Jane and her
TURKEY former home in Colchester...
Relocating for retirement
...and her new villa in Kalkan From Colchester
to Kalkan
Meet Jane Ebeling, one of a growing number of British retirees moving to Turkey. For anyone thinking of doing the same, we spoke to Jane about her relocation “journey”, which culminated in her moving into her new home in Kalkan just weeks ago
WORDS RICHARD WAY I
t was during her stay in Kalkan last October that Jane Ebeling, a 73-year-old widow from Essex, decided she wanted to be in
the pretty Turkish resort on a more permanent basis. Wasting no time, before fl ying back
to the UK Jane signed an off-plan contract for a new detached villa on the development she stayed at during her visit. The three-bedroom, three- bathroom property she chose as her future home cost £184,000, excluding extras and taxes (see box), and was due for completion in May this year. Once back in Colchester, Jane put her home there, a three-bedroom link-detached house, on the market. By February 2011 she had a buyer and agreed to sell for around £220,000 (subject to contract). Jane has been familiar with Kalkan
for a number of years and the decision to move there didn’t come out of the blue. One of the reasons she has relocated is to be with her daughter Bridget, who runs Black Lion estate agency (
www.2blacklions.com) in Kalkan, having moved there from the UK in 2001 after marrying her
Turkish husband Sakir. Also, since 2005 Jane has owned a semi- detached, two-bedroom property in the centre of Kalkan, where she’s regularly spent fi ve months each year. When not there herself the property generates a healthy rental income from holiday lets, so despite having a new second home in the resort, she has no plans to sell her fi rst one. See rental website www.ownersdirect.
co.uk (ref TK1226) for more details. Jane made the permanent move to
Kalkan on 27th March and spent the fi rst few weeks in her older property. “Fortunately, the delivery date of my
new home was brought forward and I was handed the keys to it on 20th April,” says Jane. “The container with my possessions
from the UK arrived two days later and I spent the following couple of weeks getting my new home ready for occupation – doing things like unpacking, arranging curtains and light fi ttings, and some gardening. I moved into my new home on 7th May.” Jane’s new villa is on a gated
development called LaVanta, which is just above Kalamar Bay and a few
minutes from the centre of Kalkan. It comes with a private infi nity pool and garden. The ground fl oor includes an open-plan kitchen/living room, a double bedroom and a separate bathroom. Upstairs are two en-suite double bedrooms. LaVanta residents have access to a communal pool with clubhouse, Wi-Fi, satellite TV and gardening and maintenance services. Included in the next phase of the development will be a gym, spa, shop and restaurant.
ESSENTIALS Total cost of Jane’s relocation
Price of house in Kalkan (without optional extras): £184,000 Optional landscaping, stone terraces and pathways: £8,000 Optional luxury fi tted kitchen appliances: £3,650 Optional luxury shower cabins: £2,750 Garden planting (still to be completed): £2,000 Stamp duty (1.65 per cent): £3,036 Legal fees: £750
Notary/Land Registry/Misc: £500 Total property costs:
Cost of removals/shipping: TOTAL RELOCATION COST:
£204,686 £6,500
£211,186 JUNE 2011 A PLACE IN THE SUN 41
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