Originally Posted by queenie40something

Hi - the taxi I use in Sharm charged me £15 return to take me to El Tor and back ( El Tor is about an hours drive from Sharm ) to get my multi entry and residents visas at the passport office and then on to the Notary to get the Power of Attorney for Zeiad. His contact details are here http://www.totallyproperty.com/egypt...rty-egypt.html

I would say to check out the developers reputation and ask what others he has built and if they were finished on time. Check things like the maintenance fee and what these include, hotel management ( do yoiu have to take the developers furniture pack to do this ), check elec and water meters - are these charged extra for. Make sure you have a late penalty clause in your contract so if the developer is lae in handover if off plan then he pays you so much per month. With regards to rental I think over £400 a month long term for a 2 bed apartmet is a bit optimistic. Average is about £200 / 250 a month for 1 bed. You could get about £300 a week for short term holiday lets to holiday makers in the UK dependng on where the development is and what facilities are on offer.
Alsobe aware that if you have a top floor apartment this is normally more than ground floor to install air con and also ask if you have top floor with sole use of roof top if there will be a door at the top where you have the key as some dont so this makes it ' open ' to others to use your roof terrace.

Originally Posted by realestatemart

Dear Friends
Doctor yesterday told my that may baby is a girl and I'm so happy so I would like all of you to suggest me names as its confusing me
The best one I like I will choose to name my daughter so it will be like competition

Originally Posted by kc67

Hello George and congratulations to yourself and your wife. When I was a lot younger, I loved the name Karina and always said that if I ever had a little girl then that's what I would call her. My daughter, Karina Amber was born 11 years ago now and I still love the name.

Originally Posted by not_terry

Hi
I am arriving on 22 May to live in Sharm, don't have a property yet or job or anything but I am going to spend 3 months getting my PADI diving instructor certificate, I was also a photographer at one stage and have a nice digital, film, and underwater camera. i hope to combine these with possibly my IT/Web design skills and begin working as an instructor, possibly specialising in underwater photography courses, maybe set up my own site and sell clients photo packages as well.

Who knows, lets see where it leads.....

Originally Posted by Timecatcher

Great minds think alike, (Queenie and Kerry) I am coming out to Hurghada May, 23rd for 1week and am a photographer, see here.

Professionally I am Microsoft certified systems engineer and website designer, I have 5 other websites all in different areas of business which keep me fairly busy, but I am seriously considering the idea I mentioned but would need people on the ground to carry out the work. Probably Morocco and Italy would also be included if I produce the website. I will leave it at that for the moment otherwise this post will look like a commercial advert.

Originally Posted by realestatemart

Dear Chris
This is a great idea but you think developers will allow you to planet cameras every where in their project?

So may be you will be first one who do this in his own apartment, you didn't tell us where you plan to buy in hurghada?

Regards
George

Originally Posted by Timecatcher

Hi George,

I have taken many pictures on site in in Morocco and I believe if you approach the developer politely and advise him you are only taking pictures for clients, same applies to video they should not have a problem as long as you don't get in anyones way. It is important to do this before you do anything else on their building site, I will also being doing some completion photos for people in Morocco so they can make up a printed booklet to advertise their properties.

If a developer objects to photos early on in the development and even at a later stage maybe he has something to hide? I saw some comments on a Google group about some people in Sahl Hasheesh who have just discovered their view to the sea they purchased is no longer there because the developer has built a hotel beside them, bit late for them to pull out now but pictures or visuals would have highlighted this obstacle months ago!!

I am due to contact you George anyway when I arrive so I will let you know where I intent to buy.

Originally Posted by Timecatcher

Hi George,

I have taken many pictures on site in in Morocco and I believe if you approach the developer politely and advise him you are only taking pictures for clients, same applies to video they should not have a problem as long as you don't get in anyones way. It is important to do this before you do anything else on their building site, I will also being doing some completion photos for people in Morocco so they can make up a printed booklet to advertise their properties.

If a developer objects to photos early on in the development and even at a later stage maybe he has something to hide? I saw some comments on a Google group about some people in Sahl Hasheesh who have just discovered their view to the sea they purchased is no longer there because the developer has built a hotel beside them, bit late for them to pull out now but pictures or visuals would have highlighted this obstacle months ago!!

I am due to contact you George anyway when I arrive so I will let you know where I intent to buy.