Buying appartment in Hurghada

Hi 25knots,

Welcome to expat-blog!

Feel free to read the following topics which might help you find some more hints about buying a home in Hurghada:

• https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=228501

• https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=268485

• https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=208623

Regards,

David.

There's no guarantee about anything over here, so I would avoid off-plan in general (although some reliably finish - eg, Tiba, Orascom.

I bought and ended up spending more than I intended but am happy with my decision (so far). I would think very carefully about what your priorities are. I wanted to swim as a priority, although many people advised me to buy in the city centre. I also had public transport as a priority, due to costs (didn't want to spend money on taxis all the time), but this went out in favour of somewhere that I could go out for a coffee and feel safe in my immediate vicinity and that would be easy to walk around in. This wasn't my initial priority, but I changed my mind when I viewed properties.

I looked round properties with Sun Homes and Rivermead Global.

I would visit and then negotiate on price later. I bought a resale - personally, I think this is better as someone else has done all the work of getting furniture in, snagging, fixing things and hopefully the place is up and running and you will have a better chance of seeing whether things operate as promised (eg, search the internet for forums discussing where you want to purchase before going ahead). If the property is complete but you are one of the first in, you may find that many of the promised facilities never actually transpire. Remember to check maintenance fees and how much they go up each year.

I hope this helps.

Thanks what you said makes a lot of sense. I was also a little concerned with regards off plan projects as I personally have witnessed what looked like abandoned  projects all over hurghada.
Thanks for your time

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