Idyll Homes Esentepe: 7-Block Apartment Guide (2026)

Idyll Homes Esentepe is a completed scheme of seven two-storey apartment blocks in Esentepe, in the Kyrenia (Girne) district of Northern Cyprus, built by Cyprus Constructions (CC). The developer lists it as “Resale Only” and publishes no price and no unit count. This guide to Idyll Homes Esentepe sets out what CC’s pages state, which figures are template values, how Esentepe looks in official statistics and how condominium title applies to a resale. Legal points are given as of 23 October 2026.

Overview of Idyll Homes Esentepe

Cyprus Constructions (CC) describes Idyll Homes on its project page as “an affordable luxury project in Esentepe” made up of “a communal pool and 7 blocks of two-storey apartments”, which include “1+1 and 2+1 ground floor apartments/penthouses”. That wording is marketing and is quoted here once.

CC’s all-projects page files the scheme under completed projects, gives the location as “Esentepe” and shows the price field as “Resale Only”. The banner on the detail page says “Kyrenia”, which names the district and not the village. Both pages were read on 23 October 2026.

Several fields on the detail page are template values and are not used in this guide. The unit total of 80, the “starting from” price of GBP 149,800 and the single unit card (105 m2 net, 128 m2 gross, three bedrooms, GBP 299,950, labelled “Villa 3+1” although the project is apartments) repeat across the ten CC project pages.

So do the amenity grid (bar, cafe, cinema, concierge) and a block of walk times to a marina and a golf course. A comparison of the ten pages shows that they are copied, and the project text of this scheme mentions none of those amenities.

What remains is short but usable: the block count, the unit-type wording, a specification list, a ground-floor plan with room areas and a site plan that labels seven buildings. Everything else in this guide is either an official statistic about Esentepe or a question to put to the seller in writing. Where CC’s own pages disagree with one another, both versions are shown.

Idyll Homes unit types, plan labels and the missing unit sizes

The developer’s text names two layouts, 1+1 and 2+1, and calls them “ground floor apartments/penthouses”. It does not say how many of each exist, which floor the 2+1 homes occupy, whether “penthouse” means a top-floor home with a roof terrace, or how the two storeys of a block are divided. The detail page also offers one unit card.

That card is a template: its 105 m2 net, 128 m2 gross, three bedrooms and two bathrooms belong to a profile that repeats across eight of the ten CC pages, including a studio-only project, so the figures are not treated as sizes of Idyll Homes apartments.

Idyll Homes: what is published	What the developer shows	Source	Used in this guide?
Layouts	1+1 and 2+1, “ground floor apartments/penthouses”	Project page, unit text	Yes, as the developer’s wording
Blocks	7 blocks of two-storey apartments	Project page, overview and unit text	Yes
Site plan	Render with buildings labelled B1 to B6 and C1, one triangular pool with sun loungers, a parking strip as drawn and lawns	Site-plan image on the developer’s server	Yes, as a render and not a survey
Ground-floor plan	“Ground Floor Plan, Area 255.00 m2”; four apartments drawn side by side, with room areas	Floor-plan image on the developer’s server	Yes, labelled as a block figure
Unit total	Not published; stat box shows 80	Detail page	No, template value
Unit card	105 m2 net, 128 m2 gross, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, GBP 299,950, “Villa 3+1”	Detail page	No, template value
Price	“Resale Only”; hero GBP 149,800	All-projects page and detail page	“Resale Only” quoted; GBP 149,800 not used

The ground-floor plan is the only source of areas. On the developer’s server the file names are the other way round: the file called siteMap.jpg is the floor plan and typeA.jpg is the site plan. The floor plan prints “Area 255.00 m2” for the ground floor of one block and labels each room.

Read from the low-resolution image, it draws four apartments in a row, two inner ones that share a party wall and one at each end. Each has a living room with kitchen, a hall, one bedroom, one bathroom and a terrace, and a shared entrance terrace runs along the front. That matches the developer’s “1+1” wording.

The digits are small, so the labels below can be misread by a few tenths of a square metre. The sums are calculated from the developer’s figures and are approximate; they are not published unit sizes.

