British expats in Oliva - Page 2

andrew c wrote on Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:19pm:

Hello all this is my first post. I have a number of questions i was hopping you all could help me with.

Myself and my partner have decided to by a house on the costa Blanca. We will be using it as a holiday home to start 1 to 2 months of the year to get away from the British winter. A number of years later we would like to retire to our holiday home. ...

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My first question is Are there many British expats living in Oliva. We don't want to be over run with Expats but a few would be nice. We want to embrace the Spanish culture and also learn the language as well.

Second question would be recommendations for  agents and lawyers.

Third question is. Are there any yearly taxes that must be paid (similar to the British council tax) I know about the buying process and fees i have started to do my research on this.

Many Thanks in Advance 

Andrew and Karen :)

Jack58 wrote on Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:45pm:

yes there is a council tax, but not as expensive as the UK

Relyat wrote on Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:13pm:

Equivalent of council tax is known as IBI. 

Then a separate, smaller, tax for the bins known as residuos or basuras. Both of these, in Alicante at least, are administered and collected by SUMA. (Often incorrectly referred to as SUMA too). 

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Standing charges for water and electricity, plus any consumption. 

andrew c wrote on Mon Jul 18, 2022 10:29am:

Hi All 

Thank you for all your helpful comments and advice. We are so excited about getting a holiday home and later in life a permanent home. We have been looking at properties in various locations but we have come to an abrupt stop. While doing my research we have come across the issue of SQUATERS....

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I have read a couple of forum topics on this and we are quite concerned. Is this a big of a problem as i think it is (from reading up on it) Is it due to covid situation and people not able to get to their properties or is it a systemic problem.

Thank you in advance.

Andrew and Karen   

debzeedd wrote on Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:37am:

Hi Andrew & Karen, 

We are in the process of our final stages of completing a purchase in La Sella,near Denia,near the beautiful Montgo mountain ,  recently the area has been on place in the sun many times ,  we complete next week , we too are very excited!! it’s a beautiful area which we visited many ti...

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...mes years ago & can’t quite believe we are buying one now!! We visited & viewed many properties around 4 months ago including Javea, Denia centre & La Sella & yes kuero is the best online site to view properties back home for Spanish properties . The only problem is they don’t update their site that often of when a property is sold , so you show an interest in a property but then comes back to be sold & we did this many times & the better properties sell quickly in our experience. 

There has been quite a few hurdles to go through , it’s a big decision so make sure the property is right for you. 

Our estate agent is English & has lived in the Denia area for 20 years so will also know Oliva too , he responds by wats app so quickly & is full of advice !!! He’s been amazing , can’t recommend him enough .He will go the extra mile to help you. 

Do your research as well with everything as there are a lot of extra costs & if you are planning on renting your property out then make sure your property can get a tourist licence which is fairly new law now in Spain . 

we hopefully will have the keys to our property next Thursday .
If you want any more info let us know, we are learning too as we go along, good luck with your search . 

Deb & Neil

andrew c wrote on Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:51am:

Deb and Neil

Thank you for the advice. We will take a look at Kuero web site. You must be so excited to be getting your keys. We are at the start of our property buying journey and its a little overwhelming at the moment trying to understand all the rules, laws expenses when buying and then taxes after you ha...

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...ve bought. We have stalled on our search at the moment due to finding out about the squatter problem in Spain. We would only be using our property for two months of the year to start with. We would move out more permanently in about 5 years time. So we are quite concerned about leaving the property for 10 months of the year. I am looking into the problem now to see the extent of it and ways to minimize the possibility of it happening to us.

Once again thanks for the advice

Andrew and Karen       

andrew c wrote on Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:51am:

Deb and Neil

Thank you for the advice. We will take a look at Kuero web site. You must be so excited to be getting your keys. We are at the start of our property buying journey and its a little overwhelming at the moment trying to understand all the rules, laws expenses when buying and then taxes after you ha...

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...ve bought. We have stalled on our search at the moment due to finding out about the squatter problem in Spain. We would only be using our property for two months of the year to start with. We would move out more permanently in about 5 years time. So we are quite concerned about leaving the property for 10 months of the year. I am looking into the problem now to see the extent of it and ways to minimize the possibility of it happening to us.

Once again thanks for the advice

Andrew and Karen