Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:53am
Hi,
This might not suit, but as I am about to start a blog on the subject, I thought I might share.
If I had my time over again, I would rent initially. This gives you more time to get to know an area. Over the first couple of years, where I would have chosen to live and in what kind of property, community, urbanisation changed a great deal. Or even if I had wanted/needed to return to the UK as has happened with me.
Indeed, I might have rented permanently anyway and have invested elsewhere. Much less restrictive and cheaper! Rents are between two and four hundred euros a month in Algorfa for a two bed, one bathroom! Mine can be viewed under 'house swap' and is on Montemar, the other side of the road into Algorfa, opposite La Finca.
Yes, I am looking to rent my two bed apartment when I move back to the UK next year. But I have spoken of the same prior to this decision.
I would be interested in your thoughts as somebody moving over here, irrespective of the suitability of mine.