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Post by Madgolfer on Jun 5, 2006 17:47:02 GMT 1
We live in a small village, around fifty neighbours in total and its great. No one speaks English so you have to het to grips with the language and the culture from day one.
We have never met such nice people on all our travels. Our village is relatively 'poor' in comparison to those at the coast, but wherever you choose to 'lay your hat' its the people not the place that should define it.
From my travels, most villages here around Zagreb are the same so its hard to pick an exact place as being better than another. Secondly, the natural beauty defines a place after the people. On that basis the whole of Croatia is a great place to be!
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Post by daria14 on Jun 6, 2006 3:20:49 GMT 1
i would suggest Zadar,Croatia. Im from there...its a very tight-knit area. Everyone knows everyone kind of thing. There is easy access to all your daily necesseties. The 'grad' is a great nightly getaway. Your in the middle of Dalmacija so connection by boat to any island is excellent. Swimming places are fantastic... if you would like more information feel free to e-mail me at gossip_gal21@hotmail.com
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Post by valiant on Jun 23, 2006 12:01:15 GMT 1
TROGIR!!!! if you can find a stone house in the heart of trogirs old town center for a reasonalbe price, then you are a very lucky person. trogir has a unique history and it is on the mainland. a very beautiful town , on a small island, connected by bridge to the mainland and ciovo island. close to fantastic beaches and 20 minutes from split. about 5 years ago you could buy a beautiful 4 storey stone house in the heart of the old city for about 150.000 dm. but lately prices have sky roxketed, about 350,000 euro for the same house today. but still far from peaking , as they have in dubrovnik, split and other unesco world heritage town centers.
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Post by irac on Jun 23, 2006 17:34:59 GMT 1
Trogir!!!!!!!!! One of the most traffic congested blackholes on the coast, you have to be winding up again! The waters are seriously polluted, the air not much better and the increasing volume of air traffic is a killer. Plus it's over-ratedly, ridiculously expensive!
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Post by irk on Jun 23, 2006 21:09:54 GMT 1
Definitely Split
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Post by irac on Jun 23, 2006 22:03:07 GMT 1
Why? Is it the bad air? Poor water? It does have the Riva, and the Palace (despite the dampness) and the tower has great views, but the people let it down. So why Split?
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Post by valiant on Jun 24, 2006 15:37:39 GMT 1
trogir is a traffic " black hole" because of its olde mediterranean streets that werent designed for tourism. i agree with you , the local council should do something about it. but trogir ,for me and many elite tourists , the place to go to on the mainland. the only similar place i can think of in dalmatia is dubrovnik but trogirs history and appearance makes it a real jewell. it is over priced like ALL realestate in croatia. thanks to foreign demand, scummy estate agents and the builders lobby thats connected with local city councils and making it impossible for ordinary people to find suitable building land or build their own homes. so for croatia its....long live mass produced pigeon hole apartments-
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Post by mark2 on Jun 24, 2006 19:52:29 GMT 1
I think the best bet is to buy a huge motor home and live in all of the cities (or as close as you can get parked) then decide for yourself but see the whole of Croatia in between, sell the motorhome and buy the house you want! If Johnny foreigner hasn't beaten you to it
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Post by Slatkica on Jun 24, 2006 20:11:24 GMT 1
I think the the best place to buy a house would have to be somewhere along the dalmatian coast in a little sea front village that is inbetween the more major towns. So less tourism, more natural beauties and easy access to more metropolitan areas.
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Post by valj on Jun 24, 2006 22:26:23 GMT 1
My only comment on this is when we bought our property we did have a good lawyer who had been once a Judge in Korcula and also the fact that we did have great estate agent - who with me many years ago working for a surveyor in UK and lawyers I looked through all plans etc had them translated and knew we were OK to buy - so only advice is do what I did - get everything translated before you buy if you do not understand language then you know you are OK - I read about these problems before me moved out here (through websites) so knew what to look for the only thing I did not find out about until I got here was rental licence etc - have a good evening - Val
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Post by mrko on Jul 12, 2006 1:26:44 GMT 1
This looks a lively place to learn more about living in Croatia. So here goes! I love the place especially the coast, and fantasize about some sort of home and business to support living there long term. Obviously short visits cannot tell one much about actual living conditions year round. I'm wondering what sort of business service is needed other than rental units?
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Post by bear42 on Jul 12, 2006 19:20:38 GMT 1
Sutivan on the Island of Brac,More a fishing village than a town,There is a property on a uk based site www.thesunincroatia.com.The apartment (no 39) is right on the Beach it may be what you are looking for. ?
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Post by bear42 on Jul 12, 2006 19:26:00 GMT 1
Sorry, if it is not permitted to name websites in relation to real estate on this site.
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