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I lived in Madrid for 4 years and was very happy there 🙂 I became a completely fluent Spanish speaker, with no accent, and had only Spanish friends. Worked for Spanish companies and made good money. Travelled all over the country with my friends. This looks like an elephant cemetery for Brits!

A most enjoyable video. Thank you. I love your honest and unbiased opinions. Looking forward to the next broadcast.

Unfortunate ending for Torrevieja Carnaval this year. Worldwide news showing images of kids in streepers underwear. I hope all the legal accion are beeing taken against the sick mind behaind of such a gross idea.

Torrevieja means Old Tower . I wonder how many Brits know that ❤

We bought a apartment in La Zenia 1998. Always holidayed in Feb as it was quiet. But Toriviecha was never that quiet mid afternoon . There was plenty of locals still around then. Also there weren't any pedestrianised streets either and bars were busy with food and drink although not all were open. We did notice that the market that was on the front of an evening which❤ mid 2000s was absolutely heaving and felt as if it had its own weather system , by 2019 it was smaller less choice and not as popular. From visiting Spain as much as 8 times a year to twice in 2018 we decided to sell. And Aug 2019 was our last visit to sign it over to new owners. Word of caution to Spanish property owners. Although we didn't loose out on the sale of our modest apartment, the Spanish red (and black tape) will always find a charge that you MUST pay if you want to proceed with selling your property. And don't expect your solicitor and estate agent are on your side. They make sure their interests are covered first and foremost. And so does everyone else that wants to cash in on your sale. Cash is still king. Whatever profit you might be told to expect take with a pinch of salt.

I’d be interested in ur thoughts on the so called squatters problem in Spain, maybe a video? Is it a real problem or is it overblown?

That's a very good update on our favourite place in Spain! I get the feeling, that the closures and openings of bars and restaurants creates some sort of status quo. 😊

We bought in Cabo Roig, plenty bars and resturants open all year

Muchas gracias buen domingo 👋👏❤️🇪🇸❤️

😊Thank you very much from Tommy & Nuala

Try some of the gloom and doom ,of shops shut down here in Glasgow and Paisley, still think you've got the better end of the stick ,another great video. 👍

❤ thanks again from George & Julie brown 👍🤜

Place called the cofradía de pescadores is the local fisherman's guild, if there is a bar/restaurant /fishmongers associated to it you will find the best local fish there.

Buenos dias. Thank you for an excellent video. We are retired educators planning on visiting southern Spain in the fall to look for our next home. This area, Torrevieja specifically, has an amazing beach area. Condos are much cheaper than in our city, Portland, Oregon. We love a walkable and accessible city. Healthcare, transportation, safety, and reliability are our concerns. Gracias! Dean & Cindy

Thanks for the update hopev all is good with you and Karen will be out to Murcia in just over 2 weeks 😊. Where the best place to park free in Torrevieja. Thanks

I am Spanish, my father is from Orihuela and my mother is from Jumilla. My grandparents had a house in Torrevieja in front of the Conde beach, I used to go when I was little. They sold it when it became a tourist area for foreigners due to the expansion.

Love the video yesterday 😊

el problema de torreviaja es que creció demasiado aprisa y no modernizó su núcleo urbano para ser el centro neurálgico de toda la costa blanca. son calles angostas y pequeñas, imposibles para el tráfico de coches, mal planificadas, y los edificios abalconados han envejecido mal en su mayoría. supongo que la remodelación del puerto servirá para ir abriendo las calles del extrarradio y descongestionar el centro, de forma parecida a cómo fue desahogándose el centro de la ciudad de murcia debido a la peatonalización de los aledaños del cc ´´el corte inglés´´. torrevieja tenía otro sentido en los años 60, 70, 80, e incluso hasta mediados de los 90, era un ambiente diferente, más rural, de pequeño pueblo pesquero. todos los bares y restaurantes eran diferentes con un ambiente más castizo español. mi padre echa de menos ese ambiente, la verdad es que era mucho más familiar y acogedor, pero el tiempo pasa... aún así, creo que la modernización era necesaria debido a su crecimiento por el atractivo de toda la zona, que incluye esos campos de golf de interés internacional, o las mismas playas que, sinceramente, creo que se han quedado pequeñas para la afluencia que tienen en temporada alta de verano. creo incluso que la playa de los náufragos se irá extendiendo artificialmente hacia ´´la veleta´´ y ´´mar azul´´, si es que la misma naturaleza del fondo marino así lo permite, tal como ya pasó en la playa de ´´cala capitán´´ de cabo roig, la cual era muy distinta en los 90 (increíblemente distinta). en fin, creo que las obras de la nueva zona de ocio del puerto de torrevieja acabarán completamente sobre el verano de 2025 ó 2026, siempre hay aplazamientos y sobrecostes por imprevistos. y supongo que entonces se irá transformando todo lo de alrededor, incluyendo esa plaza de la iglesia antigua, la cual también pide a gritos una renovación.

I was in Fuengirola week before last and it was busier than here (but quieter than I have seen it before)

We've just been looking at our usual spanish holidays with TUI. They've always cost around £2000. This year they cost from £3000!

Those days are long gone and I mean long gone.We have been here permanently for 26years.If you were here then you would understand.We bought our first house in Pesetas and when the boom years came we sold it for 4times more than what we paid for it and did what a lot of Brits. were doing at the time.Selling on the coast and moving inland where properties were still as cheap as chips.You have to remember as well when the Euro came in we were getting roughly 1.56€ to the pound.I remember you could buy a T shape villa on it's own plot with a pool for 20million Pesetas.Joking apart me and the wife are ex bar owners,that was some experience.Used to do a tubo and tapa 100Pesetas.I also think half the people that appear on the TV programmes have no intentions of buying,they just want the bragging rites to their friends.Has Spain come to the end of it's sell buy date? Only time will tell.A greeting.