Three observations follow. First, 255 m2 is not an apartment size. Dividing it by four gives 63.75 m2, but the total contains five terraces, so that figure would overstate the enclosed area. Taking the midpoint, an apartment would have about 50 m2 of rooms and an 11 m2 terrace, which is an inference from the drawing and not a statement by the developer.

Second, CC uses different area terms on different plans: “closed area” for Edremit Villas Esentepe, “gross area” for Pearl Island Esentepe and “total usage area” for Moonlight Villas Esentepe. Without a definition, one project’s numbers cannot be compared with another’s. Third, the plan covers the ground floor only. Nothing published shows the upper floor, so the 2+1 homes cannot be sized at all.

Because the scheme is sold on the resale market, the area that matters is the one registered for the individual unit. That figure sits in the title records and in the contract, not on the developer’s page. The list below is what to request in writing before paying a reservation.

• The unit number, block label (B1 to B6 or C1) and parcel number, so that the unit can be found in the Land Registry.
• The registered area of the unit, stating whether it is net internal, gross or closed area, and the terrace and roof-terrace areas listed separately.
• The unit’s share of the common parts, as entered on the condominium title.
• A floor plan of the unit’s own floor, since the published plan shows only the ground floor.
• The list of what is sold with the unit: kitchen, wardrobes, air-conditioning units, furniture.
• The completion and final-approval documents for the block, with their dates.

Location of Idyll Homes Esentepe: the village, the Kyrenia coast and the distances

CC places the project in Esentepe, a village in the Girne (Kyrenia) district. It publishes no plot or parcel number, no street address and no project-specific coordinates. The map pin on the detail page, 35.3323 N 33.9 E, is a rounded value shared by the five completed CC pages.

It lies about 28.8 km east of the Esentepe village centre (calculated from the two coordinate pairs, straight line), so it is not used to place the building. CC’s text for Moonlight Villas, a six-villa scheme, says that project stands very close to Idyll Homes and to the Esentepe municipal beach. That supports Esentepe as the village but gives no distance.

Esentepe (Greek: Agios Amvrosios) lies about 23 km east of Kyrenia on the northern foothills of the Five Finger (Beşparmak) mountains, according to the PRIO Cyprus Centre displacement record. At the 4 December 2011 census the Esentepe municipality had 2,414 residents, of whom 1,754 lived in the village (TRNC Statistical Institute, 2011 census table 3); there has been no census since.

Under Law 15/2022 the village now belongs to Çatalköy-Esentepe municipality of six villages, which also issues building permits for the settlements attached to it (legislation office text). PRIO says the village can reach about 2,000 people in holiday months; that is an undated estimate.

OpenStreetMap data put the village centre about 1.2 km from the nearest mapped coastline, to the north (straight line, computed on 23 October 2026 from coastline data).

The developer says the project has a “marvelous mountain view and close range to the sea” and gives no distance, so the gap between the buildings and the shore is not established. No TRNC coastal-setback rule could be found in the official legislation lists, so a buyer should not assume that a distance written into another country’s law applies here. The Town Planning Department holds the plan and zoning for each parcel.

Kyrenia is 23.7 km away in a straight line and 27.7 km by road, about 33 minutes without traffic. Ercan Airport is 22.1 km in a straight line but 40.0 km by road, about 54 minutes, and Larnaca Airport in the Republic of Cyprus is 52.3 km in a straight line and 86.8 km by road, before border formalities. The table below lists these and other places, measured from the village centre because the project’s own coordinates are unpublished.

