An update

An update:

- I visited Lefkada last week. I will update you about this beautiful island. Where I stayed, prices and restaurants.

For now, I wish to extend the removals list in London:

- Man and Van London

- Removal Services London

- Hire man and van london

- House Cleaners Southampton

Check them out. Are good.

Relocating in London

Hi All,

As you might remember, I have been living in UK for many years before I relocate my Self in Corfu.

Recently, I was in London for helping my brother to move from North London, a bit central, at Baker Street.

This post, is mainly to refer to a House Removal company in London. These guys: Man and Van in London were quite professional, fast, reliable and simply they did their job. Therefore, If you wish to move in London, please keep a note of their website and their services.

Other services are:

• Waste Removals in London
• Office removals in London

Thats all for now. We will post again soon.

Joe

Impact of housing benefit cuts assessed

Landlords with buy to let insurance are among those most concerned at the Government's plans to cut the level of housing benefit paid.

They will no doubt have looked on with some interest as the welfare reform minister Lord Freud announced a "comprehensive and thorough" independent review into the effects of the proposal.

Responding to a motion in Parliament tabled by Lord Best, Lord Freud stated: "I make a firm commitment to the House that we intend to commission independent, external research to help us evaluate the impact of the reforms."

The announcement means Government proposals subject to the review include the:

* Removal of the five bedroom Local Housing Allowance rate;

* Introduction of absolute cap on weekly rates;

* Removal of £15 weekly Housing Benefit excess;

* Inclusion of an additional bedroom for those with need for overnight care;

* Setting of Local Housing Allowance rates at the 30th percentile.

Lord Freud went on to state that other issues to be covered in the review would be homelessness, shared room rate and houses in multiple occupation and people with disabilities and working claimants.

Interim results are expected in the summer of 2012.

Ian Fletcher, director of policy for the British Property Federation, said: "We welcome this announcement and would urge Government to hold off on further planned waves of reform until the interim results of the review are made available."

Whatever the outcome of the review, there are a number of economic signals which indicate that increasing numbers of tenants - whether or not they are on housing benefit - are struggling to pay their rent.

It is therefore prudent that landlords protect their income against tenants defaulting by taking out rent guarantee insurance.

Landscape Constructions in Ionian Islands

Landco, a specialized company in the field of Environmental Constructions, has recently completed an interesting project in Zakynthos.

Landco, offers a range of services, including: Construction of Athletic Courts, Designing and Construting Green Roofs or Roof Gardens and many more. Please visit their website for more information: Αρχιτεκτονική τοπίου

Below, I wish to introduce you a small sample of their work:



As you see, some of the green projects for our Olympic Games in 2004 has been made by Landco LTD.

Worth saying, that Landco keeps a strong collaboration with the following Architectural office in Athens: Αρχιτεκτονικο Γραφειο, Αθηνα

Architectural Office in Athens

Dear All,

Despite the fact that due to the financial crisis things in the field of property development and real estate are quite tight at the moment, a new Architectural office starts its own steps. Archliners.gr is the web presentation of a young and very motivated team. For now, I wish just to release their starting page: Architectural Office in Athens

We will update soon their web progress. Ciao!

Αρχιτεκτονικό γραφείο στην Αθήνα

Kythera, or else Cerigo, is the island of goddess Urania Aphrodite and god Eros. Kythera is located in Southern Greece between southern Peloponnese and Crete. It is part of Ionian Islands.
The island is mountainous with a lot of valleys leading to the sea and shape enchanting beaches. The extent of the island is roughly 280 square kilometres. The vegetation is luxuriant, mainly in the northern and western departments of island.
Kythera is the ideal place in which nature is bewitching and is improved by culture. The visitors fall in love and easily familiarise with the island. Let’s take a taste for my favourite places!

Chora as in most greek islands, is the capital of the island. In the southern part, Chora and Kapsali compose the most graphic and impressive views.
First you meet the houses and at the background the Venetian castle, built in 1503. Narrow roads with white little houses, and near the castle old mansions, Venetian buildings and many other which were built during the English domination. Strolling in the streets of Chora and the Castle is recommended.

Kapsali is the place where you can find everything. It is the seaport of Chora
The settlement is built round the two beautiful gulfs. There are a lot of rooms for rent, hotels, restaurants, cafes and other tourist enterprises.

Milopotamos is the village of the fables and legends. At the end of village "Kato Chora", the Venetian settlement, derelict but also so much alive believing that some life will suddenly pop up. Do not miss the sunset!
Ad then….Fonissa falls. Nobody could imagine meeting this on Kythera. The bolds continue in the watermills and a series of waterfalls may enchant us and lead us to the sea. Surely, mountain equipment is recommended for adventure.

Next time I will write about the beaches! Kythera is full of beautiful beaches, like Chalkos, Melidoni, Firi Ammos.

Happy New Year!

Guys! Happy New Year to all!

My Best of wishes for you all watching us and keeping visiting our small but I hope interesting blog.

Today and since the topic this blog is Ionian Islands, i would like to introduce two blogs regarding Lefkada. People from Lefkada are known to be funny enough and to seek to make fun most of the time. This reflects also the way that expose their islands by their blogs. The blogs are:

• This blog is quite well known with many visits. They have recently updated their template. Quite good job for a local blog. Especially their video about KOLYVATA was quite interesting. The link: http://www.mylefkada.gr/ (Lefkada blog)
  
• The second one it seems to be just a very new try, but we will promote it: http://lefkadalive.blogspot.com/ (Lefkada online)

And of course, regarding houses and properties in Lefkada, please have a look here:

Properties in Lefkada
Properties in Ionian Islands

I will post soon with more blogs about Ionian Islands.

Ciao, Bye, Geia for now.