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I'm thinking seriously now about moving over there. I'll probably rent somewhere first to see if I still like it living there, see if the novelty wears off. To be honest though I've got money burning a hole in my pocket and doing nothing for me so I could equally throw it at something and deal with whatever happens. Where I'm looking isn't super cheap anyway so I know I'm not looking for a 'deal', I'm looking for a lifestyle change. I'm also risk averse so it's not like I'm going to be buying an imaginary apartment off a website like some lunatic sun-damaged retired couple. ;)
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@hippy I looked into it and got put off by talk of town hall shenanigans, not knowing Spanish, exchange rate, market coming back and the likely scenario that anywhere I could afford would be a money pit to maintain. Plus, the country was a fascist military dictatorship barely 40 years ago: people think it’s so cool but it’s not. My parents bought a beautiful house in Andalusia in 1982 for £18000 and when my dad died mum sold it for 350000 to some Germans (sorry) who totally ruined it. I’m still sad about losing it, so is the whole street cos people used to just come round. Most people in Spain rent, once, after I started going again, I found somewhere I really liked I just kept going there until I found a local person to have an arrangement with and I book well in advance. My mate bought a cow shed in the hills outside Madrid and lovingly made it habitable. He still has it but it hasn’t increased loads in the 20 years he has had it - not that that is everything but it is a money pit - and the gentry from Madrid are apparently ruining the vibes in the village so he is thinking of moving on. He’d be surprised if a cyclist wanted to rent it - it still is a bit like a cow shed- but i cycled there once and the riding is great. Sorry for mad ramble