Property and residence lawyer in Paphos. Personal guidance through every step of buying a home in Cyprus.
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Buying abroad should feel as calm as buying at home. I search the Land Registry before you pay anything, read the contract clause by clause and stay with the purchase until the title deed is in your name. If you also want to live here, I prepare the residence application.
How it works
Before any deposit I search the Land Registry: who owns the property, whether there is a mortgage, and whether the building has its permits.
Land Registry search: registered owner, mortgages and charges, building permit, certificate of final approval
I read the contract of sale clause by clause and change what puts you at risk. You sign in person or through a power of attorney from abroad.
Contract of sale: price and payment stages, handover date, what happens if the seller is late, your signature
The signed contract is stamped and deposited at the Land Registry, so the property cannot be sold to anyone else while the deal is open.
Stamp duty receipt: contract stamped, deposited at the land registry, copy kept in your file
When everything is paid, the title deed is transferred into your name. I attend the Land Registry and send you the documents.
Title deed: owner: your name, district: paphos, plot and sheet number, free of charges
If you want to live in Cyprus, I prepare the residence application that fits your situation and follow it until the permit is issued.
Residence application: proof of property, proof of income, health insurance, application submitted
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The seller's bank loan can stay on the property. I search the Land Registry before you pay anything.
An extra room or a pool built without a permit blocks the title deed. I check the building permit and the final approval.
Many homes are still on the developer's land. I check whose name the plot is in and what protects you until the deed is issued.
Property tax, communal fees and utility debts move with the house. I ask for clearance before completion.
Petros Mavrakis
Buying and selling, title deeds, contracts.
Permanent and temporary residence, work permits, family.
Non-Dom status, tax residency, tax on property.
Property
The agent works for the sale. The developer works for the developer. I check the property, the seller and the contract for you, and I stay with the purchase until the title deed is in your name. You can do all of it from abroad.
Ask about a property on WhatsAppLand Registry search, debts and permits checked, contract written to protect you.
Ask about thisThe developer's contract read clause by clause, payment stages tied to the building work.
Ask about thisDocuments prepared, the buyer's contract checked, the money and the transfer done safely.
Ask about thisHomes without a separate title deed: what is missing, who must fix it and how to get the deed issued.
Ask about thisYou sign once abroad, I handle the purchase in Cyprus for you.
Ask about thisWhat to send for the first check
Immigration
Retired, working remotely, investing in a home or joining your family: each has its own permit, its own documents and its own rules. I find the one that fits, prepare the file and follow it with the Civil Registry and Migration Department until the permit is issued.
Ask about your permit on WhatsAppFor buyers of a new home in Cyprus with a stable income from abroad. Prepared and filed for the whole family.
Ask about thisFor people who live here on their own income and do not work in Cyprus. Renewed every year.
Ask about thisFor employees of a Cyprus company and for companies that bring staff from abroad.
Ask about thisFor people who work remotely for a company outside Cyprus.
Ask about thisYour spouse and children: residence for the family, also for family of EU citizens.
Ask about thisUsually needed
Tax
Tax residency depends on the days you spend here and the ties you keep. Non-Dom status depends on where you were born and lived before. I check both for your situation, register you with the Tax Department and apply for the certificates you need.
Ask about your taxes on WhatsAppFor new tax residents: no defence tax on dividends and interest for up to 17 years. I check if you qualify and apply.
Ask about thisThe 183-day rule and the 60-day rule: which one fits you and what you need to show.
Ask about thisThe certificate your home country or your bank asks for, prepared and requested for you.
Ask about thisYour tax number and yearly tax return, set up correctly from the start.
Ask about thisVAT, transfer fees and capital gains: what you will pay before you sign.
Ask about thisFor the first check
Incorporation, registered office, ongoing corporate work.
Letters of administration, foreign wills, transfer to the heirs.
Companies
I register the company with the Registrar of Companies, give it a registered office address in Paphos and keep the corporate paperwork in order after it is set up. You get one lawyer for the company and for the move.
Ask about a company on WhatsAppThe name, the memorandum and articles, the registration with the Registrar of Companies.
Ask about thisAn official address in Cyprus for your company, where letters and notices are received.
Ask about thisAnnual returns, changes of directors, shareholders and address, kept up to date.
Ask about thisThe company's tax number and VAT registration, when it needs one.
Ask about thisTo start
Estates
When someone dies with property in Cyprus, the estate has to be administered before the heirs can sell it or put it in their names. I apply to the court, collect what the estate owns, pay what it owes and transfer the property to the heirs. Heirs abroad do not need to travel.
Ask about an estate on WhatsAppThe court appoints the administrator of the estate, with or without a will.
Ask about thisA will or probate from another country, recognised in Cyprus so the property can be transferred.
Ask about thisThe property moves into the heirs' names at the Land Registry, or is sold and the money shared.
Ask about thisA will that makes it simple for your family later.
Ask about thisHelpful to start
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Petros Mavrakis
Lawyer, Paphos
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