Holiday home swimming pool safety
I RECEIVE many emails from people who are concerned about swimming pool safety; particularly those who have purchased holiday homes in Cyprus and other types of property that share swimming pools.
Regular visitors to the magazine will have read articles about the confusion that exists in Cyprus’ current laws and regulations which designate all shared swimming pools as being subject to the same strict regulations as public pools.
Recently the Cypriot authorities have been tightening up on the regulations and have been refusing to issue operating licences and Certificates of Final Approval (a necessary pre-cursor to the all-important Title Deed) until developers provide them with all the necessary documents proving they have complied with the regulations.
However, there are many holiday homes whose Title Deeds that were issued before the recent clampdown. Swimming pools in these complexes often provide little, if any, protection for their users.