06 Oct 2012 10:32 AM:

Hi All - what a really informative thread - brill!

Can any one give me some pointers re rentals?

We want to "try before you buy" so are looking to rent for at least a couple of months during January - March to see what the winter months are like.

I have Asthma so being up in the hills could be a problem.

Anyway any advice or indeed contacts would be very much appreciated.

Cheers

Steve 

Thread: Living on 1000.euros

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16 Sep 2012 8:21 PM:

I have been watching property prices with great interest of the past 2 years and have deliberately held back from buying as prices have continued to fall across many areas of southern Spain. I did get very close to buying a nice medium sized villa early this year near Albox but as it was still considered an "illegal build" after 6 years so I reluctantly gave it a miss!!

This year it seems to me that many more vendors are having to continue to reduce the prices as many properties are just not selling.

I do understand where some property vendors have held the price as there may be a mortgage to be repaid etc.

However there are still some ridiculously over ambitious prices being asked in some areas. I have just seen a rather pleasant 2 bedroom/bathroom flat - sorry apartment - for sale in the Marbella area for 350k euros!! I fully understand the ethic of location, location, location but I have seen some great 4 bed roomed villas with pools in very nice locations for way less than that!

As I say it's just an observation of  "the rose tints"  still being firmly worn by some vendors.

Mind you if they can get a buyer to pay that kind of money for an apartment good luck to em.

But I doubt that there are many prepared to pay a premium like that for Marbella these days.

Cheers

 

 

This message was last edited by steve01 on 16/09/2012.
Thread: Flat in Marbella!

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04 Jun 2012 8:30 PM:

Hi All - I was wondering if anyone could give me some guidance?

My wife and I are now in a position to start looking for a property in Spain (coastal as I have Asthma and want to escape the UK winters).

Does anyone know what you have to do to continue getting your ongoing prescriptions from the UK if you move to Spain full time?

Cheers

Thread: UK Prescriptions

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15 May 2012 12:49 PM:

Hi all - It's really just a follow on from my previous thread about unrealistic property prices.

Of the 101 properties on the list only 18% are below 100k euros!

Eleven of these or one ore two bed-roomed apartments with some prices up to just under 100k!

Is it because people are just leaving the prices as they put them up for sale or is it because they need to pay off mortgages?.

When you go onto other property sites the prices for properties in the same general area do appear to be substantially cheaper.

As a house hunter I only give them a cursory glance once I see the actual "value for money" and then move on.

Just an observation really.

 

Thread: Eye on Spain property for sale

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07 May 2012 6:04 PM:

Hi Smiffy - many thanks for the info - it's much appreciated.

I am trying to get a place to escape the worst of the UK winter as I am an asthmatic.

Are the winter months wet or dry?

We love Almeria as a whole but don't really know the inland areas very well (30 mins from the coast).

For the same money (about 100k euros) we appear to get a LOT MORE for the money inland but don't want to go to far away from the coast.

Regards

Steve

Thread: Cucador Almeria

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