17 Dec 2012 4:40 PM:

Hi everyone,

You probably vave read a similar topic before but like they say, every situation is slightly different;)

Currently living in ireland but want to try spain for about 9 months ( jan till sep about 25 km south from Barcelona) so i get more less the full picture of what its like over there. I read few topics here and there and have few Q about registering proccess(NIE number), one paper stated that the long term registration procedure has changed in july this year. Does anyone know what it looks like at the moment?? Another think thats bugging me are the utilities. Read on one site thay are really tight on water supply (fines for watering garden, or topping up pool)??Is that a daily bread in Spain or just happening during the summer season??.Second thing, is there realy so much hassle with Endesa or Iberdrola if its about billing?? Do they really often come up with ridiculously high figures on bills with no reason??? And are the power cuts really a common thing?? My work is highly dependent on internet connection so thats an important factor to me. And working from battery backups is not too handy :). I'm a day trader and cant really produce any employment evidence --could this be a big issue during the registration???? Would the bank statement showing sufficient funds to keep me going for that period be enough ?????

Thanks for any answers

Thread: thinking of moving to spain

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