My House from 1956-1960   Most houses and businesses that were abandoned in 1974 following the division of the island were subsequently reoccupied by refugees from the other side..This house, built probably in the early 1950's by a Greek school teacher as dowry for his daughter has been occupied each time I have visited - 1988, 2012, and 2017. As refugees fled the north to the south, and the south to the north, year it shows more and more the wear of time.