CORFU REAL ESTATE - BUYING REAL ESTATE IN CORFU - GREECE
Looking to buy a new summer home or a retirement retreat in Greece?

Finding the best value for money in Corfu?

Why choose Corfu for Real Estate?
Corfu, the capital of the Ionian Islands, one of the most beautiful lush green islands in Greece offers great opportunities to potential foreign homebuyers and investors.

Reason No. 1 for Corfu Real Estate: Climate
Located to the north west of mainland Greece, washed by the Adriatic Sea to the west and the crystal clear warm waters of the Ionian Sea to the east, with air temperatures ranging from 10 to 18 in winter (November to March) and 25 to 38 in summer (April - October), Corfu is the ideal retreat all year round.

Reason No. 2 for Corfu Real Estate: Location
An added plus is its short distance from Italy as well as mainland Greece. Regular daily and weekly ferries and flights offer easy connections to almost anywhere in Europe and the rest of the world, whilst in the summer months, one has also the option of various direct-chartered flights.

Reason No. 3 for Corfu Real Estate: Culture
An island with a cosmopolitan ambience, where one can find whatever they are looking for in terms of shopping, entertainment or relaxation; it offers its inhabitants both the bustling life of a lively Mediterranean city as well as the relaxation and serenity of rural life in the countryside. The island is rich in culture, with philharmonic and music schools, dance and language schools, modern gyms, theatre and cinema, as well as a great annual festival at the end of summer. Religion-wise, apart from the numerous Greek Orthodox churches that welcome and respect other faiths, one will find several Catholic, including an Archbishopric, the «Duomo», an Anglican and few others.

Reason No. 4 for Corfu Real Estate: Society
Traditionally, thanks to its rich historical past, Corfu is kind and welcoming to its foreign friends that make it their home, or second home away from home. It already has well organized English, German and Dutch communities, with their own active clubs and churches, who have proven a benefit to local society, both in their social and entrepreneurial lives. The locals, though rather traditional, especially in villages, are welcoming and friendly at heart, and have become even more easy-going thanks to their lengthy involvement with tourism.

Reason No. 5 for Corfu Real Estate: Geography
Corfu's terrain is mostly flat dispersed with small hills. There are only two mountainous zones, one in the northern part of the island, «Pantokrator», with its highest peak at 911m, and a second smaller one down south, «Aghii Deka», its highest peak at about 750m. The island is wide to the north (average 45 km) and narrow to the south (average 15 km). The distance from north to south is 95 km at the very most. A complex network of highways and small village roads offer easy access to almost anywhere.

Reason No. 6 for Corfu Real Estate: Environment
The town of Corfu, the island's capital, as well as the administrative capital of all seven Ionian Islands, is located in the center, on the eastern shores of the island. The historic center of the capital is what is known as the largest, best-preserved and most beautiful medieval towns in the Mediterranean, built by the Venetians between the 14th and 17th centuries, with elegant additions by the English and the French. The lush green countryside, one of the richest and most plentiful in Greece, is cloaked in its majority by ageless olive and pine groves, with orchards of citrus, walnut and almond trees, as well as almost any fruit tree one can imagine. Around the island, on hilltops and shores alike, one will find small or large villages, traditional or modern, yet all respecting the local architectural style: small houses with courtyards or gardens, built of stone, bricks and wood, pastel colored, with green or brown wooden window shutters, and yellow- or red-tiled roofs with chimneys. Most villagers grow herbs and vegetable in their own back yard or garden, whilst the front sections are usually filled with aromatic flowers and shady plants. Almost from anywhere one can see the sea, or better even live close to it.

Reason No. 7 for Corfu Real Estate: Food
The locals like to say that one can only really discover taste in Corfu. It starts with the olive oil. Almost everyone here produces their own family oil, the majority with excellent results, especially when it's a good crop; pure virgin olive oil with less than 1% acidity. As it is the basis of local cuisine, the outcome is purely and undoubtedly delicious. The other main reason is about ingredients. Unless one has tasted a ripe Corfiot tomato in summer, one does not know the meaning of it. Almost anything grows here in the island's fertile soil, whilst the local varieties of sweet « Merlin» oranges, tangerines, «koum kouat» and tiny sweet strawberries are the best. Fish is abundant all year round, whilst meat, especially young tender pork and lamb raised by locals are a delicacy, along with local type salami, traditional sausages and smoked ham.

Reason No. 8 for Corfu Real Estate: Value for Money
Last but not least, it is all about what one gets for their money. It is all about value. Not just quality of life, which is for granted in a blessed place like Corfu, but about money value. The cost of land in Corfu is still cheap compared to other traditional «summer home» offers, namely Spain, Portugal and Italy, as informed investors are already aware and interested buyers are bound to discover. But equally importantly, although part of the Euro-Zone, with all the benefits this entails, the cost of living is still relatively cheaper in Corfu than in the rest of Europe, giving one the opportunity to enjoy more out of what they spend.

The guarantee of the Charitos Group: your Corfu real estate agent.

The Charitos Group is a group of local entreprises consisting of a real estate agency, a coach transport company and a travel agency is one of the leading local businesses, established in 1978, with a reputation of excellence in all its endeavours and business practices, personally guaranteed by its owners, the Charitos family and its 20 employees.

We offer a complete service to Corfu real estate buyers:
a) local market research to find your ideal property
b) all property checks and controls
c) the implementation of all relevant legal paperwork, licenses & residence permits
d) assistance with bank dealings
e) provision of legal assistance and home insurance
The above services are included in our agency's standard commission fee from a property sale.

We also offer the following property management & control services throughout the year, especially for summer home-buyers, namely:
a) property care-taking with regular inspection check visits
b) provision of materials & handy work for the property's well being
c) safety checks & controls
These services come at a small extra monthly fee.

In co-operation with our travel agency, we also offer you the option of managing the safe rental of your home to holidaymakers on short lease terms, ie., from one-week to 3-months, during the spring, summer or autumn seasons, which often proves a source of an extra considerable income.

This service comes at a commission fee on the total value of the short lease of your property.

All our services come with our personal guarantee. All the properties we manage and promote, which you will find featured on our Website are carefully checked and controlled to ensure that all relevant ownership documents and licenses are legal and valid, and that the properties themselves conform to building practices in Greece. We furthermore guarantee that all properties built or managed by our company are build using the highest quality of materials and applying the highest standards.

We look forward to being of service to you and adding your testimonials to our list of satisfied customers.

Yours sincerely,
Lilianne D. Charitos BA, MA.

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