Furnishing Your Overseas Property – Problems and Solutions
Published on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
You’ve completed the massive undertaking and purchased the overseas property you have always dreamed of - but now comes the task of furnishing it!
Unless you have had previous experience of setting up an overseas property, most of us are unlikely to have furnished a complete home from scratch ever in our lives (because even as students we probably begged, borrowed or stole most of which filled our tiny dorm rooms!)
So in this article we’re going to consider the problems that can arise when furnishing your overseas property and we’re going to suggest solutions; so whether the property is for your own use or for rental purposes this article should prove invaluable.
It seems that inflation is no longer just a discussion topic on financial forums or something driving increasing numbers of international asset managers away from UK based investments, it’s a dawning reality! The quantitative easing policy is driving the pound’s value ever lower and ever closer to parity with the euro – (to the point at which I’m unsure I’ll be able to afford to go on the Eurostar for a weekend to Paris in December as planned!)
According to Knight Frank, cash buyers have been boosting the estate agency’s own balance sheets this year as they have been taking advantage of recently falling property prices in Britain. The leading high-end real estate agency has managed to turn around talks of a 60-something-% drop in their profits this year to highlight the fact that there really is still plenty of money in the market.
For many years it was a common tactic for Britons to move abroad and work hard for a few years, save their wages in a tax effective way and use the cash to come back onshore and get on to the property ladder in the UK.
Bathed by the tropical Indian Ocean along its 2,470km coast, Mozambique is a jewel of a destination for tourists and investors alike. The country is Portuguese-speaking and borders well-known destinations such as South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Its coastline is dotted with islands including the Bazarutto and Quirimbas archipelago marine national parks with their world-renowned dive sites, and the historic landmarks of Ilha de Mocambique and Ibo Island. Inland Mozambique has a number of national parks and reserves such as Gorongosa and Limpopo parks and Niassa reserve, one of Africa’s last great wilderness areas.
Yesterday we provided an article for all those in the UK who are unhappy with the recession, bored with the poor weather, fed up with job insecurity and who want to go in search of a new and better life abroad. We discussed 
If you want to escape the UK and make a new life for you and your family overseas, the first thing on your mind will be financing the move. For most people this involves selling one house to give up one life in exchange for another.
The Netherlands remains a strong location for relocating expatriates looking to work abroad but not move too far from home.
If you’re one of the estimated 1.2 million Britons to own a home abroad, you could be in-line for a substantial tax rebate from the British government – but you will have to act very fast.
