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We have just moved to Spain and heard alot of positives and negatives about moving to sax some say its dusty once you buy a house here you won't be able to sell it sink holes earth quackes just wanted to get feed back from people who actually live there
As we have seen some lovely properties and separate myth from fact as we have seen great views your help would be appreciated
Thank yiou
Dust is a fact of life in this part of Spain.
Minor tremors are common all over, real earthquakes causing damage are extremely rare.
Never heard of sinkholes in Sax or anywhere.
Houses typically take longer to sell here, it's just the way it is but personally if resale potential were my priority then I probably wouldn't be looking to buy in somewhere like Cox!
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:04pm
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Movingon wrote on Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:46pm:
Dust is a fact of life in this part of Spain.
Minor tremors are common all over, real earthquakes causing damage are extremely rare.
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Never heard of sinkholes in Sax or anywhere.
Houses typically take longer to sell here, it's just the way it is but personally if resale potential were my priority then I probably wouldn't be looking to buy in somewhere like Cox!
You leave Cox alone!
It's only small but it's perfectly formed & my wife loves it.
(They've got a cracking Aldi which is about 10 minutes from us & that was what I meant, not what you were thinking, you dirty lot...;-)
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:17pm
Movingon wrote on Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:46pm:
Dust is a fact of life in this part of Spain.
Minor tremors are common all over, real earthquakes causing damage are extremely rare.
Read more...
Never heard of sinkholes in Sax or anywhere.
Houses typically take longer to sell here, it's just the way it is but personally if resale potential were my priority then I probably wouldn't be looking to buy in somewhere like Cox!
Thanks that helps.
when you first arrive everyone is a expert hence coming to those who actually live there what would you say the pro and cons of sax are?
I have lived here for many years. "Sink-holes". Earthquakes, !!! NO.PM me. Feel free.. Villas.
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:48pm
Villas wrote on Sat Jul 11, 2020 3:01pm:
I have lived here for many years. "Sink-holes". Earthquakes, !!! NO.PM me. Feel free.. Villas.
Great this helps its good to have that reassurance what would you say the pros and cons of sax are?
Stan Bartolome wrote on Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:04pm:
You leave Cox alone!
It's only small but it's perfectly formed & my wife loves it.
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(They've got a cracking Aldi which is about 10 minutes from us & that was what I meant, not what you were thinking, you dirty lot...;-)
I'm sure it's a wonderful place but what are resale prospects like?
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 6:06pm
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Movingon wrote on Sat Jul 11, 2020 5:45pm:
I'm sure it's a wonderful place but what are resale prospects like?
Same as everywhere else in our little bit of the Vega Baja I would imagine.
If you put your place up for sale it won't sell particularly quickly but it will go eventually.
As I'm sue you know yourself, nobody buys property in the area as an investment because prices tend to be static.
We buy them to live in.
20 mins from the beaches but far enough inland to be away from the Gammony Brexit types & a bit more like the "real" Spain that so many of us fell in love with.
You can keep Quesada & La Zenia and all those kind of places. If people enjoy living there, fair enough but that's not the Spain we wanted to live in.
Dr saville wrote on Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:48pm:
Great this helps its good to have that reassurance what would you say the pros and cons of sax are?
Hi without knowing your pros & cons,
About Sax: I love it & know many Spanish friends & families. 20Yrs ago there were about 12 UK families & now about 300-400 families incl. Brits, Dutch German etc. There are numerous bars/ restaurants mainly Spanish- Some ex-pats congregates in 2 or 3 bars, but many find their own haunts & integrate with the locals, who are very friendly, laid-back small town feel. The town is surrounded by 3 main mountains, with the motorway a little away giving easy access to Alicante/airport 30-35 mins away & the coast. 1 hour to Benidorm. Under 2 hours to Valencia. High Speed train (AVE) 10 mins away to Madrid less than two hours. Good market day (Monday). The local Sax fiesta (Moors & Christians for 5 days) in February. Winter can be cold but often quite warm until xmas. The coldest months Feb/March. You will need some sort of heating. I always relied on Air-con (hot & cold).
In 20 years here, I have experienced snow on 3 occasions. & the pool once covered in ice.
.Unlike many in the UK, there are many thriving shops without having to leave the town, but three large towns Petrel/Elda/Villena (10 mins drive away) Main Hospital in Elda 10 mins away.
Central doctor´s medical centre in town. One can almost walk everywhere in town on foot, (& as many Spanish say, “walk in 10 minutes & car-drive it in 20!).
I can explain more, feel free to ask.
V
Villas wrote on Sat Jul 11, 2020 6:09pm:
Hi without knowing your pros & cons,
About Sax: I love it & know many Spanish friends & families. 20Yrs ago there were about 12 UK families & now about 300-400 families incl. Brits, Dutch German etc. There are numerous bars/ restaurants mainly Spanish- Some ex-pats congregates in 2 or 3 bars, but many find their own haun...
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...ts & integrate with the locals, who are very friendly, laid-back small town feel. The town is surrounded by 3 main mountains, with the motorway a little away giving easy access to Alicante/airport 30-35 mins away & the coast. 1 hour to Benidorm. Under 2 hours to Valencia. High Speed train (AVE) 10 mins away to Madrid less than two hours. Good market day (Monday). The local Sax fiesta (Moors & Christians for 5 days) in February. Winter can be cold but often quite warm until xmas. The coldest months Feb/March. You will need some sort of heating. I always relied on Air-con (hot & cold).
In 20 years here, I have experienced snow on 3 occasions. & the pool once covered in ice.
.Unlike many in the UK, there are many thriving shops without having to leave the town, but three large towns Petrel/Elda/Villena (10 mins drive away) Main Hospital in Elda 10 mins away.
Central doctor´s medical centre in town. One can almost walk everywhere in town on foot, (& as many Spanish say, “walk in 10 minutes & car-drive it in 20!).
I can explain more, feel free to ask.
V
Villas, all that sounds Heaven . You are bles sed to be living there.Is there a local Iceland ?
If so that would make it Paradise
😉
LeckyLes
