“They saved me from financial debacles!” Peter – Stoupa, Peloponnese

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Why buy a house in Greece? Why not just stay in familiar surroundings? Why change from familiar circumstances, away from family and acquaintances? Why “change course”? Stay in the regulated Netherlands, with its good rules and fair tax system and speed limits, etc., etc.

If you still want to change your life, go to South Africa or Australia, but don’t go to Greece. Because life here is simple and straightforward. Living with respect for democratic culture and history and with genuine human warmth from the local people. In short, living in a “forgotten” part of Europe. We do not want to advertise Greece as a paradise. We prefer to keep it to ourselves. Because buying a house here is no sinecure either. Believe me, because I have experienced it. But if you do decide to go on a real adventure, do as the pioneers of the Dutch East India Company did: let reliable people from the (Greek) country handle your business. I was in the fortunate position of getting to know Giorgos Gavriilidis and Vassilis Koussoulas of Elxis. They saved me from a lot of misery and financial debacles!

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