Paradise Lost ; More Than 2,000 Britons Have Made Northern Cyprus Their Home, Lured by the Sunshine and Cheap Property. Tomorrow, Greek and Turkish Cypriots Vote On Uniting Their Island - a Move That Could See Some Expats Lose Everything

Daily Mail › April 27, 2004

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THE reason why Peter and Sheila Hawkins moved to Northern Cyprus is easy to see.

Reclining by the pool of their three-bedroom villa in the picturesque seaside town of Girne, the Harrogate couple are enjoying the sort of retirement most people only dream of.

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Paradise Lost ; More Than 2,000 Britons Have Made Northern Cyprus Their Home, Lured by the Sunshine and Cheap Property. Tomorrow, Greek and Turkish Cypriots Vote On Uniting Their Island - a Move That Could See Some Expats Lose Everything

Instead of toiling at their plumbing and heating business in 'rainy, cold' Yorkshire, they now spend their days reading and gardening in a stunning whitewashed Mediterranean house - bought for a fraction of the cost of a similar property at home.

Asked to sum up the island's attraction, Sheila, 56, laughs and motions to the blazing sun overhead. She then reels off a dozen other reasons why she thinks her particular suburb on the outskirts of the country's prettiest coastal town is the perfect place to live.

'It's completely unspoiled and tranquil. The peopl...

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