Our Valentine’s 3-course Set Menu is available from £37.50, all day, 11th to 17th February, running alongside our À La Carte. Thought 60 euros reasonable the above is Millar Carter menu

21 yrs ago .. 80.000 euros would’ve bought a very nice property..

im over in May to explore areas to move to but when ill be able to move im still not sure

What was the bad news? I watched the whole thing, but didnt get it... that restaurants closed (one had reopened)?

Nobody is looking forward to buying an house priced above 200k as the rental houses seem to be good option for summer time

If those speakers where left in Joburg, someone would be living in them😊

Enjoyed the insight into property prices 8 years ago myself and my Polish wife moved to Gdynia where we bought 2 apartments 1 to live & for rent prior to Brexit was very easy since then we sold both at a healthy profit and Bought a new house only problem was that being a non EU I was not allowed to own the property had to buy in my Polish wife only took us 11months to get approval from Polish authorities to split ownership 50/50 The joys of Brexit 🙈🙈

Thanks for the video, you mention the price that apartments have sold for, is there a way to find that out in Spain, it all feels very secretive unlike the UK where you can look up what properties have sold for.

Hi it’s a sign of the times England the same shops pubs shutting down it’s grim 😢

Thanks

Hi love your videos could you do a supermarket video n do price ranges n comparison to UK or Ireland prices to Spanish big supermarkets please 🙏🏽

Back on 2nd March can't wait like your mast music.😀😀

By in surrounding areas. Much cheaper.

That’s why I’d choose to live in Spain as opposed to the UK 🔊

Nice video thank you... I travel fulltime and Spain was so unimpressive to us .. Faded rose for sure .

When you complain that properties in Torrevieja used to be 50K euros and now are much more, think about this dump the UK where especially in the South a three-bedroom shoebox house will cost you half a mil pounds! Or that's x10 more for a country that I would never visit, let alone live in if it wasn't for the goddamn money...

The reason why businesses are closing down is There’s no people in that city / town

Aren't the streets clean!

What about the sewages smell in Torrevieja. Thank you so much. I am looking for property over there 😀

"gone are those days" well said. Average home price here in the US is $439000 with interest rates around 7.5% and property taxes 1.5% that is almost $6700 a year just for the taxes. And you got someone complaining that why they can't buy two bed apartment with terrace and solarium not more than 5 minutes walk from a beach for €60000? Just mind blown.

Wow

That Good Burgers a Rip Off

But I don't really get it, at beginning you say gone were the days of 60,000 Appartments, then as it's going on you say town's going down , then you say about high rise Appartments somebody just bought up and's fixing but 👍🏻😂 no bad vibes just curious about Torrevieja 🎉😉 Oh thinking about it ( cos just saw one of your comments guy mentioned Cemetery for brits ! Seems to me like people ( Internationals! ) arn't quite sure about it being a good investment town or place to settle or be a hip place ! am I right 🤷🏻?... Tony 🤝

Looking to buy in torrevieja looked at 1 or 2 can you recommend a estate agent please

Shame couldn't meet this time mate. I had to drive back to Valencia. I have clients signing the deed tomorrow and Tuesday. I'll be back soon in Torrevieja. Have a few clients sogning deeds in La Torreta and Centro. Btw, I saw a flat on the beach selling for 1mil...out of this world. I don't think it's worth it but there are people paying that kind of money.

What is caña + tapa? Tapa I guess is tapas, but Google says caña is sugar cane ? 🤔

60euro for two people. I live in Benidorm and my weekly shop is 60euro. Unfortunately, eating out is not for me.

Kupiłem mieszkanie w Torrevieja w 2021 za 70000. Teraz, po remoncie warte jest 120000. Tylko kto by chciał to kupić? Puste miasto.

Can you recommend a estate agent please looking to buy a place there

Do you think the mass refusal of residence visas to Brits in the second half of last year, as we approached the Brexit transitional deadline, is part of the problem? There are loads of Brits at home this winter due to the 90 day rule restricting their traditional winter in Spain. Some I know are also considering selling up for good.

Very concrete place 😟 can't understand why so many British buy there?

It's depressing, sorry

Do the Morrocans still sell hash at the harbour in the afternoons 😂.

Lived here 24 years you only go toriviecha for the parades

Expensive meal at 60 euros

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Looks a little desolate tbh.

All those who voted out must now be wallowing in a smug sense of sovereignty and superiority. They got their desire! Talk about plump turkeys voting for Christmas! I take it there are some intelligent ex pats who could see all this happiness running to greet them, arms wide open!

We’re is very body

Why don’t they ever seem to anything about all the graffiti 🤔

at least youve got hot weather?and no grey depressing shit uk weather?

its the £28000 proof of income each year for 5 years thats stopping me moving now on an NLV,im only 51 so cant get pensions for ages.but if i could get a sponsor for a job id sell my house and move now,buy a property with uk house sale and work in Spain.prices are climbing high and im worried i will be priced out of the market the longer i wait.

Businesses: The rents are FAR too expensive, and what with taxes, national insurance, public liability, SUMA, Electricity and Gas costs + there is not enough people who have the money to eat out even during the day.

spain LOL

Thanks for the nice videos❤ i would like to contact you for a question☺️? if it is possible.