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Originally Posted by milocoon

Hi Harem, thanks for your reply !

I don`t know too much about living costs in Turkey so could you give me a general overview as to average prices.
In the UK my council tax is £1200 a year
Water supply, is this piped into every property from the water company ?
I read somewhere a property had "salt water" which meant white goods didn`t last long ?
Do ex-pats buy bottled water for brushing their teeth ?
Petrol / Diesel ?
Electricity I pay about £1 for 5kW (it gets cheaper after 200kW) ?
Swimming Pool Question - does anyone look after this themselves or do you get a pool man in ?

Day to day shopping costs compared to the UK ?
Are cars easy to buy in Turkey ?

Anything else that you can think off would be very welcome ?

thanks

You have a hell of a list there with some of the questions more relevant to other forums in this site.

Anyway for what its worth, the water in Uzumlu is perfectly ok for drinking etc, petrol is more expensive in Turkey than UK. I have a house in Uzumlu and have a pool. As I am not there permanently I have a "pool man", costs £60 a month plus around £70 a season for chemicals.

General day to day food is cheaper than UK though meat can be expensive. Your council tax should be around 1/10th what you are paying in UK.

As regards Uzumlu itself the property prices there have not plummeted as a resuly of the cement factory indeed its one place in the Fethiye area which has held its prices well in the current economic climate. Uzumlu is a beautiful place and I can thoroughly recommend it