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This is a true story taken from Cyprus44 Forum.
Maggie and Bernie bought a shed but their Turkish Cypriot neighbour objected to its position. An official came with a mysterious document in Turkish and when they asked for a translation the grinning official told them that as they were in north Cyprus this would not be possible even though the official spoke perfect English.
Maggie and Bernie asked around for the rules about positioning a shed and could find none. Then a Lapta council official arrived (with police) and put red and white stripe tape around the shed and a container style seal on the door. They removed them as soon as they left and almost immediately received a call to go to Lapta Police station where they were told off for removing the seal and the tape. The next day the council came round again (with police) and put more red and white striped tape round the shed and another seal on door.
Maggie and Bernie went met with the Minister of Interior Planning Officer and asked him for planning permission for the shed only to be told that for a wooden shed 2m x 4m with no foundations they didn’t need planning permission . They also found out that the neighbour was a relative of the Lapta Mayor.
Then the Council cut off their water (removed the tap & meter) because of the shed. A heated discussion in the council office followed by a visit from one of their officers resulted in them phoning their solicitor (Naomi Mehmet) who informed the officers that this was illegal and they would issue a writ if they didn’t reinstate it. A few hours later two workmen came and replaced the tap & meter. They now have water…….but for how long? To be continued…?
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Cyprus 44 – http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/24861.asp
This item has really unsettled and un-nerved me. I am so shocked that this could happen in 2009. We appear to have absolutely no protection under the law at all.
My neighbour’s garden (field) is so full of rubbish and weeds that I decided that I did not want to see it. I planted a row of beautiful trees (2 years ago) This neighbour had the nerve to come to see me today to request that I cut the trees where they hung over into her midden! I pretended that I did not understand, but I am now wondering whether I might inadvertently broken “a law”
scary stuff!
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Standard UK law I’m afraid, even more important if the roots undermine your neighbour’s house foundations.
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What is so surprising about the shed story? In my opinion it sums up perfectly the situation in north Cyprus. Where the native people of a country have no power over their destiny nor control over their population, then nepotism and chaotic government are only to be expected.
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Didn’t you write this before, or at least someone like you? You’re not copying and pasting these phrases from a handbook are you?
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Copying or pasting – Mr Ioannou makes a valid point to remind everyone in the north that the authorities cannot behave in this uncivilized manner. My family had the sense to sell out and move back to England two years ago.
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