Nearby places and distances for Idyll Homes Esentepe	What it is	From the Esentepe village centre (straight line / road)	Source
Kyrenia Castle	Harbour fortress in Kyrenia town	23.7 km straight / 27.7 km road, about 33 min	OSRM route and OpenStreetMap coordinates
Akçiçek Hospital, Kyrenia	State hospital in Kyrenia	23.4 km straight / 26.7 km road, about 31 min	OSRM route
Ercan Airport	Main airport of the north	22.1 km straight / 40.0 km road, about 54 min	OSRM route
Nicosia (Lefkoşa)	Capital city	27.1 km straight / 55.6 km road, about 65 min	OSRM route
Larnaca Airport	Republic of Cyprus; reached across a crossing point, formalities not included	52.3 km straight / 86.8 km road, about 89 min	OSRM route
İskele town	District town to the south-east	29.2 km straight / 45.1 km road, about 45 min	OSRM route
Famagusta Walled City	Walled City centre point used for the distance calculation	40.4 km straight / 58.7 km road, about 57 min	OSRM route
Gazimağusa State Hospital	State hospital in Famagusta	35.6 km straight / 53.6 km road, about 53 min	OSRM route
Bellapais Abbey	Medieval abbey on the Kyrenia side	20.9 km straight / 25.6 km road, about 31 min	OSRM route
Esentepe Health Centre	State health centre in the village	0.2 km straight / 0.2 km road, about 1 min	OpenStreetMap lookup and OSRM route
Nearest mapped coastline	North of the village centre	about 1.2 km, straight line only	Overpass query

Esentepe Health Centre had 8 staff in 2024: one general practitioner, one dentist, three nurses, one pharmacist assistant and two others (Statistical Yearbook 2024). In-patient care is in Kyrenia.

Girne district had one state in-patient institution with 72 beds and five private ones with 112 beds in 2024, and the Ministry of Health’s hospital list names Dr. Akçiçek State Hospital (Ministry of Health list). BRTK reported on 28 January 2026 that a new state hospital of about 148 planned beds was nearing opening (BRTK). No opening date was found, so it is not counted here.

The nearest official weather station is Girne. In 2024 its monthly mean temperatures ran from 15.0 C in January to 30.7 C in July, a mean of 22.0 C over the twelve months (calculated), and its rainfall totalled 510.2 mm. One year is not a climate normal. Girne district had 79 accommodation establishments with 15,208 beds at the end of 2024, which is 54.5% of the TRNC’s 27,910 beds (calculated: 15,208 / 27,910). The yearbook gives no village breakdown.

On 2 July 2025 the Çatalköy-Esentepe mayor said that homes and hotels in Çatalköy and Esentepe were not receiving adequate water, and that water from Türkiye is distributed to municipal tanks by the State Hydraulic Works (Kıbrıs Postası). That is a municipal statement and not a measured shortage, and no 2026 follow-up was found.

The whole grid of the north went offline for almost a day after a substation explosion in August 2025, and the Public Works Minister said the north would face serious energy and water problems in 2026 (Cyprus Mail). No Esentepe-specific outage record was found.

Esentepe was exclusively Greek Cypriot before 1974. PRIO records 1,543 residents in 1973, all of whom left, and Turkish Cypriots displaced from Paphos settled the village in 1975.

That history does not say who holds title to any parcel, and the Immovable Property Commission’s bulletins carry no place names, so no claim figure can be tied to Esentepe. For the wider area, see the site’s Esentepe city page and the Northern Cyprus country page, and for another Esentepe-area scheme with archived data see Caesar Cliff Esentepe.

Idyll Homes Esentepe as a block-ownership resale: condominium title, shared parts and management

A scheme of seven blocks changes the legal question from who owns a plot to who owns a unit and what share of everything else. In the TRNC an apartment can be sold as a separate property only after condominium title (kat mülkiyeti) or a condominium easement (kat irtifakı) has been established for it under Law 35/2010.

A foreign buyer needs that status in place before applying for the Council of Ministers’ purchase permit, and selling without it is an offence with a fine of up to 500 times the gross monthly minimum wage (Law 52/2008, consolidated text). At the July 2026 wage of TL 70,893 that is about TL 35.4 million (calculated).

Decree-Law 89/2026 (Resmi Gazete 147, 7 August 2026) adds a transitional route: for two years from its entry into force, an application may be made with a building permit or a Planning Approval where condominium title could not be established (decree text). It is a Council of Ministers decree whose 90-day validity ends about 5 November 2026 unless Parliament enacts it, so a buyer should ask the lawyer which text applies on the day of signing.

The developer’s FAQ says foreign buyers can acquire Idyll Homes “through approved ownership structures such as freehold condominium quotas or long-term leases” and that “all Idyll units include verified title deeds”. Similar sentences appear on other CC pages. They do not say which structure applies to which block or which deed category a unit carries.

