I've moved my blog

For those that have been following my (not very often updated blog) here, well it's going to get even quieter from now on.

I have started my new Living in Spain blog on Eye on Spain.

And I plan on updating it very regularly...promise!

How to sell your Spanish property in a crisis - Book review

A couple of weeks ago I got sent another book to review (we get sent a lot of books!). After reading the title I thought this was going to be an absolute waste of time as it's about a problem which seems to have no solution at the moment....

Selling a Spanish property in a crisis

But there was one thing that stood out for me...the author, Nick Snelling. Nick is a very respected and knowledgeable person in the field of real estate and Spain. I really didn't think Nick would put together a load of nonsense just to sell some copies of a book.

So I cracked open a San Miguel, sat on the terrace and started reading...this is what I think of Nick's book.

BRILLIANT!

And that's my review....what? You want to know more? Oh ok....

Whatever the reason for you wanting to sell your property in Spain, you really couldn't have picked a worse time to do so, although it's probably through need more than want.

Nick goes into great detail and shows that armed with the right knowledge and tools you CAN sell your property in Spain today. Even in a crashed market such as Spain's Nick shows you exactly how to do it and to give you and your property "the edge".

It's what we've always said. It's no use just having your property listed with one of the remaing estate agents. If you really want to sell your property today then you have to work it....really work it.

The great thing about this book is that Nick makes it easy for you. If you really don't know what you need to do to sell your property then you definitely need to read this. I don't want to give away information contained in his book but some of the advice he gives is very clever, things I've never even thought about. I found some of his tips when it comes to the "For sale" signs particularly eye opening. Simple things you can do which you may not have thought of and which can be very effective.

And this is what this book is full of. Great tips and advice throughout and I would recommend it to anyone who needs to sell their property in Spain during these tough times.

In today's market it's effort that is rewarded. Arm youself with Nick's book and you'll be in a much better position than most to get that property sold.

Well done Nick for writing such a clear, thorough and helpful book. It's just what was needed.

For more information about the book and to read more reviews about it (including an excellent review by Martin Dell of Kyero.com) check out the page on Amazon:

How To Sell Your Spanish Property In A Crisis - Amazon.co.uk

Best of luck selling your property and leave a comment here if you buy the book to let me know what you thought of it.

End of the blog?

As you can tell I'm not very good at keeping this blog up to date.

I have made a descision recently to do something a little different...so watch this space...although I won't be blogging much on here from now on!

Ads on Spanish TV to be reduced

If you watch Spanish TV, especially TVE1 and TVE2 you'll know what I'm talking about when I say that the number and length of adverts on those channels are a real turn off. It's actually why we stopped watching those channels.

So today I was quite exctied to read this article but then realised that something somewhere is very wrong. They are currently supposed to not show more than 10 mintues of ads every hour....that's rubbish! For example, Telediario finishes at 9:45. Then at 10:00 there is 5 minutes of weather (yes, 5 minutes) then another 10 or 15 minutes of ads. Then a film starts and 10 minutes later another set of ads. Where is the 10 minute limit?

So now they are going to reduce it to 9 minutes from next year....yeah right, as if they are really going to respect that too.

I for one will still not bother watching those channels with more ads than programmes.

Off of my soapbox now and get back to work.

Jenson Button and Brawn GP on pole in Australia

What an exciting qualifying session in Australia for tomorrow's formula 1 race. Really happy for Jenson Button on his pole position and Rubens Barrichelo in second. What an amazing result for the new team Brawn GP.

Let's see if Jenson can pull it off.

Seems Alonso wasn't very competitive and neither was Hamilton...interesting race ahead.

Looking forward to Australia Formula 1 action

It's been painful waiting for the Formula 1 season to come round again but it's finally here.

It looks like Hamilton has been struggling a little in the practice sessions so let's hope they can sort something out for qualifying tomorrow.  I'll be up at 6am to watch it.

It will be interesting to see how Alonso gets on this season too.  He's not really my favourite driver at all but you can't deny the guy's super talented.

Some of us will be going to the Eye on Spain office on Sunday morning to watch the race which should be good.  Another early start but Selwyn says he's going to cook us all a fry up...although I don't think he realises how many of us will actually be there.

Anyway, best get to bed, will be up in a bit to watch the qualifying.

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Cheese please

Really enjoyed putting together today about's Sieasta Show at the cheese factory in Casares. Juan Ocaña is the main man at the cheese factory in Casares making a truly wonderful product. It's just past the Casares turn off on the road to Gaucin. Well worth a visit to pick up some of his excellent cheese.