VFI Overseas Property

VFI has generated sales in excess of €350million and is now expanding with new offices in London, Dublin, Moscow, Vibo Valentia, Brancaleone and Hammamet in Tunisia. There are plans to open a further five offices over the next 6-12 months including one in Paris.

With cosmopolitan multilingual staff, VFI International provides a friendly and personal service throughout the buying process and has one of the largest client care teams in Europe. They are readily available to liaise between you and the builder providing peace of mind through all stages of the development of your property.

At VFI the standard process is for properties to be built in stages. No property is completed until the infrastructure for the remainder of the development is in place.

This ensures that the whole community will be fully functioning by the time you are handed your keys.

After sales

The Customer Care After Sales team at VFI International provide both a personal and ongoing service to customers. They liaise with developers and the site management teams, answering queries and generally assisting you in every aspect relating to the property or community. Whatever your concern, VFI International’s After Sales team will ensure you always have the advice and support you need.

Resale service

VFI work in partnership with a worldwide network of Real Estate Agents which enables your property to be sold, free from charges, throughout this network.

As properties appreciate in value in a fast growing market, many clients will wish to resell and reinvest in new emerging markets. To facilitate this, all VFI customers can join the Investors Club, which provides access to a free resale service and allowing them to invest through VFI in new emerging markets. Whether your investment is in one property or several, VFI will protect your investment and offer professional advice on exciting future opportunities.

Tunisia

Tunisia is the northernmost country in Africa and located approximately 50 miles from Sicily. Measuring 465 miles from north to south and only 93 miles from west to east, it is similar in size to England.

The northern and eastern coastal lines border the Mediterranean, while most of the southern half of the country falls within the vast Sahara Desert.

Summers are hot and dry. On the east coast, July and August daytime temperatures average 30°C with 12 hours of sunshine.
In the far north,winters are mild but wet and there can be the occasional snowfall. Daytime temperatures average 20°C all year round and desert temperatures can reach 45 °C. However, they rapidly fall at night to around freezing point.
The population of Tunisia is approximately 10 million with more than half the population under the age of 18. The official religion is Islam with 2% of the population being of Jewish or Christian faith and who live in complete harmony with their Muslim countrymen. Arabic is the official language whilst French is considered to be the language of business. English and German are spoken mainly on the coast and in the tourist areas.

How to get there

Tunisia has long been established as a tourist destination with many direct and indirect flights from the UK and Europe. Currently five airlines offer direct flights from the UK, but this number should increase once a new airport opens in 2009, which will also open the door to budget airlines such as EasyJet and Ryanair.

Thomas Cook offer flights from the following UK airports to Monastir:
• London Gatwick • London Luton • Manchester • Birmingham
• Coventry • Bristol • Doncaster • Newcastle • Glasgow

Other airlines also offer direct flights from the UK to eitherTunis or Monastir airports:

•    British Airways
•    Tunis Air
•    Nouvel
•    AirTunisie
•    XL airlines

There are also many indirect connecting flights to Tunisia from most UK airports with Air France. There are inexpensive and frequent ferries from Europe to Tunis from Marseille in France not to mention Genoa, La Spezia, Naples, Palermo and Trapani in Italy.

Many visitors travel to Tunisia to enjoy its sunny climate and white sandy beaches. The sea is nearly always a clear turquoise, and some resorts are among the best on offer in the Mediterranean.

This charming country has so much more to offer, mostly within easy reach of the coast, and is now at last starting to gain a reputation for friendly people, whitewashed medinas, verdant forests in the north, a vast desert and lush oasis in the south, and an amazing wealth of historical treasures further inland. With a delicious and exciting cuisine also waiting to be discovered; Tunisia has much to recommend it.

Although an established mainstream holiday destination, Tunisia still attracts a lot of first time visitors. Those that visit tend to return again and again, absorbing more and more of the culture. With it’s mysterious medinas and bustling souks alive with the sound of haggling and the smell of fresh bread, the experience lives long in the memory.