? Best Place To Buy Holiday Home Abroad For Parents

sunnydays_2

Hi now I was wondering where would be a good place to start finding a holiday home for my parents to buy not to expensive and maybe 2 rooms in quiet safe area a pool would be a bonus. Thats the wants but I think this is going to be a long slog trying to find, buy and maintain but anyway it should be worth it in the end. I have no property knowledge whatso ever and theres isn't much better than mine concerning this apart form experiance buying their own house in Scotland where we live, any advice and help would be appreciated greatly thanks.:beer:

seven-day-weekend

Inland Andalucia - property is still quite cheap here, but you may not get the pool.

Ian_W

Erm,
When we bought a holiday home abroad the starting point was that we actually liked to holiday in the place it was situated, for us that was the canaries. Do your parents have any preferences for where they like to holiday?

sunnydays_2

Welll I think Spain even though my dad hates flying but said he would if he had to, and probably best finding somewhere there that is maybe low buget airline flights from glasgow e.g malaga and alicanti, gerona and reus I'll try round there a beach nearby will do fine for them I think tanks you 2.

Granny_2

Sunnydays, I sell property in Normandy, NW France, but we don't have budget flights to this region - Ryanair pulled out 3 weeks before flights were due to start :mad: , which really endeared them (not) to the Chamber of Commerce, who had spent a fortune in publicity and training and recrutiing new airport staff!!
Beware buying anywhere that is totally reliant on budget airlines to get you to your holiday home.
Work out your budget and how you are going to fund the purchase of your home. Fix your rate of exchange with a currency company (PM me if you want details of who I use), so you know exactly how much it will cost.

If you are going to rent it out when not using it, check out any tax implications and costs of doing so (paying a caretaker/cleaner/keyholder, and advertising costs for example).

And you really cannot do enough research!!

Don't believe everything you see on A Place in the Sun

If Spain is your (parents') first choice, have a look here for more advice:
http://spain.angloinfo.com/
Good Luck!

seven-day-weekend

seven-day-weekend wrote:

Inland Andalucia - property is still quite cheap here, but you may not get the pool.

In this part of Spain there are budget flights to Malaga, Almeria and Granada.