Looking for a job: Handyman,key management,gardener,pool maintenance

Posted: Mon Oct 1, 2018 5:27pm

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Frank1964

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Good evening,we are a Belgium couple and we are thinking to buy a property in Benferri.I am 54 years old and my wive is 51 years old.My question now is could i work for a few hours a day as gardener,pool maintenance,handyman,housekeeper ,airportservice?We have a lot of experience!Normaly i have to work still 6 years in Belgium but i want to stop earlier and emigrate to Benferri.Thanks Frank and Christine

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Posted: Tue Oct 2, 2018 1:37pm

Stephanie86

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Posted: Tue Oct 2, 2018 1:37pm

The Costa Blanca is full to overflowing with people of all nationalities trying to get a job of some description. The ‘services’ sector which caters to the ex-pat community is overflowing with this kind of thing. You may possibly be able to get a few hours here and there amongst neighbours, but to work legally you will have to register as ‘autonomo’ - self-employed - which will immediately bring you into the Spanish tax and social security system. Also, as you are below retirement age, you will both have to have private medical insurance if you intend to become residents.

There is a large unemployment situation here amongst Spanish people and the Spanish companies are going to employ them first - especially if you don’t speak Spanish. Many of the companies owned by foreign people use self-employed staff as the costs to employers are huge.

Sorry, but you have to be very realistic about this.