‘In July 2004 we went to Bodrum in Turkey looking for property and met Elmas the owner of Blue Bodrum Real Esate … [she] is so helpful she spent 4 days taking us to different places to look at houses and, when we found the house we liked she arranged all the paperwork and payment.

In September 2004 we went back to Bodrum to buy the furniture and white goods and Elmas was there to help and again in December we went back and she was there to help with the house insurance.

It’s now April 2005 and we have just returned from Bodrum and Elmas was there to help again!

Elmas is a very trustworthy lady.’

Mr & Mrs Shambrook
Erith, Kent

‘Dear Elmas,
Thank you for everything you have done, you worked very hard and we are very excited about the house! We doubt there would be any problems with the military permission and have accepted that the house is ours.

Thank you also for showing us homes suitable for our son. Although he is going out to Turkey soon with his cousin and uncle, he will at that time just have a holiday and see how he likes Turkey (I know he will!) and he plans to come back later with us and look at houses/flats or maybe off plan properties then. But what you have shown us has given us a good idea of what he can get for that type of price.

Thank you once again for everything, and we will be in contact again about our son but this will be fairly soon I’m sure.
All best wishes’

Geoff and Pat
Liphook, Hants

‘To The Manager of Blue Bodrum Real Estate

Dear Elmas

I may have mentioned to you that in the UK we are bombarded with TV programmes warning viewers about everything that can go wrong (and will go wrong!) when investing in property abroad. It was therefore with more than a little trepidation that I set off to Bodrum in search of my dream home in the sun in Turkey.

However, thanks to you I did find my dream holiday home and I am writing to thank you for your excellent service and the extreme care and attention you demonstrated when guiding me through the buying process.

It is also of great comfort to deal with a Turkish agent who is both fully versant in Turkish house buying procedures as well as fluent in the English language. I would thoroughly recommend your services to anyone looking to invest in property in Turkey, and, in particular, the Bodrum peninsula in which you operate.

Many thanks, once again, for all your help.

Yours sincerely

Marie Coggin
Teddington
Middlesex