05 Apr 2025 7:40 AM:

We're in Benahavis, Malaga. We adore this area. I've been into sports (tennis) all my life, and have found many great clubs. Of course, there are also golf courses everywhere here. Plenty of walking trails, and mountains in the areas to explore, lots of ruins (like the Montemayor Castle), and people offering all manner of bike and buggy rides through the mountain trails.

Benahavis itself is a gastronomic centre. 50+ restaurants for such a small census population (7,000 residents). Beaches nearby, and great towns and villages to explore nearby.

We also have incredibly fast internet, which is a blessing, and the area is full of wildlife to see. I've often see birds of prey riding the winds looking for their next meal, we have deer in our unbanisation, along with wild boar, goats, and many more.

Malaga airport is nearby, and is really well connected, with a great highway along the coast.

 

We've also got a wide variety of people and nationalities, from all sorts of backgrounds. One day I play tennis with a retired pilot from Argentina, next day its an Italian born in south America, next day its a Brit from London, and the day after its an Aussie who lived for years in Germany.

I cant recommend this lifestyle enough. Give it a go.

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18 Nov 2023 11:32 AM:

I received a letter from Endesa about this; apparently you need to contact them, and they have a department that can help, but as I understand it, you need to discuss it with them BEFORE you get it installed. Whoever is your supplier, will probably have a similar process, so I'd start with a phone call to them first.

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17 May 2020 11:06 PM:

Hi All,

  I was hoping for a recommendation for a carpenter to install wardrobes. We need:

1. A walk in wardrobe

2. 5 regular wardrobes

3. A sauna installation

  If someone could post up a recommended person (ideally their email address) in this thread that can work around Benahavis, that would be very much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Rob

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04 Mar 2020 12:50 PM:

Thanks Mariedav. I guess we should be okay, as we're all UK/EU citizens.

I guess the issue with prices for things is that if we sold, we'd get nothing much at all for our second hand things, yet replacing them would cost whatever the new price was. It's really a case of the transport costs and whether or not it's worth it. It's a relief to know taxes won't be an issue though.

I think your solution for cars is a good idea.Thanks again.

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02 Mar 2020 12:07 PM:

Hi All,

  Just doing some final planning; we've sold our UK property and moved into rented accomodation, and our house in Spain is nearing final completion of the build.

  I'd like to look into the removals side of things; we still have all our old furniture, and some of it is quite old. I've looked at initial advice around paying customs charges for moving furniture, and it looks like maybe we have to pay some taxes for shipping our own property, even though it's quite old. There seems to be some advise around showing invoices / receipts for when they were purchased in order to legally avoid paying taxes on old things, but truthfully, some of it is so old, I've long since thrown out the receipts.

  So, does anyone have any advice about moving your existing "stuff", and what was involved, whether it was easy, or painful, and did the authorities ask you for money, etc to move your own property?

  The car is worth nothing basically, so we could happily trade it for a LHD car either here or there I guess. I have no preconceived ideal there so just asking for feedback I think around what might be useful choices on that.

  That's the discussion on material things; a little about us as a family. Husband and wife with 2 girls who will be 14 and 11 at the time of the move. The will literally just be going into years 10 and 7, and the youngest is the catalyst for the move, because she will finish primary school and move to high school, so we wanted to try to do it at a time when she will have major changes anyway, so may as well move overseas. We're all dual citizens, and ll speak a smattering of other langauges, with my wife being Spanish.

  Any other advice before we make the move (we're thinking around August)?

Thanks,

Rob

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