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We visit first and shortlist second, then compare each candidate with what similar flats on nearby streets are being offered for before you bid.
An estate agency that specialises in Suadiye and the Bağdat Caddesi area of Kadıköy. We walk through every flat before you see it, read its deed, and explain each step in plain English.
Suadiye runs from the Marmara coast up to Şemsettin Günaltay Caddesi, with Bağdat Caddesi across its middle and the railway a few streets further north. Which strip a building stands in shapes the view, the noise and the walk to the train.
Residential streets between the avenue and the coastal park. Upper floors here are where Marmara views are most likely.
Blocks fronting Bağdat Caddesi, with shops at street level and plane trees outside. Lively by day, busy with traffic heading towards Kadıköy.
North of the avenue, around Suadiye station and up to the Kozyatağı edge. The pick for anyone who commutes by Marmaray.
Marmaray Cross-city line from Gebze to Halkalı; the same train continues under the Bosphorus to the European side
M4 The metro has no stop inside Suadiye. Its closest stations are Kozyatağı to the north and Bostancı to the east, each in a neighbouring mahalle.
Suadiye station with its neighbours: Erenköy to the west, Bostancı to the east
Cards show floor area, what each square metre costs and the deed’s status, which lets a refurbished flat in an older building stand next to one in a brand-new block on equal terms.
Nothing is published until we have been inside, gone through the title deed and photographed the rooms as they really are. Send us your search today and you will hear about suitable flats before they appear here.
Buying, selling, renting out, or simply a local opinion.
We visit first and shortlist second, then compare each candidate with what similar flats on nearby streets are being offered for before you bid.
A price you can defend against comparable listings, photographs without tricks, and an English and Turkish listing for buyers in both languages.
Tenants vetted for owners who live elsewhere, and flats found for people arriving in Kadıköy for work or family.
Seen a flat through someone else? We will tell you what we know about the block, the street and its papers, with no strings attached.
Yes. Suadiye is a mahalle, an official neighbourhood, of the Kadıköy district on Istanbul’s Asian shore. Title deeds and addresses read “Suadiye Mahallesi, Kadıköy”, and the postcode is 34740.
On the Marmara coast, where Bağdat Caddesi runs between Erenköy and Bostancı. Caddebostan and Erenköy lie to its west, Bostancı to its east, Kozyatağı and 19 Mayıs to its north, and the sea along its southern edge.
No metro, but it has a Marmaray station of its own, between Erenköy and Bostancı on the Gebze–Halkalı line. For the M4 metro, residents use Kozyatağı or Bostancı, both just over the boundary.
Yes, for most passports, and the deed is in your own name. Three things come before the transfer date: a Turkish tax number, a valuer’s report on the flat, and its DASK earthquake policy. Should a particular building pose a problem for a foreign owner, you hear it from us on day one.
Only when a licensed valuer puts what you own, one flat or several together, at $400,000 or above, and you accept a three-year bar on selling. A cheaper flat does not qualify; it can still sit in a residence file, which the authorities assess one application at a time.
We publish a flat only once one of us has been inside it, gone through the title deed and photographed the real rooms. Until the first ones are ready, send your brief and we will write to you as soon as something fits.
These are the stages in the order they happen. We handle the bookings and stay on the line for each one.
Start by naming the top of your budget, how many rooms you need and the side of Bağdat Caddesi you lean towards. We go round the candidates ourselves, then take you through the strongest few, on foot or over video.
A vergi numarası takes a passport and a short visit to a tax office. With it, open a Turkish account so the payment can be traced through a local bank.
An appraiser authorised for this work inspects the flat and writes a report. For a foreign buyer, the Land Registry wants that report on file before a transfer date is given.
Once the DASK policy exists, you and the seller meet at the tapu office; a sworn translator joins if your Turkish is limited. You leave with a deed in your own name.
Your deed becomes part of any residence request you file. Citizenship follows different rules: a $400,000 floor and three years before you may sell.
The station, the avenue and the rebuilding of older blocks, explained before you fly in.
What urban renewal means, why it is so visible around Bağdat Caddesi, and the checks to make whether the flat you like is in a new building or an ageing one.
How the avenue works, why it is lined with blocks rather than villas, life on it versus just off it, and the questions to ask before you make an offer.
Where the station is, its history since 1910, where Marmaray takes you, the nearest metro, and how the walk to the platform should shape your choice of flat.
Choose by language or by task. Any of them can be reached on WhatsApp and will happily give you a tour by video.
Sales, lettings and overseas buyers
Send the office a message and the colleague who knows that street will answer, in English or Turkish.
Two or three sentences will do: budget, bedrooms, how near the sea or the station, and when. Your message goes to a person in the office, who replies within a working day.
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