CYPRIOT RETIREMENT
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n the beginning Sue and Steve Humby planned to spend their retirement at a static caravan in Tenby in South Wales. T is iconic seaside
town sits on a beautiful swathe of Pembrokeshire – which the Humbys could view from their verandah overlooking the beach – or from their new boat. With Steve reaching sixty and a plan to
change gear in life, the Humbys spent every weekend in Tenby, motoring over from their fi ve-bedroom home in Newbury, Berkshire. But there was just one problem – the same
problem that persuades many sixty- something couples to cast their eyes south when thinking of retirement – the weather. “Pembrokeshire was lovely but we simply
couldn’t enjoy it because of the poor weather,” says Sue, now 61. “We couldn’t use the BBQ on the veranda or take the boat out so we had a rethink.” T ey began to consider buying a holiday
home abroad – off ering year-round sun but not too far from the UK and their friends and family, including their 28-year-old daughter and 32-year-old son. “We looked at Southern Spain and we
looked at Cyprus,” says Steve, 63, who retired from a career in life sciences. “But preferred Cyprus because we felt more comfortable with the culture and also the language. Neither of us are great linguists and in Cyprus English is widely spoken. We also liked the familiarity of the legal system.” Sue and Steve started looking at the
western side of Cyprus, around Paphos, but then had their second rethink.
Tala?
Not a tough choice for this very actively retired couple from Berkshire
Sue and Steve Humby swapped Newbury for Paphos in Cyprus in 2011 and enjoy an action- packed retirement at their villa in Tala or on their boat at Latchi, reports Liz Rowlinson
“We suddenly asked ourselves why were
looking for a holiday home there and giving ourselves two homes to maintain when we were supposed to be freeing up some time to enjoy ourselves,” says Sue. “How would we spend out time in the UK
anyway once retired? Our fi ve-bed home with a large garden took up enough of my time to look aſt er so I persuaded Steve that we sell up and move to Cyprus full-time!” So with a budget of £400,000 the
Humbys started looking for a three-bedroom home with a pool, rather than a hassle-free lock-up-and-leave apartment ideal for a holiday home. With the help of Gloria Aubrey from
Bedfordshire based Cyprus Property Services (
paphosproperties.com), they looked at about 25 properties. “We did what we said we’d never do and
bought on that weekend,” laughs Sue, who says that their vendors were a British couple moving back to England, and in no hurry to push through the sale. “It was an ideal situation, we gave the
owners a deposit and then took a year to make all the necessary preparations before taking possession. We had time to sell our UK home and research the whole move properly,” says Sue. T eir three-bed villa is located in Tala,
an attractive village about eight miles outside Paphos and the couple paid £20,000 for the contents, making the overall cost £387,000 which they paid in cash. “We defi nitely downsized the house
but upsized the boat,” jokes Steve. T ey saw a lot of beautiful properties in isolated locations but chose Tala because
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