Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:12am
Hi Jo,
There's no problem with you living in your Spanish house, it's just that the rules for UK citizens being allowed to do so got much harder on 1 January this year, when the UK finally left the EU and UK citizens became Third Country Nationals. Even as a Non-resident, you'll see changes in things such as your Non-resident tax which, for UK citizens, has now increased from 19% to 24%, and additional charges for transferring money from the UK to Spain. Depending on how you pay the utilities for your Spanish property, you may find that they no longer accept standing orders from UK banks. All "benefits" of Brexit.
How long is it since you stopped living in Spain? I assume you had residency when you lived here, but as it was only for 2 years, your residency would have expired after you had been out of the country for 6 months.
Kind regards,
Kim