19 Jan 2007 12:31 PM:

In my experience, organised inspection trips are a waste of time as they are organised by agents who are trying to sell you an (as yet unbuilt) property on their (very non-spanish) development.

You are much better off organising your own trip to Spain (low-cost air flights are regularly available and reasonable hotels are cheap in Spain) to visit real Spanish areas and buying a resale property that you can actually inspect before you buy it.

If you are moving to Spain and don't know which areas to look at I would like to make a suggestion for your consideration.

 

I have lived in Lliria, just to the north of the city of Valencia, with my wife for the last three years. It is a great place to live. It is very convenient for the coast, the city of Valencia (the metro starts here) and for Valencia airport. The area is very Spanish but there are 2 or 3 bars owned by English people where it is possible to meet friends who speak your language.

 

I bought my house through an estate agent, Barceló, who have a dedicated English-speaking team and were very helpful, not only in finding us a house but also in helping us to settle into our new life when we arrived in Spain. You can see all about them and the properties they have for sale by visiting their website http://www.barceloinmobiliarias.com.

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