03 Dec 2011 12:00 AM:

I am a single mother age 26 and my son just turned 4. We plan on moving through to the costa del sol area of spain in 6-18 months. When we move will very much depend on when I have reached my goal of saving at least £15,000. I am in the middle of starting a very succesful business with my friend who currently lives in la linea so money wont be an issue. I want to put my son into an international school for 2 years while we adapt to the country and the language. I dont drive and never will as quite frankly think I would be putting myself and others at danger if i got behind the wheel of a car as my concentration is really bad so I need to find somewhere along the costa del sol that:

• Isnt too expensive to rent, i know i said money isnt an issue but doesnt mean i want to throw money away on rent when 3 miles down the road i could get a nice place that doesnt cost too much.
• Is walking distance (like 20 minutes) from a good international school
• Has good public transport to and from la linea de la concepcion
• Is only 30-60 minutes by public transport from Malaga airport (gibraltar doesnt fly to my home airport)
• Has good public transport links to and from marbella

I know im asking for a lot but the place doesnt need to match all of these as long as we are walking distance from a good international school and have good public transport links to and from la linea, the rest are all wants not needs.

 

Thanks for all your help

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28 Jul 2011 7:36 PM:

dave... how did your son cope for the time he didnt know the language? do the schools have a way of making sure that the english speaking kids education doesnt get effected by the language barrier when english children go to spanish speaking schools? do most of the kids speak good enough english to communicate with non spanish speaking kids? If all that was fine then i wouldnt hesitate about sending him to a spanish school as it would be of benefit for him to learn the language etc but i dont know anything about any of this as im a young single parent who is to be quite honest... a bit clueless about most stuff lol thats why im on here :)

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15 Jul 2011 5:21 PM:

that is a lot of money for an apartment :-O

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15 Jul 2011 5:21 PM:

im really looking forward to it and i appreciate all the honest advice and its good to talk to people who are not being all negative all the time and putting the idea down like my family!!

Karin and I are planning on saving every penny we dont spend on bills and spain over the next 2 years so that we have big bank balances when we come to spain and it would be better to come over with a job offer under our belts too especially seeing as it isnt just karin and i suppoeting ourselves we got cameron to worry about too and his education

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15 Jul 2011 4:43 PM:

To pitby...Not had a look yet, is marbella cheaper than gib? its a bit of a distance from gib and la linea tho but i think it is lovely :) if only i could win the lottery i wouldnt have anything to worry about with schooling and where we lived and could even hire a driver to take me places...would be great :)

 

To bigwilly...i quite like the idea of the spanish school as i cant see me having the money for the international school but if i did it would be my first choice. I just think i need to stop worrying what my mum and gran will think and start thinking just for me and my son, will make life a lot less stressful. Im even unhappy in a uni course that i picked to do to make my parents happy and it is what is keeping me here!! Time to start thinking about my little family unit now i think!!

 

 

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