12 Aug 2017 2:54 PM:
Mark is right, most household insurance will specify only 30 days to be left unoccupied. There are some that will allow 60 days as standard but you have to hunt them down. We once managed to get an extra month's extension for a fee. We were advised that if a relative or friend stayed in the house for a few nights the period would start again but we didn't put that to the test, although we have stayed in our daughters house to keep the insurance valid (whilst she was preparing to come back from the USA and her tenants had left). Fortunately, we didn't have to put in any claims so no idea how we would have been treated.
We always left our boiler on with the thermostat set at 10 degrees but I'm sure that my husband turned the water off.
Have you considered driving down, via France or Northern Spain? With an extended stay we found that was the best way for us.
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Advice for a winter stay in Spain
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