by Athina | Jan 18, 2023 | Living and working
In the Netherlands, we were so used to it. Need something quick? Bol.com. Need a Christmas present? A quick google search and you could order it online in no time. Buying books? Amazon.co.uk. And everything is always at home within 1-4 days. Now that we live on an...
by Athina | Jan 10, 2023 | Living and working
When we bought our house on Karpathos in 2017, we didn’t actually change anything. However, now that we live there for much of the year and it really is our home instead of a holiday home, it was time for the big renovation. The house was built in 2007 as a...
by Athina | Oct 4, 2022 | Living and working
Unfortunately, it is already over, but we look back on a wonderful wedding on ‘our’ island. Because how cool is it to get married on Karpathos in front of your best friends? 10 September 2022 was the big day & in this blog we tell you more about it....
by Athina | May 7, 2019 | Living and working
I regularly get the question “may I ask how you bought a house in Karpathos?”. Logical too, it is of course special to buy a house abroad, especially at our age. Still, we don’t see buying a house abroad as impossible. In fact, I think a lot of...
by Athina | Nov 6, 2018 | Living and working
Many people with a vacation home abroad rent it out to others to generate extra income. But can you just rent out your vacation home abroad? I did some research and found an answer on the tax authorities’ website. First, it is important to be clear about what...
by Athina | Nov 8, 2017 | Living and working
At the end of 2017, our dream came true! We made an offer on a house in Karpathos and in early 2018 the house was officially ours. Why did we want to buy a house on Karpathos so badly? In this blog you can read our reasons why we grabbed this opportunity with both...
