Moving to Villamartin from UK

If  you have  UK  passport  and you intend  to move over permanently  check out Visa  and 90 day  rule out, Things have changed  since Brexit, a  but more planning  will be  needed

Only think about buying now as long as you are positive that you are happy with the requirements of the visa, possibly the non lucrative visa, that you will need. Its always recommended to rent for the first year before buying. 

Don't feel like you are a burden by asking questions on the forum as we all are happy to help 🙂 

Steve 

Hi. Have you experienced all seasons there ? Will you cope with the height of summer ? It’s a big thing to do ! Good luck 😀

We have experienced summer but only a few weeks but not the other seasons. We understand about having to adapt and importantly, not to treat it as a holiday etc. 

Thank you 

Thank you. We have little knowledge of the legal requirements, visas documentation etc. It all looks so simple when you watch a place in the sun!!. We have taken onboard the suggestion to rent prior to buying. 

The issue with A place in the sun is that you will learn very little which I find extremely remiss of them, essentially it is a very lazy format, same script every week with no useful information for people such as yourself who are considering moving abroad or buying a holiday home , they even omit such basic information such as community fees for people that buy on an urbanisation.

For certain you will learn much more from the knowledgeable people on this forum, who have all been through the buying or rental process and many of them the residential aspect.

My own holiday home is not too far from Villamartin, for me, in that location I would seriously consider the lack of public transport, for every day living a car would be high on my shopping list but that is just my opinion.

Feel free to ask away.

Ken

Here is a full guide to the non lucrative visa. Please note the financial and healthcare requirements. 

https://www.ageinspain.org/post/non-lucrative-visa-nlv-guide

You,  as a couple, will need an annual income of around 34,000 euros and full healthcare either private or through the S1 healthcare scheme which is paid for by the UK government. 

There are a couple of other documents needed that you can get easily.

The comments about lack of public transport at Villamartin are all true. My sister lives at Villamartin and most certainly needs a car to get out, there is no bus services through the estates other thanthemain roads. Also consider the fact that Villamartin estates are built on some steep hills especially if you have any mobility issues. 

Steve 

Thanks Steve. Wow, it appears so complicated. We are going to the place in the sun tour in Birmingham in September so hopefully we can get the legalities as you have indicated. We were told we would need 10% of the purchase price for all the legal purchasing side of buying. Under the impression that we could automatically get dental/ healthcare etc. 

Sorry...so many questions 

You  will  need  inexcess  of 10%  for  purchasing  and   Lawyers,  allow  14%  and you will get  small  change from transactions