CorfuRealEstate.com
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Corfu Real Estate
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The campaign to restore Corfu’s old houses was launched three years ago when Harry Tsoukalas returned from 17 years in Australia to his birthplace in the North West of the island. During visits home over the years he had noticed the gradual decline of the island’s traditional villages as people moved away to the cities and resorts. First, he attempted to reverse this trend by involving the local people, but found that were not interested. In another effort to save Corfu’s old villages, he contacted UNESCO, who sent a delegation to advise about grants for restoration of the settlements . But nothing came of the UNESCO visit. Therefore, in order to promote the island’s old village properties and help save them, he initiated his residential tourism project by setting up a real estate agency to help families find their new home on Corfu.
Harry’s first move had come in 1997 while still in Australia, when he set up the website www.corfurealestate.com. Because of its high ranking in the search engines, the site quickly gained the attention of many people who up until then were not aware that houses could be bought in Corfu for as little as 20,000 euros.
His first big media success, in July 2001, came with the publication in the UK national newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, of a major article about his project . Harry had returned to Corfu in 2000 and a year afterwards he invited his brother Lefteris (Terry) to join him as partner in the real estate business, called Corfu Estate Agents. Terry had also lived in Australia for 17 years, and he took the opportunity offered by Harry to return to his roots as well, bringing his wife and two children.
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- 1choice
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- Oaklands Park
- Australia 5046
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- +1.1300362932
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