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Hi 

We use la caixa bank that are ok , we have a house in pau 8 Calle la bohemme which we rent out long term, the rent goes into our la caixa account , we use their home insurance which is a bit more expensive but they offset the charges so swings and roundabouts, any legal work we use bodils in the plaza they are really good and do our yearly tax return etc 

Hope you get out soon 

Hi Fleplus offers commision free cash withdrawals and purchases,european breakdown cover and worldwide family travel insurance its £13 per month also includes mobile phone cover and yes l do work for Nationwide! 

Like the sales pitch lol, we only have flex account so we get charged for debit card withdrawals, I have set up Starling now seems straight forward have to add a Euro account speaking to a lawyer from Sun-Lawyers that Craig mentioned tomorrow see what they suggest.

Best of luck with everything. We still pinck ourselves and cant quite believe we have an apartment over there. Love love it and hopefully can visit again in a few months 

Villamartin is where we initialy looked to buy in 1988 but the price of properties here was high compared to properties in the Quesada area, we eventually bought in El Raso a lovely 3 bed villa 28 properties sharing a communal pool but 60% had private pools put in by the builder, the area is lovely but we were always drawn to Villamartin.

My mam loved the Plaza god rest her sole :( she loved Eduardo's and Quesada fish shop she would have been over the moon that we had managed eventually to get a place there think that is why we have bought again as I said I wouldn't come back to Spain after the last time but life is to short to hold grudges i guess.

Thanks to everyone that has commented been very useful and hopefully we may see some of you when we can all travel again, stay safe and keep well.

Hi Sue

We have hummed and harred over what to do as we are in 2 minds, at the moment I have opened the Starling Euro account and Revolut which a few people use, I am tempted to go with Sabadell although I can't get away with the charges that will probably go to paying the apartment insurance or near enough.

We haven't finally gone either way yet as we have just sent the docs to the Solicitor, we have gone with Sun-Lawyers as someone mentioned they used them on this forum and were very happy with the service they got.

Regards

Andrew

Hi - we have had an apartment in the same location just past the golf course and been to and fro for years now but still live in England although both retired. (Family commitments).  We have always banked with.     “Bankinter”  and there’s a little branch in Villa Martin (just passed the square towards the beach) although we do get charges, we find their service is second to non and they do internet banking too. The staff all speak English and no matter what we have popped in for- they assist us without any appointment needed. We have received bank statements sent to us regularity as we also have direct debits coming out of our Spanish bank account. It is good to know that we can email them and they will deal with any concerns we may have, so we never have to wait to visit Spain to resolve this.  I would highly recommend them. Have fun - looking forward to when we can all get to visit Spain again. Regards.

Hi Andrew & Eleanor,

We're also from the sunny north east !! and brought a property 4 years ago in Cabo Roig. We used Sabadell Bank and had no problems with them. Always helpful when we go into the branch on the strip.

We now do all our banking via the app when back in UK. I would recommend them

Hi,

We brought a villa in San Miguel de salinas last October, although arranged through our lawyer we ended up with a Sabadell account.

They seem to offer the cheapest account, but. We have had a bumpy start, with our account shut down several times all due to their own clerical errors.

We paid our lawyer a fixed fee to open an account and obtain an NIE number each.

You will need an NIE number each... checkout Jim’s guides, all very helpful stuff.

Terry 

Hi Terry

Hope your all sorted now......

We have had a property in Spain before so N.I.E numbers we already have plus a little wiser to pitfalls that are thrown up towards you and mainly may I say by our own country men....!!

I have sent the details of our Starling account to the solicitor and she is happy to use these as we don't intend to be resident now or in the near future which will save us the account fees charged by the Spanish banks.

Thanks

Andrew