Warwick. Just by way of an update, my accountant has sent me another email showing an example of the certificate. It does indeed have ΠΙΣΤΟΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΟ ΜΕΤΑΓΡΑΦΗΣ as a heading on a single sheet of paper, with four large franked "postage" stamps in the top right corn...

Thanks for responding, Warwick. I'm only going by what my accountant said in his email, which was: Until, May, all owners who are resident abroad (and March for Greek residents) have to declare their real estate ( plot,land,building ) in the Cadastral Register ( properties register), the responsible...

I have received an email from our accountant about the Property Declaration (Cadastral Register) that everyone who owns a property in Greece is obliged to complete before March 2019 (or May 2019 for non-residents.) Apparently, in order to comply with the new register we have to produce three things:...

....unless the EU decides to give the UK more time. According to today's Times, a three-month extension to Article 50 is "under discussion in European capitals to allow time either for a second referendum or a Norway-style soft Brexit." Could just be more Brexit waffle, of course.

It would also be helpful to know where you are located on the island, Pete.

I can't speak for Chania as I haven't flown to/from there for over 20 years, but I can't see how this will make any difference at Heraklion, where UK flight arrivals already pass through the extra-Schengen gates. If you're lucky and first off the transit bus you can sail straight through, but you ca...

It's basic psychology, John. The charities figure that £3 is the kind of sum that you won't really miss, so you think: I'll just do that one then. But about a month or so after you set up your direct debit for £3 the charity will write to say: are you sure you can't manage £5? Or £10? So you feel gu...

Bearing in mind Warwick's post above, surely we have reached the stage to ask the very straightforward question: In what way is this dog's dinner of a "deal" better than remaining as a full EU member?

Yes, if they say 2013 they will definitely have to be changed, even if the tread is good, as evansmr1 explains. I had a new set this year, after five years with the old ones, and the garage said I should have changed them earlier -- even though the car passed the "MoT" without the tester s...

I'm not particularly knowledgeable, Granny M, but could they be the leech commonly known as a skate sucker?