The "Where would you live on Skiathos?" game

From looking at various property sites I think the real shortage is long term rentals. The advice for those thinking of a long term or permanent move to the island was 'rent for a year first and see how you go' but the lack of long term rentals has made this completely unrealistic.

Sorry for digging up this old thread.

Still dreaming.  And Me Julie appears to have caught the Skiathos bug.

We've actually discussed this as a possibility.  Lottery wins aside, you can get a little townhouse of £100k, give or take.  We'll be downsizing when we retire, as the kids will be leaving home around then - we're 55, and our (not so) little girl has just turned 13.  As we're intending to go at 60-62, that dovetails nicely.

The money we get from downsizing, + some other bits & pieces make it a genuine possibility.

Balddave mention Plakes.  We walked through there in August.  We got off at Bus Stop 4, as usual.  We usually hang a right, then follow the road down the hill on the left.  But this time, instead, we kept going until we pretty much hit the shore before turning left, and wandered aimlessly through Plakes, before magically coming out just a street away from Grivisi, which is where we were going.  A lovely part of the island, spoiled only by the occasional smell of cat poo.

Still dreaming of this with the Lottery win, though:

wp.skiathosproperty.com/property/5-bedroom-luxury-villa-with-pool-and-outstanding-views/

I wouldn’t want to retire to the island. That infers living there on a pension and I think any pension isn’t enough. So I’ll continue wishing for a lottery win. Then I’d take up residence in a hotel there - one which stays open year round, preferably find more than one year round hotel and move occasionally. 

As a retiree, I’d have too much concern - about extra costs and keeping the pension going (am I right in thinking pensioners living abroad suffer some disadvantages?). And medical. At my age I must surely be fast approaching the day I shall need some help and I wonder what size pension will cover that? Skiathian had to start a Just Giving page when his wife developed cancer so that they could go back to UK for treatment. 


So lottery it is and hotels to evade the hassles of maintaining a property. I have an ambition to swim in the sea every day all year round - with my Big Girl’s Blouse history I doubt if I can keep that up!

So, I’ve done the lottery for over 20 years. I stopped when we went on self isolation back in March, out of spite because I’d achieved a grand record top win of £40 in all that time. I tried again a couple of weeks ago, using lucky dips instead of the same numbers I used for the preceding years. And I’ve had three wins - two of £30 and one of £140. So watch this space and Skiathos Arrivals!!!

Here's one for Dennis's lottery win but you need a car, though if you can afford this then a few taxi fares probably arent going to break you.

My first thought was that it did look a lot of money for what was there but think it's partly about land, there's a lot of 'garden' associated with it that nudges the prices up which probably wouldnt be high on the list of requirements for most retirees. I'd settle for a 2 bed townhouse on the outskirts (but walkable into) town and not really miss the jacuzzi ;-)

😂😂😂. I wish this forum would allow me to LOVE this comment 😄