08 Sep 2015 3:48 PM:
Maybe we have been lucky but I can honestly say our problems have been few. We originally had a maisonette in Jardin del Mar near the Carrefour in 2002. We bought it as a holiday home and then decided to make it permanent. We wanted to be in Quesada so we spent many a day driving around, and going to agents. All but one were totally useless. We decided to stick with Petra Honig. They had the best selection, their staff were excellent and the owners could not do enough for us. We eventually found the villa we were looking for made an offer and bought it in 2007. Petra Honig handled all the legal work after I had been to a solicitor and after one month he had done nothing at all. We are very happy here but at sometime in the future we will go back. Selling our villa will be a problem. Prices have to rise and the exchange rate to fall. Maybe in 2/3 years this may happen. What would we have done differently? Rented and kept a property at home. This was our mistake. Quesada is a nice area with nice homes and nice mix of people. It is quiet with very few holiday makers and rentals. We always said we would not buy on an Urbanisation with all its problems. To be told what to do by a president who is some jumped up individual full of his own self importance is not for me. The health service is excellent if anyone complains or says different then there is something wrong with them. I have never had a problem with paperwork, dealing with the Spanish or getting things done. Maybe because I make a big effort to speak the language. Just think back to when you were in the UK and there was someone struggling to speak English. What did you think. Bloody foreigners why are they here? The proble with the Brits is their culture it is so different to all the other Europeans. All the Brits want to do is go to a bar and have a good drink get drunk make a fool of themselves complain and about everything, and walk around with their bellies hanging out. So gross! Yes that is my other mistake. I should have gone where there are no Brits they are a total embarrassment. I hate flying Easy Jet or Monarch forget Ryanair. The Brits on those flights are the grossest people ever. Fly to Holland with Transavia or Vueling to Schiphol you are in a different world. People are well dressed, they have manners and are polite. Yes my 3rd mistake coming to Spain. Should have gone to another country. . .
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What would you do differently?
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