Don't forget to render unto Virgin media what is theirs;
I always regret not taking more photos of places I've moved out of,
are you stocking up on any UK foodstuffs
I've got better at taking photos, especially as i'm doing more DIY so it's nice to make a record. This thread will be great for looking back on too.
Food wise, i can't say there's anything i'll miss. Decent beer is the main one. I've found one brewery in Altea (Althaia) which is on the way to my parents, but you're talking ~$6/can. Being able to buy a really decent IPA in Tesco for £3-£4 is something i'll really miss. I've tried home brewing and had a terrible success rate. Might consider one of those "smart" brewers that take the effort out of it. Expensive outlay at £2k but could be worth it in the long run.
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Sounds like everything is going well, good luck with it!
I've done
something similar myself, albeit in Mexico, so let me know if you need any help. It's worth remembering that Starlink internet is really very good nowadays, so you can potentially get a good deal on a place that's a bit out in the middle of nowhere because it has poor / non existent internet, and just pay for Starlink which will be all you'll ever need. That's what we did with our place, and within a couple of years the municipality installed fibre optic internet anyway.
I'd definitely try to find a place with a pool - the maintenance really isn't bad at all provided you have a good base to start off with. The horror stories generally come from people who've bought a place with a pool that's already in a state of disrepair, and in that case it can certainly get expensive very quickly.
Yeah, i've followed your story in motors and with the whole house build process and enjoyed it. Part of the reason to start this thread. Starlink is ~€80/mth which is reasonable. However my wife wants to be within 2-3km of a town centre so a lot of places already have very decent fibre.
Pool is an essential, or at least cheap enough to add a pool.
Interesting read, my parents lived in Jávea and Denia for almost a decade until recently so I naturally spent a lot of time over there visiting and working remotely and intend to move to Spain one day aswell
My dad is Spanish so working on the passport at the moment since I never did it as a youth (or felt the need until Brexit)
Awesome, well any help i can give let me know. I saw a brilliant house in Jesus Pobre, it's a smaller plot that i'd have liked, but i love the town and it's right under the Montgo so some brilliant running. Just not sure what sun exposure would be like or if it's shaded a lot.
Including O Bama, clearly irish heritage shining through lol
Yeah it can be a minefield and you need a very good lawyer together with a professional translator to deal with the legal stuff do NOT just assume everything will be ok at least thats my fathers experience. Be particularly careful with things like tax and inheritence you can get clobbered if you don't keep up with legal niceties which can be obscure
Yeah, inheritance is a ***** (female dog). My parents are Spanish resident, so it'd be nice to think that with me also being spanish resident the tax would be lessened. In theory i could have their Spanish assets and my Sister their UK assets and minimise taxes, however i have a real belief in "it is what it is". If either me/my sister or our kids pay a lot of taxes due to my parents/our life decisions then so be it.
I've had to have a conversation a few times with my sister to temper her expectations, as i think she has some belief that our parents die and she's on easy street. (They're reasonably well off, with maybe assets around £1m now, but once taxes take their bit, and they continue spending as they are and their assets are split between me/my sister it's "only" a couple hundred grand each. Whereas i think she thinks she's have enough to live on each!)