29 Mar 2008 6:06 PM:

Hi

we found that if you have a good solicitor and you find something yourself then he can deal with everything. We found our property and yes we negotiated a price with the vendor which is what you would do in England and when the price was agreed our solicitor did everything else. I don't know if this is what normally happens but it was so straight forward it was great, he opened our bank accounts,sorted our NIE numbers and made everything run really smoothly maybe we were lucky we don't know but with the market as it is we would strongly suggest that you go out and drive around and if you find something then make a cheeky offer! you just never know, the other thing is get a solicitor that has been recommended to you, we would gladly recommend ours but im sure there are plenty of people on this site that can recommend theirs too.

cheers

Thread: Buying Agents ???

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25 Mar 2008 12:00 AM:

Hi

Can anyone who is in the Rojales,Benijofar area tell me if there are  buses that run to Guadamar and La Mata from one of the above towns, or to any other beach resort.

Cheers

 

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25 Mar 2008 1:17 PM:

Hi

Not heard of El Raso but are the other two near us? if so can recommend the area but thats quite up from Mazzarron, are you going through an company or on your own? we first went with a couple who showed us the area and then we went round local estate agents but we sort of fell upon our house because we went to look at a property with a local estate agent and we really liked the house so we decided to go have another look on our own at night (obviously we couldnt look inside) but we sat and took in the area etc when a man knocked on our car door. He asked us if we had just been in the house and we said no but we had been to look at it earlier we explained that we really liked it and were thinking of buying and asked him about the area he invited us into his house just across the road and he told us that he knew of a  3 bed house coming up that we might get for the same price. Anyway to cut a long story short we bought a three bed det house for 10,000 euro less than a two bed and made good friends in the process, so all i can advise is dont be afraid to talk to people on the estates that you like, they might know someone  with a property for sale who doesnt want to go through an estate agent as they can cost a lot ot money and be really cheeky in what you offer its a buyers market and they can only say no.

Anyway i'll stop gassing now so good luck with your search

Kim & Tim

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24 Mar 2008 8:34 PM:

Hi

We have just bought a place in Rojales its not near you but just like to tell you we are glad we took the plunge, we travelled all over including to mazzarron for a look too thought it looked nice. we found resale properties to be better value and abit safer in the knowledge that its actually built and all paper work is in place. We found buying off plan to be a bad experiance if thats what your thinking im not saying its the same every where but it was for us we put our deposit down and 2yrs later they still hadnt started the footings. so when we finally got our money back (which we didnt think we would) we bought a resale in Rojales and we got all the furniture included and we got it for a great price as the market has slowed right down in Spain too so its a buyers market.

We were told not to expect to make any profit on our property for 2 - 3 yrs but we werent bothered as we didnt buy for profit.

So we hope you are lucky like us and find your dream home and enjoy it for many years to come

kim & Tim

ps we could recommend our lawyer he was brill if you need one.

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24 Mar 2008 8:08 PM:

Hola

total novice here totally lost with the  feminine and masculine bit never mind past and present but would really love to learn at the moment all we know is Hola Gracias and dos ceversa por favour ( not sure if i even spelt that right)  so think it would be a really good idea.

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