Posted: Thu Jun 1, 2017 3:40pm
I'm a holiday home owner for 10years with stays of up to 3months.It is generally a nice community with again generally nice neighbours .My advice would be to spend some time renting to get a feel of things before purchasing a house .There are things here I don't agree with ,I'm not whinging ,but the main one being the complete intrangicence of a Council that takes its taxes from our estate and won't give us services we require in return.a Council that hasn't payed the police its overtime gives you a clue of how we fare.
Take your timewhen buying a property and where, do your research and talk to expats .Some including the estate agent will tell you want to hear like Q .are there many flies in summer A .no they sleep during the day.A lot of Bs talked by these sellers .When you have found somewhere take into account (Spain can be very cold in winter and the houses are single walled and very cold )could cost a fortune to heat a few days visit in January will show you how cold it can be .Everyone is different how they live and how much money they have ,plus no one knows about the effects of Brexit yet my view is,I saw how expats suffered with there health problems in 1970/80s in Spain before they joined the Eu so personally I'd wait till that's negotiated just in case .There are private hospitals here but could wipe you out financially ,if there is no agreement in the brexit discussions (check this on the Internet)put simply it's not like the Nhs .here if you arnt a resident.If you come here as a non resident you are at the moment entitled to free Ehic emergency cover so check your health requirements as it's important .having said that the Health services here in Spain are very good as many will testify here .again my advice would be check it all out before you commit and if you can ,don't burn your bridges as a lot of people for various reasons have left Camposol ,but a lot can't because they can't afford too go back to the Uk .hope this helps and apologies to residents both non and permanent for sounding negative it's a good place to live but the one word that covers all eventualities that's needed is money .Feel free to ask any questions.
Ivor