Purchase and Golf

We are coming over on the 6th July for a few days staying at the resort.

can anyone suggest a good car hire .

thanks for all you comments

Mike

We use Goldcar - they are cheap and reliable - but the queues at the airport are always long.

If you are looking at buying a property can you not get the ageant to drive you around to look at the properties ?

I'd advise booking through doyouspain.com of travelsupermarket.com for the best prices. If flying into Alicante, avoid Goldcar. If into San Javier, get yourself a seat at the front of the aircraft as the car hire desks are in the baggage hall, so you can get to the front of the queue if you're quick.

Mike, there is no such thing as a good car hire company in Spain. Or anywhere for that matter!

Having said that, I have used DoYouSpain on a number of occasions which range from an excellent experience with Interrent in Alicante and a poor experience with Dickmanns from St Javier.

Part of this is not knowing the system. Cheaper rentals tend to be a full/empty policy where they charge you an admin fee of around 20€ for topping up the car. Some charge for a full tank on collection and will refund any fuel not used, but not on return, usually later. Others charge for fuel used on return.

You can ask for full/full but the rental price goes up.

They also try to sell you their excess insurance which is extortionate. Most hires have a circa 1000€ excess on damage. You can put up your credit card to cover the excess and take secondary (cheaper) insurance from DoYouSpain. If you intend to travel often it is worth looking for annual excess cover elsewhere.

Just be aware that the quoted price is not the final price. Accept that the full/empty policy has the admin charge and fuel costs. Always refuse the hire company's excess insurance no matter how much pressure they put on you (some do, some don't)

Forewarned is Forearmed

Good luck with your search

Mar Menor car hire are excellent, full/full fuel policy, the quote is what you pay no hidden extras, have used for two years no problems

Hi kevinstephenz,

I had a look at Mar Menor car hire. Their cheapest car is €175 per week. I got a 9 day hire from DoYouSpain for next week for €42.15 plus €49.05 excess insurance. Even after adding in the fuel admin charge DoYouSpain still works out significantly cheaper than Mar Menor car hire.

Also, I can't see if the insurance cover is excess free. Can you tell me whether their standard insurance which comes as part of the price covers all damage?

Thanks

having decided  to purchase .can anyone advise on a good Solicitor.

i am purchasing through La Vida has anyone used their recommended solicitor

Hi mike

we also purchased through la vida and used there recommend solicitor 

abad abagados in los alcazares. We purchased last september and would throughly 

recommend them never had any problems what so ever very professional from the start

through to getting utilities connected  

hope you enjoy it here

All the standard advice seems to be not to use the solicitor recommended by the agent. I'm not sure it's that critical, though. We used Mare Nostrum in Los Alcazares and they were very good.

Hi mike we bought through la vida we used Abad associodad we gave them the power of attorney and they did everything utilities bank accounts they were very good graham 

We also bought via La Vida and used Abad Abogados in Los Alcazares. They were very professional, thorough and efficient and things went without problems (other than Bankia dragging their heels).

We also gave them power of attorney and they sorted out everything for us from opening bank accounts, getting our N.I.E. cards, dealing with the water and electricity companies etc as well as the dealing with all the stuff related to the actual purchase. I wouldn't say they were cheap, but not really any more expensive than the cost of a purchase in the UK.

I did some research and they are on the Foreign Office recommended list as English speaking lawyers in Murcia and also have no conflict of interest with respect to Resortalia, Bankia or La Vida.

Good luck with your purchase.

Thanks everyone who has helped me to purchase .it is reassuring to know what experiences you have all had.Now for the important question.

can you help in directing me to any golf societies or other people who may be interested in playing.

thanks again

Mike.

Here's my guide on golf societies etc:

Hacienda Riquelme Society. Play every Monday. Must register by 17:00 on Saturday. http://www.hrgrgolf.es/

El Valle Society. Play on Tuesday and Saturday. Meet on practice green at 12:30

Club 25. Play on Wednesday and Sunday. Tee times usually at 9:30-10:30, various courses. Must register by 16:00 on Monday for Wednesday event, and 16:00 on Friday for Sunday event.  http://club25golf.com/

Condado de Alhama Society. Play on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. http://cdagolf.com/

Of them, my top recommendation is the guys at El Valle. You can find them on Facebook. They're doing earlier tee times now it's summer.

Hope that helps!

Regards.

Adrian