Hi from Alicante Spain

tonymar

ognum wrote: »

Hmm Tony, it must be truly boring there!

Why's that

Just chilling out having a drink of Anis , the film Paul is just starting quite like that one!

cheers Tony

Lord_Baltimore

tonymar wrote: »

Hi all its a warm evening here in Alicante, just watched britans got talent

What's evey one up to?

Is it warming up back home yet ?

Cheers tony

Well Toto, you're not in Kansas any more. There's no place like home and you sound like you're missing it mate!

tonymar

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

Well Toto, you're not in Kansas any more. There's no place like home and you sound like you're missing it mate!

Some things I miss

Pub grub and decent kebabs !

I dont miss uk tv as I can watch it here and dont have to pay the licence


Talking of Kansas its been extra windy here , mi pool is full of crap !

I guess you would never leave the Uk , thats great to live where you are happy !

We are lucky people to be able to live where we want !

Cheers Tony:)







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ognum

tonymar wrote: »

Some things I miss

Pub grub and decent kebabs !

I dont miss uk tv as I can watch it here and dont have to pay the licence


Talking of Kansas its been extra windy here , mi pool is full of crap !

I guess you would never leave the Uk , thats great to live where you are happy !

We are lucky people to be able to live where we want !

Cheers Tony:)







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I am glad you live where you want to but out of interest now you have you wealth in your Alicante property which has probably lost 50% of it s value could you afford to move back?

tonymar

ognum wrote: »

I am glad you live where you want to but out of interest now you have you wealth in your Alicante property which has probably lost 50% of it s value could you afford to move back?

Good point , I guess if I wanted to move back to the same area I came from , I would have to down size

Now is not a good time to sell here !

But it is a good time to buy !

I did not move to Spain for investment , but for a better life and place to being up my children ( in my opinion as I accept many people are very happy in the UK and good luck to them )

I do not force my opinion it is a free choice !:)

Cheers Tony

Arkers

Hi Tony,


At times an interesting and informative discussion. We have a holiday home in Murcia, which suffered a flood last September. This was subsequently classed as an environmental disaster and dealt with by the Spanish Consorcio (A government backed scheme which is paid for via insurance premiums). This in theory is an excellent idea, but it gave me a taste of Spanish bureaucracy at its best!


What it did highlight was how disenfranchised I felt at not being able to communicate effectively, and how beholden I was to others who may not have necessarily had our best interests at heart.


It has spurred me on to try and make myself understood and to understand the language, but I am struggling and it reminds me of how bad I was at French at school:eek:, nevertheless, I don't want to be in this situation again.


I appreciate that when in Rome etc but the Spanish have officialdom down to a fine art, and I wonder if you or others have had any experiences to share?


This aside, now the children are getting a bit older I can see a time when my other half and I can think about spending more time out in Spain, however having witnessed too many disasters I would always have a bolt hole in Britain.:T


Arkers

pineapple123

The sun may be out in Spain but its not always sunny having a home overseas.
We have a house in France and can speak some of the language however the red tape for everything is crazy. The £ has changes so much against the euro that its not always cheap. You pay monthly for a bank account and every transaction. Your pension varies because of the exchange rate ( im not a pensioner ). Everything legal is very different than the UK.

No NHS unless you stay resident of UK by having property here (early pension retirees rule changes July 2014) No social care either can be a worry if you are getting on in years.
Return after a few years you need to pass UK residency test no automatic state help for housing or welfare.

If thinking of moving to europe you really need to do your homework. It can be a wonderful life experience but you really must plan ahead especially if you are retired.

missbiggles1

pineapple123 wrote: »

The sun may be out in Spain but its not always sunny having a home overseas.
We have a house in France and can speak some of the language however the red tape for everything is crazy. The £ has changes so much against the euro that its not always cheap. You pay monthly for a bank account and every transaction. Your pension varies because of the exchange rate ( im not a pensioner ). Everything legal is very different than the UK.

No NHS unless you stay resident of UK by having property here (early pension retirees rule changes July 2014) No social care either can be a worry if you are getting on in years.
Return after a few years you need to pass UK residency test no automatic state help for housing or welfare.

If thinking of moving to europe you really need to do your homework. It can be a wonderful life experience but you really must plan ahead especially if you are retired.

You need to move your bank account!

Also, why would you miss the NHS when the French health sevice is so much better?

Lord_Baltimore

tonymar wrote: »

I guess you would never leave the Uk

Nope, but I ride a bike like you Tony so we're on the same wavelength

tonymar

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

Nope, but I ride a bike like you Tony so we're on the same wavelength

At last MY LORD !! we have some thing in common !

Bet your bike is better than mine , I prayed 30 pounds for mine off a guy I used to work with ! at least it works

Except the time I was 10 kilometres up the track I showed you before
got a puncture and had to cycle back on a flat !

Tony



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