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And on the related subject of legalising illegal structures...The Corfu Blog.
Kathimerini on illegal buildings (or buy your amnesty here)
Sky News reports
A letter published in Athens News, from a Corfu resident (6 November 2011):
Property illegalities
It would be very interesting if you would publish the list of fines owners will have to pay to sort out the illegalities concerning their properties.
Notwithstanding the fact that the engineers were given the instructions on how to proceed, everybody seems to be very confused and unable to give a precise answer to many questions asked by the owners. The general attitude of the majority of foreign owners is to want to leave Greece.
The new austerity law is killing some of the country’s biggest industries, ie tourism, and, consequently, construction. If one is asked to pay a ‘fine’ for the floor tiles one puts in a veranda, one can only assume that this is a joke!!
Kate Denaux
Corfu
UPDATE: Letter to Athens News 8 January 2012
Property tax
MY PROPERTY tax for 2011 as shown on my electricity bill is 432 euros, but my neighbour, who owns an identical property built at the same time as mine, is being charged 270 euros.
I queried this discrepancy and was told that a few years ago I registered my property with the local municipality - as required by the authorities for the land and property register - while my neighbour did not.
Therefore, he enjoys a cheaper charge due to his negligence.
Also, in discussions with admittedly a small circle of friends and acquaintances, I have counted twelve people who have confessed that the floor area as shown on their electricity bill is about half of the actual area. This means that not only are they paying less property tax than they should be, but that they also have been undercharged on their municipal tax possibly for many years.
Name withheld upon request
Crete
Sydney Morning Herald, on a reprieve for the worse-off: their electricity supply will not be cut.
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