For a resale, the answer is the title itself and a Land Registry search (araştırma belgesi) at the district office (Tapu ve Kadastro Dairesi announcement). An agency guide says such a search shows the registered owner, the property details, mortgages and restrictions.

What is shared is the second half of the question. The site-plan render draws one triangular communal pool with sun loungers, a parking strip and lawns beside seven buildings.

Nothing published says who owns the pool, the access road, the parking and the stairs or entrance terraces of a block, whether these are common parts of one condominium or of seven, or whether one pool serves all blocks. If each block is its own condominium and the pool is shared by agreement, pool costs need a separate written arrangement. These are questions for the title records and not assumptions.

The fee question is answered in general terms. The developer’s FAQ says fees “cover gardens, shared spaces, recreational areas, security, and other amenities” and that the cost “depends on your chosen unit and is clearly listed in your contract”.

Security and recreational areas are not mentioned in the project text, and the amenity grid is a template, so the sentence is not evidence of what the scheme provides. The statutory rules on owners’ meetings, management committees and fee-setting under Law 35/2010 were not part of the sources reviewed, so none are described. Ask for the management regulations, the latest annual accounts, the current fee per unit and any arrears.

Block ownership also meets the foreign-buyer rules. Under Decree-Law 89/2026 a foreign buyer may hold at most three apartments, or six if a national of a state that recognises the TRNC, whereas the consolidated Law 52/2008 on the legislation office’s site still shows one apartment; the decree says its text applies while it is in force.

For apartments, foreigners who are first-degree relatives or of the same nationality may not together buy more than half of the units on the same parcel, and the decree caps sales of housing projects in zoned areas to foreigners at 80%. Whether those caps bite in a four-apartment block depends on how the parcels are drawn, which only the Land Registry shows.

The developer states a five-year structural cover for Idyll Homes. The handover date is not published, so the remaining term cannot be calculated; if the term runs from handover, a buyer needs that date.

Ask what the cover includes, who gives it (the developer or an insurer), whether it passes to a later owner, and whether claims go through the management body or each owner. CC’s own resale-property guide lists what to check before a resale purchase: the title-deed type, unpaid taxes, cleared utility bills, the property’s condition and community fees. The table below extends that list for a block.

The ordered list below turns those questions into a sequence a lawyer can follow before any money is paid.

1. Obtain the unit number, block label and parcel number from the seller and have the lawyer order a Land Registry search at the district office.
2. Confirm that the seller is the registered owner and read the title’s category, entries, mortgages and restrictions, including any developer mortgage on the land.
3. Confirm that condominium title or easement exists for the unit and note the registered share and area.
4. Request the building permit, the final approval and their dates, and the date of handover for the five-year cover.
5. Request the management regulations, accounts, fee per unit, arrears statement and any pool or grounds agreement between blocks.
6. Check the buyer’s own acquisition limit and the parcel rules, then register the stamped contract within one month and apply for the permit.
7. Inspect the unit: terrace waterproofing, the party wall, windows, air-conditioning and the condition of shared stairs and the pool.
8. Check that water and electricity are in the seller’s name, that bills are paid, and that the transfer will move the accounts to the buyer.

Buying a resale apartment in Northern Cyprus: eight steps in the order a buyer meets them

A resale in a completed block starts with the buyer and the title, not with a developer’s price list. The order below is therefore limits first, records second and money last.

All rules are stated as of 23 October 2026 and several depend on instruments that may change: Decree-Law 89/2026 (Resmi Gazete 147, 7 August 2026) is a Council of Ministers decree whose 90-day validity ends about 5 November 2026 unless Parliament enacts it, and the Land Registry fee schedule (Resmi Gazete 197, 7 October 2026) is valid only to and including 5 January 2027.

