My wife and I have just bought a lovely place in Playa Flamenca - Page 6

Thank you Steve, I am looking on inmoinvestments now

Karen

Decide what your priorities are whether it's bars restaurants beaches quiet life etc and then decide what is your minimum required for a property. When we started looking we will certainly wanted at least two bedrooms and two bathrooms and wanted to be near the centre of Playa flamenca. but with that comes compromise because it's expensive. We ended up buying a properly that needed considerable Renovations but we thought was out of our League first of all. 

The problem we found is that most of the online estate agents Tend To Be the very well known ones with the houses that are maybe slightly more expensive than some of the other agents. unfortunately in our experience there is no substitute for leg work getting there and looking around. some agents just put telephone numbers on boards and don't advertise on any national or international websites. Having said that if you find a really good agent and tell them exactly what you were looking for they usually find a really good property even if it's not advertised with them. we ended up buying through inmo investments and used Marcel and Shelly and they were incredibly helpful and lovely people. We have now bought other properties via them as they know exactly what we looking for. 

Solicitors are a nightmare even the Independent ones they have one pace and it's very slow. Generally the communication is also very poor as they assume you will not understand the complexities of the Spanish property market. However there is incredible competition and if you ask some locals that you meet including on this forum and the same name keeps coming up you can be pretty sure they are reliable. There's also a UK register Spanish lawyers who are regulated and registered in Spain which should give some peace of mind.

Yes marcel from inmoinvestments, german company, very friendly and professional. As mentioned beware of solicitors...again i can recommend mine who is young, high powered and thorough, she gues the extra mile and her fee is cheaper for cash 😉

Hi Lee we exchange on 6th September on a property in Playa Flamenca about 1km from the shopping center , like you holiday home at first and hopefully longer periods in a few years time (Brexit dependent of course), we have been over quite a few times over the last few months and love the area more each visit

We have a holiday home in Playa Flamenca and we love it. My Husband is actualy retiring this week so we can spend more time out there. Would be lovely to meet up with others and make a few friends. We are out mid August until end of Oct if anyone is free.

Jan & Derrick

Hi, we are also moving soon and are looking for recommendations of a lawyer, please may I ask who you used 

Thank you jan

Hi jan, 

yes a young enthusiastic English speaking and very well educated in current law young lady called Carmen conojero in torrevieja, she has her own law firm ‘Blau solicitors’ her husband and brother are lawyers.

She is very trustworthy and we even gave her power of attorney and she did everything for us. Definitely did not take advantage and even used her positionhe to help us out for free when we had a theft and the local police were unhelpful.

She also sorted our wills (important to do this according to English law).

She was not expensive and we now feel very comfortable that our purchase is well protected as she is the kind of person who crosses all t’s and dots all i’s.

Her contact number is: +34 609 31 84 55

If you would kindly mention a recommendation from Steve and Cheryl in La zenia ......I’m confident she will look after you.

Let me know how you get on. 

Steve

Thanks Steve, we are coming over in September thinking of buying an apartment in Los Dolses. Will contact her and mention you.

We have bought a lovely 2bedroom bungalow in playa Flamenca there is lots of shops near us and bars /restaurants and beach is 400mtrs away looking forward to holidays over here Selina

Hi, noted you comments on the site, could you tell me which development you purchased in, what you purchased and if you could round about the price you paid.  Thanks Sandra