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Looking for an old and affordable price to live around Tangier

Last activity 23 April 2015 by Priscilla

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pattymeuse

Hi, 
I'm at present a civil servant in Ireland with retirement looming in a few years. I have a Moroccan friend who suggested moving there (Tangier)for my retirement. I am originally from the States, New York and have had a diverse and an exciting life. I've a daughter who lives in Abu Dhabi and my son is in Edinburgh. I am an artist of oils and watercolour.. I am hoping to visit there soon and would like info on places to stay and explore. I would be more interested in older places and a less expensive place to live, in or around Tangier. Cheers

kenjee

Hello pattymeuse and welcome on board Expat.com

Kindly note that I created a new thread as from your post on the Tangier forum so as to help you get better visibility and thus interactions on the latter.

For increasing your chances to find the accommodation you are looking for, I suggest you to drop an advert in our Housing in Tangier section of the site.

Regards
Kenjee
Expat.com Team

hla032

Hi Patty,

Are you interested in a place for a temporary visit to explore the city and look for a long term place to live or you are directly looking for a place to live in Tangier?
Your budget will define mainly the options open to you. the old medina is actually kind of overpopulated, but  there are calm areas close to the city center or well communicated where you can find either an apartment or a house.
I am based in Tangier and would be pleased to help with any further info. Cheers

luzerozo

Hello:

  if you  are concerned  by ancient home and to restore  it, I know a small house   in a place  called  Marshan,I know  the owner  who is a Belgian woman.

arhoun

Hello, I have a very nice Villa for rent. At 5min to the see with swimming pool and garden. Is brand new never habited. if you are interested please contact me at email: marhoun@hotmail.com

SvenStockholm

To the OP, let me repeat my invariable advice. It probably gets boring for regulars, but after only a few weeks on a board that seems to have its fair share of scammers, I feel it's necessary.

A word of advice. If you decide to go to Morocco, whether Tangiers or not, as you are staying for some considerable time, get yourselves parked in an hotel for the first few days and go to a reputable physical estate agency for your accommodation. Insist on meeting the owner and bargain the price down after you have seen the property. Don't rent from online. You can be lucky, but appearances are deceptive and photos often don't correspond to the real thing. In addition, that lovely roof terrace shown might just overlook a stinking cesspit or rubbish dump!

Never accept offers from people who pop up on these forums to offer "their" property, either as a first post or the same post in multiple languages. The forums are infested with scammers and worse, despite the best efforts of the moderating team. Unfortunately, this spoils it for the very few genuine people. The scammers will be intermediaries for the real landlord, if indeed the property exists at all and will take a hefty commission whether you rent or not. They are a buffer between you and the landlord for his benefit. If he uses one of these scammers, you can't bargain the price down and why would you want to rent from such a person anyway?

arhoun

I am the owner of the property.  My self I don't believe in the intermediate for this reason I annociat it by my self. Thanks

SvenStockholm

arhoun wrote:

I am the owner of the property.  My self I don't believe in the intermediate for this reason I annociat it by my self. Thanks


So you say, but how could we ever know? I repeat my advice to the OP. Do not rent from websites, make sure you see the property before you make any sort of agreement which implies a physical agency. Make sure you are talking to the owner, not a representative.

Avoid people on forums wishing to "help" you or rent to you. As I said in my previous post, a very few are genuine but the great majority is not, thus you simply cannot take the risk of trusting any of them.

arhoun

Of course I will not rent my house by web. First see the Villa together and later negotiate the conditions. This is elementary I think. Any way, I agree with your advertissement.

Priscilla

@ arhoun > Please post your housing offer in the Houses for rent in Tangier section as it is the most appropriate section.

Thanks

Priscilla  :cheers:

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