Published 10 April 2006

Last month we emailed all our 5000 members and asked them to fill in a short questionnaire. We received 586 responses and here are the findings....

Question 1:  Gender?

• Male  -  35%
• Female  - 65%

Question 2:  Age?

• Lowest  -  20
• Highest  -  80
• Average  -  50
• Median  -  51

Question 3:  Country of Residence?

• UK  -  84%
• Spain   -  7%
• Ireland  -  5%
• Netherlands  -  2%
• Other  -  2%

Question 4:  What is your current status regarding a property in Spain?

• I already own a property in Spain  -  26%
• I am looking to buy a completed (resale) property  -  3%
• I am looking to buy an off plan property  -  4%
• I am looking to rent a property in Spain long term  -  0%
• I am not looking to buy a property in Spain  -  2%
• I have bought off plan and am waiting for my property to be completed  -  65%

Question 5:  How happy have you been with your experience of buying a property in Spain?

• Very happy  - 17%
• Happy  -  38%
• Indifferent  -  21%
• Unhappy  -  16%
• Not happy at all  -  8%

Question 6:  How happy have you been with the agent that you used?

• Very happy  - 19%
• Happy  -  34%
• Indifferent  -  20%
• Unhappy  -  14%
• Not happy at all  - 13%

Question 7:   What are you buying, or have bought, a property in Spain for?

• For a holiday home  -  48%
• For investment  -  27%
• To live permanently in Spain  -  25%

Question 8:  How often do you visit Spain?

• Never  -  1%
• I live in Spain permanently  -  7%
• Every month  -  0%
• 5 - 10 times per year  -  19%
• 1 - 4 times per year  -  73%

Question 9:  On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being the worst, 10 being the best) how would you rate the value of the services provides by Eye on Spain?

• Didn't answer  -  2%
• 1 -  1%
• 2  -  0%
• 3  -  0%
• 4  -  1%
• 5  -  5%
• 6  -  11%
• 7  -  23%
• 8  -  30%
• 9  -  12%
• 10  -  16%