Property in Turkey

Good morning from Good News of 2Base :-) We try to give you the latest news from Alanya and Turkey.  We have been lucky in Alanya since for more than 3 weeks now there has not been any confirmed cases of Covid-19. here.  Obviously we should still be careful, but we can now see that all actions taken have worked really fine.  We used to have weekend curfews, but these are not lifted for the entire Antalya region.  In several other regions of Turkey there are still curfews.  Last weekend also elderly over 65 and youngers under 20 years of age was allowed outside for a walk and fresh air.  So looking good for them too.  Shopping malls, smaller shops, hairdressers and beauty salons started to open too. Sure there must use mask and follow strict guidelines but slowly slowly things are getting back to something that we can call normal life. Read more about it here.   Turkey has started "Phone Diplomacy" with 70 c...

This spring time has been like never before. Covid-19 virus has turned Alanya into a desert village, at least it sometimes feels like that.  Markets are open and you need to use mask when you go to shops. But despite all of this Corona-thing, Mediterranean sea is more beautiful than ever, more turquoise than ever before, weather is like summer at its best, 22-25 degree now. So how is life here now?  Most things have changed. Banks and other necessary shops opens at 12.00 and only allows a limited amount of customers at at time.  Shopping center Alanyum is closed, so are most of shops together with all restaurants, bars and cafeterias.  All playgrounds, beaches,  parks and other public spaces are closed down and wrapped in "do not enter" tape. This is very different spring to all complexes too. All pools, saunas, gyms and other shared facilities and common areas are closed.  Lets cross our fingers and hope that some of it can soon open ag...

A lot of Europeans are happy owners of a holiday home in Turkey. When being a house owner also some obligations and practical task follow.  This might be anything from payment of utility bills, smaller repairs, keeping an eye out for your property when it is not being used just to mention a few. Many choose to enter into a service agreement with a local estate agent or property administrator, so that they do not have to worry about or spend valuable holiday time on these practical matters. Others do think it is a fun experience to visit the local tax office to pay their property tax, to redo silicone joints around windows or renew the household insurance all by themselves. This last group of home owners are now potentially in a bit of trouble, since no one know when it again will be possible to travel to Turkey. So here at 2Base Estate Agency we would like to try to help those as much as we can. Our message is very simple: If you are stuck at home and getting a b...

Dear all,  As the corona virus keeps disrupting everyday life across the globe it seems that the next couple of month will be quite here at our office in Alanya. Not that we are going anywhere, but we will surely miss the daily visits from you, our beloved customers. Just as in other parts of Europe also Turkey is slowly moving towards a lock-down situation and it seems that traveling during spring will be impossible. Our office is still open, but at some point we might also need to work from home and/ or restrict working hours at the office in Alanya. But just to be absolutely clear... - We are working hard as always and will continue to do so - Your property will still be taken care of as always - We are still reachable just like always via chat, mail, phone or social media For those of you who wants to follow the situation in Turkey we can recommend the following news sites in English. Hurryiet Daily News Anadolu News Agency Yeni Safak Daily Sabah a...

More than a year ago we decided to get active on Instagram and share our best and most beautiful pictures with you. During that time we have learned that Instagram is a good place to share small and not that serious bits and pieces from our real estate lives here in Alanya. So from now on we will engage even more in "stories" on Instagram and provide you with more insights on everyday life and happenings here at 2Base. We are sure it will be fun... So far we have been running separate Instagram profiles for our English, Russian, Turkish, Finnish and Danish followers. We have to be realistic though and we will not be able to publish and maintain Instagram Stories on five different accounts. This means that soon our profile named " alanya2base " will be our only Instagram profile. So in case you are following one of our other profiles: alanya2base_ru  alanya2base_fi alanya2base_da alanya2base_tr then please unfollow and move to "alanya...

Last month of the year seems like a good time to publish our final magazine or the year - so here we go. This edition will be the most interactive that we have made so far and throughout the entire magazine we have added videos for you to watch. So keep an eye out for the small videoplayer icon that will show you where videos are available.  All the videos play directly inside the magazine, so after watching you can keep on reading from where you left. Watch for instance our Instagram Stories that shows little bit about daily life here in Alanya or join us when we show you how a Turkish barbershop works.   One of the beauties of our magazine is that most of the content has already been published on our social channels or website already.  But we know how hard it can be to follow everything from networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo, our property blog and so on. Although it is hard to admit there are other things in life than "2Base". Sad but...

Earlier this year a new expertise report was introduced when buying or selling a property in Turkey.  This means that a certified appraiser must valuate the property being traded. This value is then used as the official property evaluation and used for calculating fees for the title deed transaction, property tax among other examples. Historically in Turkey the public property values and evaluations has been a lot lower than the actual market values and traded values. The idea behind introducing this new report is to bridge the gap between the public property evaluation and the market values. The new rapport consists of a detailed description of the property, the building, similar properties within the same area among other examples. Interestingly enough this report so far is only mandatory for property transactions where foreigners are involved as either seller or buyer. As in other countries a higher public property evaluation also in Turkey equals more expe...