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Would you buy 'a place in the sun' ?

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BlueJay Flag UK 01 Nov 20 7.08pm

This is more like it, and beats getting comfy in a pokey caravan . I tend to agree though, that while the idea of buying a place in the sun holds appeal the reality can come with numerous complexities (and in many countires you can often get stiffed tax-wise when you sell). Far better to have the autonomy to spread your wings and go where you want when you want.

 

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View Lanzo-Ad's Profile Lanzo-Ad Flag Lanzarote 01 Nov 20 7.37pm Send a Private Message to Lanzo-Ad Add Lanzo-Ad as a friend

Lanzarote, cheap cost of living, little crime, perfect climate, all palace games free, need i say more. 11 years here now

 


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View PalazioVecchio's Profile PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 01 Nov 20 9.07pm Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

Originally posted by Lanzo-Ad

Lanzarote, cheap cost of living, little crime, perfect climate, all palace games free, need i say more. 11 years here now

good for you Eagle. Living there and all happy.

my main question, is 'a place in the sun' without the necessary emigration to live there full-time.

i would love to live in Lanzarote. But would i buy a holiday home there ? not on your nelly.

 


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View AERO's Profile AERO Flag 01 Nov 20 9.11pm Send a Private Message to AERO Add AERO as a friend

Like the idea but would do long term rent so could hand back if situation changed

 

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View Tim Gypsy Hill '64's Profile Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Flag Stoke sub normal 01 Nov 20 9.36pm Send a Private Message to Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Add Tim Gypsy Hill '64 as a friend

Originally posted by PalazioVecchio

call me conservative, but my knowledge of Upper Norwood makes me reluctant to buy in Norbury/South Croydon/Anerley on account of not really having an intimate knowledge of the area.

the idea of investing tens of thousands of quid in a language & legal system you can never master....utter madness.

tons of brits bought nice big houses in Spain that then got torn down due to lack of proper planning permissions

I too lived in the Upper Norwood area, and consider myself conservative (small c) but have moved several times around this country, learning the local language with every move. You should try it sometime. It is quite interesting. I most recently learnt West Country lingo, and can now sing along to The Worzels.

or is it Wurzels?

Edited by Tim Gypsy Hill '64 (01 Nov 2020 9.37pm)

 


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View Henry of Peckham's Profile Henry of Peckham Flag Eton Mess 02 Nov 20 12.24am Send a Private Message to Henry of Peckham Add Henry of Peckham as a friend

Originally posted by martin2412

There are roughly 400,000 Brits currently living in Spain, and I intend to join them within the next 10 years.

I've had enough of the world's 5hit pouring into my country, slowly turning it into a ghetto. The roads are gridlocked, you can't get an NHS dentist, you wait weeks for a GP appointment, streets are unsafe at night, there's no social housing for youngsters and wages are being forced down by cheap foreign labour.

So I'm going to become an immigrant myself, but the difference is I won't be poncing on the host state.

Much in this country has deteriorated and we should be alarmed at the rate it's happening. No one ever accepts responsibility so naturally, nothing gets put right. I'm not entirely convinced moving to Spain is the answer but the weather is certainly better.

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View Matov's Profile Matov Flag 02 Nov 20 7.00am Send a Private Message to Matov Add Matov as a friend

I have done but it is a slightly different set of circumstances, given how my family is structured. Which also means I avoid many of the usual pitfalls associated with owning a home abroad in that there are no legal issues over ownership and so on.

But I want to die with warm bones. I truly do. I adore hot weather and the thought of being old and cold is not one I can even contemplate.

Not sure how I would feel if it was a totally 'foreign' experience. I know plenty of people who have property abroad but for me I think the question has to be if you want to grow elderly there? Die abroad? Again because I have family connections, when I go down to Croatia I am entering a world that is not that much different to here in the UK. Weddings, christenings, funerals, family dinners. Both for the good and the bad. But it gives me a grounding that I suspect many ex-pats do not have.

I think that aspect is important. I actually have real 'roots' down there. Not sure how I would feel if it was just a holiday home.

 


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View PalazioVecchio's Profile PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 02 Nov 20 9.50pm Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

another relevant part of the discussion is ....what the locals really think of brits buying up tons of property, and culturally trashing the place.


i have seen some graffiti in Spain along the lines of

Gora Brexit....now will yis all feckoff back to where ye came from. ( or Catalan words to that effect )


Certainly Spain has a culture of ripping off the wealthy ignorant Giri's. And many places are sick and tired of being waiter to elderly drunken hooligans.

 


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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 03 Nov 20 6.49am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by PalazioVecchio

another relevant part of the discussion is ....what the locals really think of brits buying up tons of property, and culturally trashing the place.


i have seen some graffiti in Spain along the lines of

Gora Brexit....now will yis all feckoff back to where ye came from. ( or Catalan words to that effect )


Certainly Spain has a culture of ripping off the wealthy ignorant Giri's. And many places are sick and tired of being waiter to elderly drunken hooligans.

Where do you get these quaint ideas from?

As a frequent visitor to Spain it has never occurred to me to transcribe the graffiti into Google Translate to see what they meant, or are you saying that you are a fluent Catalan speaker.

English ex pats "trashing Spanish culture". I don't really think so as most complaints are of ex pat communities sticking together and ignoring the Spanish unless you are including the wishing of English foodstuffs in the supermarkets to be trashing Spanish culture.

Finally your comment about the locals being "sick and tired of being waiter to elderly drunken hooligans" is as daft as your other comments as whilst some parts of Spain do have a reputation for drunken Brits they tend to be youngsters and not middle aged and elderly expats and many waiters in British ex pat areas are pleased to have a job and couldn't care less what nationality they are serving

 

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View the.universal's Profile the.universal 03 Nov 20 8.32am Send a Private Message to the.universal Add the.universal as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

Where do you get these quaint ideas from?

As a frequent visitor to Spain it has never occurred to me to transcribe the graffiti into Google Translate to see what they meant, or are you saying that you are a fluent Catalan speaker.

English ex pats "trashing Spanish culture". I don't really think so as most complaints are of ex pat communities sticking together and ignoring the Spanish unless you are including the wishing of English foodstuffs in the supermarkets to be trashing Spanish culture.

Finally your comment about the locals being "sick and tired of being waiter to elderly drunken hooligans" is as daft as your other comments as whilst some parts of Spain do have a reputation for drunken Brits they tend to be youngsters and not middle aged and elderly expats and many waiters in British ex pat areas are pleased to have a job and couldn't care less what nationality they are serving

I don’t think it’s really that controversial what he’s saying. Group of immigrants come into a country, don’t learn the language, stick together in their groups and don’t make an effort with the locals. That approach doesn’t go down well anywhere..

Obviously not all Brits in Spain are like that, but there are plenty that are.

 


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View mr. apollo's Profile mr. apollo Flag Somewhere in Switzerland 03 Nov 20 9.23am Send a Private Message to mr. apollo Add mr. apollo as a friend

Living in Switzerland isn't too shabby, we were thinking of buying in Malta or Gozo, for retirement etc..

 



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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 03 Nov 20 10.14am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by the.universal

I don’t think it’s really that controversial what he’s saying. Group of immigrants come into a country, don’t learn the language, stick together in their groups and don’t make an effort with the locals. That approach doesn’t go down well anywhere..

That wasn't what he said though

 

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