Moving to Spain

If you want to stay on Camposol itself it will have to be a rental villa, the hotel is defunct at the moment, all sorts of rumours of being bought, refurbished and reopening, watch this space.....

We rented a Rosa on sector A for our exploration trip, and as a result knew it was the style that worked for us, ended up buying a Rosa on sector D at a very good price.

Whever you end up staying do give Camposol a good explore, we used luz del sol and mergers for our viewings, both very helpful and informative.

Thanks for that I have been getting regular updates from Mercers regarding properties so it will be out first port of call.

We have been here 18 months and love the position of Camposol, it's  easy to reach Mazarrón town and the beaches and only a short drive to the mountains.   Camposol is great a place to live. Make sure you drive around the estate at night as well as during the day.  We looked at a variety of houses and chose a Rosa which had been extended  on A. We chose A because although slightly more expensive it was closer to the amenities ie. Doctors, chemist, shops etc. C and D have some fantastic properties it just depends on how close you want to be to everything.   Good luck.   If you use Facebook join the Camposol page  and preguntas y mas  Murcia.   You can ask questions on both sites re accommodation.   Good luck

Alexa, as nobody from Calasparra has commented, I thought I'd chip in although we don't know it well as we're about 20 minutes to the south. We visit occasionally, usually to shop at Consum which is a brilliant supermarket. The town itself seems very nice, there are a few British there, many live on an urbanization on the edge of Calasparra I believe.

Up here in NW Murcia, it would be a very different lifestyle from Camposol for instance, you would need to speak Spanish or take a translator with you for anything official. Most bars/shops do not speak English. Dealing with Spaniards can be infuriating (perdon, pero es la verdad) until you give in and learn to chill out! You may relish this as part of your new life or hate it. It all depends what you want. Life in the middle of a British urbanization would not suit me, but then many residents of one would probably hate it here!

But it's beautiful up here. Lots of orchards, apricots and peaches. Pine forests. We are sort of in the foothills of the Revolcadores mountains. Quite cold on winter nights, we have central heating and a woodburner. On summer nights we have the windows open and the breezes waft through (we live out in the country). We do not have air conditioning and don't find we need it.

Calasparra is world famous for its paella rice which is grown around the River Segura to the north of the town. If you visit, do go to the Sanctuary (we take all our visitors there whether they want to go or not)

 www.santuariovirgenesperanza.com 

On the road to the Sanctuary, stop off at the viewpoint which looks out over the rice fields.

The first week of September is Calasparra's  bull festival which has bullruns through the streets. From 8th to 14th is our fiesta in Cehegin.

I hope this gives you an idea of life inland, hopefully someone from Calasparra can tell you more about the town. Have a lovely visit.. 

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Thank you for your response it’s very much appreciated.  We will definitely be having a good look around when we come over.  We did live in Spain back in the eighties in Benidorm and there is no way we would go back there to live as too lively.  We have come to an age when we want a quiet life.  Our Spanish is rusty but we can get by and wouldn’t starve and I certainly wouldn’t mind having Spanish neighbours.

Although predominantly English the are many varied nationalities on Camposol as well. Think it is very central , very friendly with a great community spirit

We used Mercers and overall found them excellent to work with and they hooked us up with English  speaking lawyers, solicitors etc.

Good luck

Thank you everyone who has replied to my request for information it has been very informative, We have been looking at certain properties on line love the look of the Rosa but have noticed the Classico although smaller it does have potential.  Does anyone know if you need permission to re-model a property, not building an extension like you do in England but just moving walls out to the edges of terraces to give extra room or put in an en-suite.

We have noticed extended properties but weren’t sure what the procedure is to have the work done.

Thank you

Hi 

We are planning to move also within the next 12 months we have done loads of research on the regions and our choice is going to be Calasparra, we have friends that live there and love it , we are going out in November to stop so we can get the feel of the place and the cooler weather , we hope to look at a few properties, good luck to you 

We are in final stages or purchasing on D21 and had all the inspections done nothing for us to worry about 

I think that camposol is like anywhere else in the world there are good and bad builds 

For us camposol has everything we could need and has a real good feel factor 

We move in on the 12th August and are so excited to finally get in and sort out our things

This has been our dream for a long while 

Andy