Guides on damp, leaks, rendering and renovation for people who own property in North Cyprus. Written from what we find on site, not from a brochure.
Every buyer of a resale villa or apartment here ends up with the same list: paint, bathroom, kitchen, floors. The order you do them in matters more than the budget. What to check first, why damp comes before decoration, and how the work runs when you are back in the UK.
The neighbour downstairs has a stain on the ceiling and says it is coming from your balcony. How to tell a balcony leak from a plumbing leak, why falls and detailing decide everything, why coatings over existing tiles fail, and what a permanent repair involves.
In Britain external wall insulation is about heating. Here it is about cooling. Why walls in Kyrenia get so hot, what the system actually consists of, EPS against mineral wool, what thickness is worth paying for, and what insulation will not fix.
Most viewings here happen in summer, when every building looks dry. A practical checklist of what to look at on a villa or apartment, what to ask the developer, and which findings should change your offer or your timing.
Black mould in the bedroom of a villa on a sunny island sounds impossible, but it is one of the most common calls we get. How to tell condensation from penetrating and rising damp, why closed-up properties suffer worst, and what genuinely fixes each one.
Flat roofs here fail much sooner than people expect, and newer villas are not exempt. How to tell a roof failure from a plumbing leak, where roofs actually let go, what a genuine repair involves, and why the time to do it is before the winter rain.
Every pool here loses water in summer. The question is how much, and where it is going. The bucket test settles it in 24 hours, and the level it stops at tells you roughly where the leak is. What fails, what a proper repair involves, and why an empty pool in winter is a bad idea.
We survey the property free of charge, tell you what is actually wrong and put the price in writing before anything starts. Based in Alsancak, working across Kyrenia, Nicosia, Famagusta and the rest of North Cyprus.
