Really I am getting Fed up

Really I am getting Fed up with all the doom and Glumme laid down by those crying wolf in Spain.

Surely when you chose to live in another EU country. You sat down and thought it through.

Set a plan. Once the plan is set. You seek out good legal representation. A Good property agent that is going to sell you something that is real (Not a dream that is in a glossy brochure). A good bank that looks after your interests. Reliable builders and service providers that don't rip you off or let you down.

How many people believe their dream is alive today, that made the move all them Happy years ago

Part of the plan is not to put all your assets on one basket.

How many are stuck in Spain with nowhere to return to in UK.

Family may Love you (FREE HOLIDAYS in the Sun) but they don't want you living with them.

The Plan I set out in 2001 is still holding

Learned a lot over the years

Happy in the Sun You bet I am. Happy with my life in UK. You bet I am.

Get real people enjoy what you have. Someday you may get what you don't want.

You can't take it with you.

Bring another Lotto win on>>>

Flack Jacket on.

Always remember to keep the Sun in Ya heart!

You seek out good legal representation. A Good property agent that is going to sell you something that is real (Not a dream that is in a glossy brochure). A good bank that looks after your interests. Reliable builders and service providers that don't rip you off or let you down.

Great advice, I'm sure no-body even thought of that ............... I believe most people did think they were seeking 'good' legal representaion, agent, bank, builder whatever only to find out later on it wasn't so good after all, hindsight is a wonderful thing. The question has been asked on here before but I've never seen a satisfactory answer, how do you know 'good' advice from bad in a foreign country and an unfamiliar system ????

Poppyseed,  how do you know 'good' advice from bad ................   ???

As you say, it’s just about impossible in Spain, as often it is elsewhere too.

 One believes they had a good representation when all went well without any hitches.  Well if all is OK then one does not need a representative.

I listened to a good friend all those years ago. He owned a multi million pound property in La Manga Club. He referred all his Trusted contacts to me. I am still with them today 13 years on.

How do you know 'good' advice from bad in a foreign country and an unfamiliar system????

Suppose really you will never get a true answer to that one.

You have to enjoy what you have. Have good friends that have lived with the system that is unfamiliar. Learn the language.

If I do not understand something. I am lucky enough to live next-door to a trusted and respected English-speaking Spanish Solicitor.

I understand as much as I need too.

My only worry is if anything happens to me. Who will pick up the pieces, as I have looked after my Spanish admin from the start?

I have told the wife The Solicitor has POA leave it all for him to sort.

Our Property and assets in Spain were never meant to be Profit Generating.

El Alamillo,  You seem to have misunderstood my post.

I speak Spanish. The problem is that most (not all) solicitors etc are not very good or useless.  I say that from over  50 years of dealing with them in both in UK and Spain, professionally and privately.

I understand that most of those now in fear of their homes being demolished had professional representation.  It did not help them

Nope, and it didn't help those that had no professional representation ether, (DIY) even if you went it alone and all seemed above board you still had NO guarantee what so ever, because Spain changed the rules as and when it wanted to, and the truth is if a balls up was made when you did it yourself you would hardly  brag about that.

Gamblers prove that over and over again, you always get told when they win big or small, never when they lose anything.

In the UK because most people have grown up knowing a fair bit about buying UK property, and the English ways of the process it can be done fairly straight forwards on your own, its stupid to buy in a strange country, which after all Spain is a very strange country concerning many things, doing it the DIY way.

Solicitors are often not all good, but they are not a scamming machine, a million good reasons why they are solicitors.

Really I am getting Fed up with all the doom and Glumme laid down by those crying wolf in Spain.

Surely when you chose to live in another EU country. You sat down and thought it through.

Set a plan. Once the plan is set. You seek out good legal representation. A Good property agent that is going to sell you something that is real (Not a dream that is in a glossy brochure). A good bank that looks after your interests. Reliable builders and service providers that don't rip you off or let you down.

How many people believe their dream is alive today, that made the move all them Happy years ago

Part of the plan is not to put all your assets on one basket.

How many are stuck in Spain with nowhere to return to in UK.

Family may Love you (FREE HOLIDAYS in the Sun) but they don't want you living with them.

The Plan I set out in 2001 is still holding

Learned a lot over the years

Happy in the Sun You bet I am. Happy with my life in UK. You bet I am.

Get real people enjoy what you have. Someday you may get what you don't want.

You can't take it with you.

Bring another Lotto win on>>>

Flack Jacket on.

Always remember to keep the Sun in Ya heart!

I think you need to lay off the smack, mate!

Poppyseed,  how do you know 'good' advice from bad ................   ???

As you say, it’s just about impossible in Spain, as often it is elsewhere too.

 One believes they had a good representation when all went well without any hitches.  Well if all is OK then one does not need a representative.

John, I think she's agreeing with you.

I've read many of your previous posts and I find it strange that you are siding with a clearly insane person and trying to argue with Poppy. What's happened to you, man? My world is falling apart with every word i read in this thread.

I listened to a good friend all those years ago. He owned a multi million pound property in La Manga Club. He referred all his Trusted contacts to me. I am still with them today 13 years on.

How do you know 'good' advice from bad in a foreign country and an unfamiliar system????

Suppose really you will never get a true answer to that one.

You have to enjoy what you have. Have good friends that have lived with the system that is unfamiliar. Learn the language.

If I do not understand something. I am lucky enough to live next-door to a trusted and respected English-speaking Spanish Solicitor.

I understand as much as I need too.

My only worry is if anything happens to me. Who will pick up the pieces, as I have looked after my Spanish admin from the start?

I have told the wife The Solicitor has POA leave it all for him to sort.

Our Property and assets in Spain were never meant to be Profit Generating.

Well, let's hope she finds a 'good' relaible solicitor then, hey?