Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:30pm
Hi James
The key decision is really whether you have furniture etc that is of high value, or to which you are sentimentally attached?
Removal costs for a full house of furniture, etc to Spain will be around £3,000 - £5,000, which could probably fully equip your new property with new furniture - and it may feel nice to be able to move country and totally restyle / refresh your furniture. Plus, the style of the property you choose here (and I appreciate that you would only be renting initially) may not suit the furniture which suits your property in the UK. Obviously, if you sold most of your big furniture, you would pay a lot less for a part-load removal.
We already owned our property here, so had already bought a fair amount of furniture before we moved permanently; but we also had fairly expensive furniture that we liked and would also suit our new property here, so we sold beds, etc. in the UK and the money we received pretty much covered the costs of our move (although we moved ourselves with a one-way van hire, which may not be everyone's choice).
Not sure this answers your question, but hope it helps your thought process!