Step	Who	Typical time	Source
1. Count what the buyer may hold	Buyer and lawyer	Same day	Decree-Law 89/2026
2. Land Registry search on the unit	Lawyer, district Tapu Amirliği	No official time stated	Tapu announcement, 15 July 2025
3. Condominium title and encumbrances	Lawyer, Land Registry	With step 2	Law 52/2008
4. Contract and stamp duty	Buyer, seller, Tax Department	At signing; 0.5% of the stated sum up to TL 89,000,000	Stamp Duty Law
5. Register the contract, then apply for the permit	Lawyer or buyer, Tapu Amirliği, Interior Ministry	Within 1 month; otherwise the contract lapses automatically	Decree-Law 89/2026
6. Purchase permit	Council of Ministers, published in the Resmi Gazete	No official processing time exists	Interior Ministry document list
7. Pay fees, then sign the transfer	Buyer, seller, Tapu Amirliği	Fees within 75 working days of publication (60 in the older text); transfer within 1 year (6 months in the older text)	Decree-Law 89/2026
8. Move utilities and register as owner	Buyer, suppliers, Land Registry	After taxes and fees are paid	Decree-Law 89/2026

Several points change the cost and the risk. The decree allows foreign buyers up to three apartments, while the consolidated Law 52/2008 still shows one; the stricter text also has the shorter deadlines. Where no mortgage is registered in the seller’s favour, the one-year period starts when the whole price stated in the document filed with the Ministry has been paid. If the permit lapses for unpaid fees, a re-application costs double fees and a third application for the same property is not allowed.

On who pays what, Law 52/2008 says taxes and fees on a transfer are paid by buyer and seller under the legislation in force, and the fee schedule says the registration fee is paid by the person registering title. For a foreign buyer the schedule sets 4% for a first property, 5.5% for a second and 6% for a third.

On a notional taxable value of GBP 100,000 those rates would be GBP 4,000, GBP 5,500 and GBP 6,000 (calculated; the sources reviewed do not say whether the base is price or assessed value, and no price exists for this scheme). Stamp duty at 0.5% on the same sum would be GBP 500 before conversion to lira at the official rate. The buyer pays stamp duty unless the parties agree otherwise.

The seller bears tax on any gain. For a seller who is not a property dealer, the Income Tax Law deems the gain to be 20% of the higher of the assessed value and the sale price, exempts 30% of it, and withholds 20% of the rest, which is an effective 2.8% of the value (calculated: 20% x 70% x 20%).

VAT on resale was not established from official sources, so no VAT claim is made. Legal and notary fees have no official tariff in the sources reviewed. The site’s guide to the cost of buying, building and renting sets the main cost lines side by side.

Risks, title and due diligence

The first risk is title. UK Government guidance says ownership of many properties in the north is disputed, that thousands of claims come from people displaced in 1974, and that purchases of such property “could have serious financial and legal implications” (UK guidance). Esentepe was a Greek Cypriot village until 1974, so parcel-level checks are necessary.

In the Demopoulos decision the European Court of Human Rights treated the Immovable Property Commission as the remedy to use first, and the Court of Justice of the EU has held that Republic of Cyprus judgments on land in the north can be enforced in other member states (Apostolides v Orams).

The developer states no title-deed category for Idyll Homes. Its FAQ speaks of “verified title deeds”, and a generic CC guide lists several categories without saying which applies. A buyer should therefore take the category from the deed and the Land Registry search, and ask the lawyer to trace the parcel’s ownership before 1974.

The Commission reports 8,820 applications lodged and 3,787 concluded as of 23 October 2026 (Immovable Property Commission), and Law 67/2005 keeps applications open until 21 December 2027, but its bulletins carry no place names, so no figure can be tied to Esentepe.

The second risk is the seller. In a resale the counterparty is an owner, not CC, and the “Resale Only” label does not say who holds each unit. Confirm identity, the right to sell, any power of attorney and any mortgage.

The third is money: the TRNC consumer price index rose 35.02% over the twelve months to September 2026 (TRNC Statistical Institute), so a contract in lira or a late payment can change value quickly, and a contract in pounds still triggers stamp duty calculated in lira. The fourth is building quality: the sources reviewed hold only general statements about project approval and supervision, so a survey of the building is the safeguard.

Finally, the buyer’s residence status should not be assumed from the purchase. A property-based short-term permit exists, with 5 or 10 years depending on value and deed status, but the Republic of Cyprus does not recognise residence permits issued in the north (UK travel advice) and EU law is suspended there (European Commission). The site’s guides on citizenship and immigration and on title deeds in Northern Cyprus cover the next questions.

