Long term apartment required-Couple no children or pets-non-smokers, teetotal

Ready to start our new life mid March- April.

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Couple, no children, mid forties, no pets.

Non-smokers, teetotal (partner occasional glass of wine)

We are both cleaning freaks (house-trained), so will leave the apartment tidier than we find.

We also rent out a property within the UK, through an agency, and expect our tenants to look after and respect our home.

Our requirement

1bedroom minimum furnished apartment, parking a plus.

One month contract, but with the option of a twelve month extension.

Not a rural location. Require only a large urban (British ex-pat community) seaside town.

Good transport links.

Happy to pay up-to £360 or per month rent  or 400 Euros(can it be done)

Will pay a deposit and part rent up front, payment could either be paid direct from our UK account or direct from our UK rental agent to your account

Regards

This message was last edited by fortune24 on 1/30/2009.

This message was last edited by fortune24 on 1/30/2009.

Hi & welcome. It would help if you had an area in mind or doesn't it matter ? Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca, Costa Luz, Costa Almeria, Costa Brava etc. You sound wonderful tenants. I'm sure you'll get something fast. Good luck.

I EDITED THIS TO ADD: I hadn't searched your posts prior to replying but I have now & see you put in another post

'Quite flexible on location (prefer a more large town city environment)'

Hi thanks for your quick reply

We are really open to ideas. Would like to be able to stroll along a beach without jumping in the car.

Hate litter so walking along a beach with litter would drive me crazy. ( would want to go around with a bin liner tutting. lol)

Not really into crass over the top tourists bars and nightclubs but until we adjust need a security blanket of a ex-pat community.

Not  a golfing complex in a rural enviroment.

Love harbours and promenades. 

Only experience of Spain had a lovely stay in Marbella, so we need the help of this forum including landlords, ex-pat and rental agents to recommend a location.

Will need to find a little bit of paid and voluntary oppotunties to avoid driving my partner mad

Only understand a couple of words of Spanish but  keen to speak more.

Thanks for reading

I know what you mean about litter, it freaks me out. In our area of the CB they employ people to collect litter dumped in the lovely park areas, in the dune walks by beach & down side of main roads. You see yellow bags awaiting pick up. But the litter in Spain is, I find, totally unbelievable. I was always taught to be tidy. I was never allowed to drop litter like a choc wrapper. Always had to put it in a pocket to take home or wait till we saw a bin. In Spain you see whole binloads dumped wherever it seems to suit those who do it, plastic bottles, tin cans, you name it. I hate sitting next to a littered table in a bar/restaurant too, I tend to collect it & help them out rather than sit looking at it. The things we all do to get by, lol.

Hi fortune24, welcome to the best forum for help with all things Spanish.

check out the mar menor area of the costa calida.  there are many towns and villages that would offer what you're looking for.  lovely beaches, marinas and mixture of many nationalities .  lovely place to live.   good luck .

Thanks for the feedback.

Decided we are seeking to rent a property within the mar menor region.

Will widen our search along the Costa Blanca region if required.

Please read my OP within this thread of our requirments.

Sorry Jane we will blame you if it all goes wrong LOL.

Added Would a Mod be able to change my thread title and area we seeking to rent please.

Hi - glad to be of service.  no worries about the blame - i've got big shoulders (well hips really) !

just googled a few site with bits of info that might be of interest to you.  also ask candyfloss here on eos.  she has a place in santiago la ribera on the shores of the mar menor and loves it.  enjoy your search!

http://www.needahandspanishproperties.com/mar-menor.html

http://www.saharapress.biz/spain-information/mar-menor.html

http://www.idealspain.com/pages/Places/marmenor.htm

http://www.lamangamarmenor.info/

http://www.propertysalespain.co.uk/mar_menor_information.htm

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John Clark

Thanks John

Your property sounds lovely . Sorry we need to stick to our budget.

Good luck with the rental

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Thanks John for helping out, will keep your property in mind.

You're welcome and good luck with your search

John

Thank you for the help so far, been quite busy reading the forum.

We are still keen on Spain, even after reading some of the negative posts.

Sorry not replied to the pm,not enough posts yet to get access.

Hi

We have apartments available for your budget in senorio de roda which is about 8 mins from san javier airport.

Thanks for all the rental property offered by PM or posted. We have found a property.