Has anyone bought a property in Mauritius before?

Is the Emerald Heights part of the IRS program?

Yes the country is very stable.

maybe u can buy here i dont know more about buying properties cz m indian just staying here for work but ll enquire about this inform u ok

alaintier wrote:

No this island is very unstable.
You cannot trust anyone, not even security guards.
I have been witness of robberies where guards where involved.
I have build a house there in view of spending my old days in this island.
I have changed my mind since.
I only spend my vacation 5 weeks a year on this island.

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As for the political situation, people hate each others.
Different races don't mix, hindus, muslims, creoles don't eat at the same table.They only can stand each other if they work together.

Alaintier, I've been following your messages, on both French and English sections of Mauritius and I feel very unease each time I read you.
There isn't a good word from you although others living in the island don't agree with you. It's borderline racist and unappropriate.
You keep on saying you go to Mauritius every year, but you look unhappy, so why do you keep going ?
I'm not a native and I salute the natives and expats in Mauritius for keeping on being polite towards you because I would certainly be p*.

Regards,
Jo Ann

terrifishpie, as you are from UK, may I post an article that appeared in The Guardian a few months back: http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=e … &catID=13.

(As you know, The Guardian is a very serious journal: The Guardian has been awarded the National Newspaper of the Year in 1999 and 2006 by the British Press Awards, as well as being co-winner of the World's Best-designed Newspaper as awarded by the Society for News Design (2006). The guardian.co.uk website won the Best Newspaper category three years running in 2005, 2006 and 2007 beating (in 2005) the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Variety. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian#Received) Better trust The Guardian than read the comments of people who seem to have lost their head.

Neel wrote:

terrifishpie, as you are from UK, may I post an article that appeared in The Guardian a few months back: http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=e … &catID=13.

(As you know, The Guardian is a very serious journal: The Guardian has been awarded the National Newspaper of the Year in 1999 and 2006 by the British Press Awards, as well as being co-winner of the World's Best-designed Newspaper as awarded by the Society for News Design (2006). The guardian.co.uk website won the Best Newspaper category three years running in 2005, 2006 and 2007 beating (in 2005) the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Variety. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian#Received) Better trust The Guardian than read the comments of people who seem to have lost their head.

Thanks for this Neel.  Very informative.

Well said Jo Ann.

Thanks for the Guardian article - it's definitely sold it to me!

Emerald Heights is part of RES - a government scheme mentioned in the article so it looks like gaining residency will be relatively straightforward.

The property we're looking at is called Jasmin on the Emerald Heights website.

Thanks again for all the information.

alaintier wrote:

No this island is very unstable.
You cannot trust anyone, not even security guards.
I have been witness of robberies where guards where involved.
I have build a house there in view of spending my old days in this island.
I have changed my mind since.
I only spend my vacation 5 weeks a year on this island.
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As for the political situation, people hate each others.
Different races don't mix, hindus, muslims, creoles don't eat at the same table.They only can stand each other if they work together.

About the race mixture stated above, it is totally untrue. I'm a student in a Catholic college where there's a majority of Hindus, my being a Muslim. And we're all really good friends, no doubt about that.

alaintier wrote:

No this island is very unstable.
You cannot trust anyone, not even security guards.
I have been witness of robberies where guards where involved.
I have build a house there in view of spending my old days in this island.
I have changed my mind since.
I only spend my vacation 5 weeks a year on this island.
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As for the political situation, people hate each others.
Different races don't mix, hindus, muslims, creoles don't eat at the same table.They only can stand each other if they work together.

Surely Mauritius has its flaws, so does any country. But that is a very rude comment. If you don't like it here then don't come here!

There are occasional cases of racism, but then come on, a bunch of crackheads can't account for a whole population!!! They're are mixed marriages, people who work and socialise with each other, even from different racial backgrounds, and that's what makes the beauty of this island, above all it's the PEOPLE!!

alaintier wrote:

No this island is very unstable.
You cannot trust anyone, not even security guards.
I have been witness of robberies where guards where involved.
I have build a house there in view of spending my old days in this island.
I have changed my mind since.
I only spend my vacation 5 weeks a year on this island.
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As for the political situation, people hate each others.
Different races don't mix, hindus, muslims, creoles don't eat at the same table.They only can stand each other if they work together.

The chance of a coup-d'etat is virtually nil, and we are fortunate that the minorities collectively have enough numbers and sway to ensure that the majority cannot do entirely as they please.  The country is ethnically balanced and stable.

Guards have been and will be involved in robberies, not just here, but elsewhere too.  That said, I trust the company providing security to my home, in fact, much more than the police.

I know many people, particularly Mauritians residing abroad, who have had many problems when attempting to return home.  They have the wrong expectations of what life will be like, and many come here for the wrong reasons.  Even expats have their judgement clouded by the treatment they receive while on holiday and from the glossy brochures promoting the island.  It's not paradise and people need to wake up to that.  It has its advantages and disadvantages just like everywhere else.

There are issues between the different ethnic groups.  Ignore it, nobody is killing each other over it unlike other parts of the world and most people get on fine.  Maybe it is fake, maybe not, but it doesn't matter.  I live in a predominantly Hindu area, and I just ignore comments thrown at me by those few who are a little naive, everyone else I seem to get on with fine.

For foreigners, I think there is a great life here in Mauritius.  Most of the problems are "Mauritian" ones that they should ignore.