How Idyll Homes compares with the other Cyprus Constructions projects on this site

Five of the ten schemes are completed, and four of those carry no price. Only Edremit Villas and Mykonos Homes have unit counts that agree across CC’s own pages. Moonlight Villas, with six villas, and Idyll Homes are neighbours according to the developer.

Moonlight is a handful of large villas with a plan that gives a total usage area; Idyll Homes Esentepe is a group of 1+1 and 2+1 apartments around a shared pool, for which the only area is a block total. The comparison is descriptive: the pages are template-heavy, so differences in amenities or prices on them do not show which scheme suits a given buyer.

Cyprus Constructions

Cyprus Constructions (CC) describes itself on its About page as “a professional developer providing quality properties in North Cyprus”. The page shows 28+ years in the industry, 2000+ properties delivered and 60+ nationalities served as headline figures. Its own subtitle says “For over a decade”, and the footer of every page says “For Over 20 Years”, so the three time claims differ. The figures are marketing statements from the developer and are not verified here.

The company profile says CC is “a leading real estate development company based in North Cyprus”, with residential, resort and investment-driven projects “across Kyrenia, Bahceli, Esentepe and Famagusta”. None of the ten projects on this site is in Famagusta. The About page also shows “24+” under an awards heading, but no award is named on the pages read, and the same pages carry a header strip of project, revenue and satisfaction figures that repeat unchanged on every guide page; those are not used.

CC’s project pages are built from shared templates, as section 1 explains, and its FAQs say rental services are offered without guaranteed returns. No registered company number or named executive appears on the pages read. The developer’s own page for the scheme is its Idyll Homes project page.

Frequently asked questions

What is Idyll Homes Esentepe?

Idyll Homes Esentepe is a completed development of seven two-storey apartment blocks with a communal pool, built by Cyprus Constructions in Esentepe, in the Kyrenia district. The developer describes 1+1 and 2+1 ground-floor apartments and penthouses and lists the scheme as “Resale Only”. It publishes no total unit count, no unit sizes, no price and no title-deed category, so the descriptions in this guide rest on the project text, a site-plan render and one ground-floor plan.

Can an apartment in Idyll Homes still be bought from the developer?

The developer’s all-projects page shows “Resale Only” in the price field, which suggests that any remaining homes are offered on the resale market and not by the developer. The detail page still carries a “Pre Sale” tag, but that tag is fixed on every CC detail page, including a project due in January 2028. A buyer should therefore ask in writing who the seller is, whether the unit is registered in that person’s name and whether any mortgage is entered.

How much does an apartment cost at Idyll Homes Esentepe?

No price is published for Idyll Homes Esentepe. The page shows GBP 149,800 in its banner and GBP 299,950 on a unit card labelled “Villa 3+1”, but both are template values that repeat on other CC pages, and the project is apartments. Any figure must come from the seller’s written offer, checked against the registered title and the Land Registry fee schedule. No price is calculated in this guide.

How big are the apartments at Idyll Homes?

The developer states no unit sizes. A ground-floor plan gives “Area 255.00 m2” for the ground floor of one block that appears to hold four apartments, and its room labels add up to roughly 49 to 51.5 m2 of rooms per apartment plus an 11 m2 terrace (calculated from the developer’s figures, approximate). That is an inference from a low-resolution drawing, so the registered area for the specific unit should be requested in writing.

How many apartments are there?

The developer says there are 7 blocks of two-storey apartments and gives no unit total; the “80” in the stat box is a template value shared by several CC pages. The ground-floor plan draws four apartments, but the site plan labels seven buildings and the upper floors are not published, so multiplying would be a guess. The Land Registry holds the count of registered units on the parcel or parcels.

Which title-deed category do the Idyll Homes apartments have?

None is stated. The developer’s FAQ says units include “verified title deeds” and mentions “freehold condominium quotas or long-term leases” in general terms. The category is written on the deed and shown in the Land Registry search, and a lawyer can trace the parcel’s ownership before 1974. As of 23 October 2026 the Immovable Property Commission publishes no place data, so Esentepe-specific claim figures are not published.

