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Finding a Good Contractor for your Self-Build– The Final Part of your Overseas Property Investment.

With the help of your lawyer and architect, you have bought a plot, finalised your designs and can now move into the final stages of your overseas property investment. Some decide to save money and organise the building work themselves, others choose to use a contractor. Saving money is always a powerful motivator, but you must ask yourself if doing all of the site management is false economy. Unless you have some experience in the building trade, and knowledge of Greek, it can end up costing you much more money.

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Self Building - Residential Property Investment in Greece.

The next stage of your self-build is to find a properly accredited architect or engineer, who will draw up plans for your dream home. This is probably the easiest part of the process, because there are very few dishonest architects in Greece. Working in an earthquake zone means that they are highly trained and heavily regulated, and a shoddy architect faces a jail term if they are found cutting corners. Greeks tend to translate the term ‘architect’ as a building mechanic, so do not be confused if they start talking about finding a mechanic – it has nothing to do with cars!

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Greek Property Investment Advice – Buying a Building Plot

For many people, especially those with a low budget, buying a plot of land and self-building is one way of affording a dream home in the sun. In Greece, the whole process can appear to be a little daunting, but finding and employing the right professionals makes the task easy and relatively painless. The first, and most important stage, is to find a good lawyer, who will guide you through he legal niceties surrounding buying a good plot of land.

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