david & emma

Hi all, i hope somebody could advise me regarding property tax and earthquake insurance. The estate agents i bought through used to have a bill paying scheme, but last year they finished the scheme and now i am due to pay for property tax and earthquake insurance. These are both due in May but we are not over until July/August. Will we be ok to sort out and pay when we are over or will we get fined etc.? If anybody can advise that would be great, Thanks David..

Guz1

Don't know about the DASK, you you should be ok with the property tax.

david & emma

Thanks Maria, Just hope there is no earthquakes before we go over...

biggles

no prob with property tax ,we pay ours once a year in may at the local belediye ,just take in a copy of your tapu and passport ,you are supposed to pay twicw yearly but the fine is so small we pay once a year ,if you want the dask [eartquake ins ,pm me and i will give you the num of my ins co who will do it on line from uk . [ bosay sigorta ] or i wll give you the turkish num of the english speaking rep you can talk to in turkey .

david & emma

Thanks Biggles that will be great.

BernardMatthews

What level of premiums are typically levied for Earthquake Insurance ?

boltonborn

Can any one advise,
how do you get your property tax notice for payment or is the responsibility down to the owner to go to the office with the Tapu each year / six months.
I was expecting the demand to be posted to my property.

Guz1

Boltonborn:

They don't send out any notification for property tax. You go to the Belediye with your tapu and tax card and pay whatever is due. The amount payable is a percentage of the tapu value.

Spyrogal

We pay our property tax online with yalikavak belidiye (google yours) and DASK through Garanti Bank. The fine for not paying property tax on time is quite tiny, just a few lira.