Can a foreigner buy at Idyll Homes Esentepe?

Foreign buyers need a purchase permit from the Council of Ministers. Under Decree-Law 89/2026 (Resmi Gazete 147, 7 August 2026), a Council of Ministers decree whose 90-day validity ends about 5 November 2026 unless Parliament enacts it, a foreigner may hold up to three apartments; the consolidated Law 52/2008 still shows one. The unit also needs condominium title, and the stamped contract must be registered within one month. Rules can change, so the lawyer should confirm the text in force.

What does an owner pay after buying?

Running costs sit in several places. The developer says fees cover gardens, shared spaces, recreational areas and security and are “clearly listed in your contract”, without a figure. Annual immovable property tax follows a regulation; the latest schedule found is from 2025, with TL 6.60 per m2 up to 120 m2 before surcharges of 10% to 60% by category, and a separate rate for swimming pools. Water and electricity are billed separately.

Can an apartment at Idyll Homes be let to holidaymakers?

A lease for tourism purposes of up to 60 days is a holiday-house letting under the Holiday Houses Law, which requires registration with the Tourism Planning Department and an operating permit before letting; operating without them is an offence. Rent is subject to a 10% withholding. The developer says rental services are offered with no guaranteed returns. The site’s guide to legal compliance for short lets explains the compliance steps.

How far is Idyll Homes from Kyrenia and the airports?

The project’s own coordinates are unpublished, so distances are given from the Esentepe village centre: Kyrenia Castle is 23.7 km away in a straight line and 27.7 km by road, Ercan Airport 22.1 km straight and 40.0 km by road, and Larnaca Airport 52.3 km straight and 86.8 km by road before border formalities. Road times are routing estimates without traffic. The distance from the building to the sea is not established.

Sources and last check

Last checked: 23 October 2026. Sources:

• Cyprus Constructions, Idyll Homes project page (developer)
• Cyprus Constructions, all-projects page (developer)
• Cyprus Constructions, Idyll ground-floor plan image (developer)
• Cyprus Constructions, Idyll site-plan render (developer)
• Cyprus Constructions, Moonlight Villas project page (developer)
• Cyprus Constructions, resale-property guide (developer)
• Cyprus Constructions, About page (developer)
• Cyprus Constructions, company profile (developer)
• TRNC Resmi Gazete No. 147, 7 August 2026 (Decree-Law 89/2026)
• TRNC Resmi Gazete No. 197, 7 October 2026 (Land Registry fee schedule)
• Law 52/2008 on foreigners’ acquisition of property, consolidated with 39/2024
• TRNC Law 15/2022 on municipal mergers
• Land Registry announcement, 15 July 2025
• Interior Ministry, purchase-permit document list
• TRNC Stamp Duty Law, consolidated
• Income Tax Law (Gelir Vergisi Yasası), text of 25 May 2026
• VAT rates regulation (KDV Tüzüğü), update of 7 October 2026
• TRNC immovable property tax schedule, 2025
• Tax Department notice: minimum wage valid from 1 July 2026
• TRNC Holiday Houses Law
• TRNC Statistical Institute, 2011 census table 3
• TRNC Statistical Institute, Statistical Yearbook 2024
• Statistical Institute bulletin: consumer prices, September 2026
• TRNC Ministry of Health, state hospital list
• Immovable Property Commission, statistics page
• Immovable Property Commission, bulletin 223
• TRNC Law 67/2005 on immovable property claims, consolidated
• UK Government, Cyprus travel advice: regional risks
• European Court of Human Rights, Demopoulos and Others v. Turkey
• CJEU press release 39/09 on Apostolides v Orams, 28 April 2009
• UK Government, Cyprus: buying property
• European Commission, Green Line Regulation
• PRIO Cyprus Centre, Agios Amvrosios (Esentepe) displacement record
• BRTK report on the new Girne hospital, 28 January 2026
• Kıbrıs Postası, mayor on water supply, 2 July 2025
• Cyprus Mail, energy and water outlook, 8 December 2025
• OpenStreetMap Nominatim lookup of reference points
• OpenStreetMap Overpass query, coastline near Esentepe

This is not legal, tax or financial advice.