Where to buy a holiday apartment in Mojacar?

Gary59 wrote on Wed May 30, 2018 4:03pm:

Hi, I am new to this forum, but hope someone can advise on buying a holiday apartment in Mojacar. We have never visited the area but are looking to come out for two weeks in September to get a feel for the place and hopefully take the first steps in owning an apartment. From what I have read and ...

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...seen on the internet, Mojacar looks lovely, with no high rise buildings and not too commercialised and with a good climate etc.  I have a few questions and concerns though as we have never done anything like this before. First of all, I notice that Mojacar Playa covers quite a wide area and I am not at all sure where best to start looking. We have seen quite a few very nice looking apartments above the Marina Torre golf course, but is this too far away to walk to the restaurants/ bars/shops etc? Is there a preferred area of Mojacar in most peoples eyes?  I have read about the buying process and I think I understand how this works, but if anyone can give me any of their experiences (good & bad!) about purchasing that would be very much appreciated.

In the short term we are looking to come out for many short breaks throughout the year, but once retired, we want to live there over the winter months. Is there plenty of shops, restaurants etc still open off season?

Finally, I keep reading that I need a good estate agent and Independent Lawyer. If anyone can make a recommendation on this I would appreciate it.

Thank you for your time,

Gary 

Gary59 wrote on Wed May 30, 2018 4:03pm:

Hi, I am new to this forum, but hope someone can advise on buying a holiday apartment in Mojacar. We have never visited the area but are looking to come out for two weeks in September to get a feel for the place and hopefully take the first steps in owning an apartment. From what I have read and ...

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...seen on the internet, Mojacar looks lovely, with no high rise buildings and not too commercialised and with a good climate etc.  I have a few questions and concerns though as we have never done anything like this before. First of all, I notice that Mojacar Playa covers quite a wide area and I am not at all sure where best to start looking. We have seen quite a few very nice looking apartments above the Marina Torre golf course, but is this too far away to walk to the restaurants/ bars/shops etc? Is there a preferred area of Mojacar in most peoples eyes?  I have read about the buying process and I think I understand how this works, but if anyone can give me any of their experiences (good & bad!) about purchasing that would be very much appreciated.

In the short term we are looking to come out for many short breaks throughout the year, but once retired, we want to live there over the winter months. Is there plenty of shops, restaurants etc still open off season?

Finally, I keep reading that I need a good estate agent and Independent Lawyer. If anyone can make a recommendation on this I would appreciate it.

Thank you for your time,

Gary 

Crancrank wrote on Wed May 30, 2018 5:53pm:

Hi Gary,

We recently purchased a property in Mojacar Playa, which we now rent out to long/short term visitors.

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We went to see nearly every estate agent in Mojacar and found all but one of them to be very helpful.

We finally went with Price Brown Partnership who have been established in Mojacar since 1986. I would highly recommend them and in particular Elaine their sales manager.

http://www.pricebrown.com/

By the way Bluesea Villas as mentioned in Rob20B's reply are a rental agent not an estate agent, however should you decide to rent I would also highly recommend Wendy and her team as we use them as our rental agent for our Mojacar property.

http://blueseavillas.co.uk/

Good luck with your property search

BobL wrote on Wed May 30, 2018 6:17pm:

Hi,

Can't disagree with Rob as our apartment is in the specified area.of Mojacar. You will be using it mainly over winter so you won't be.too concerned with the mayhem that is Mojacar July/ August & Easter.

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We either.repare.to our inland cottage or travel.

We used Spanish Property Choice, Estate Agents. Would not recommend.

We used a Solicitor in Huercal Overa. In spite of Rob's comments, estate agent/ Solicitor-potential conflict of interest. What happens when/ if some glitch occurs. No thankyou.

If.buying from a Brit and you are buying cash not mortgage then consider a CHAPS TRANSFER. You will need.to bring in the 10%+tax+fees in.euros but the rest goes UK BANK to UK BANK so no additional fees.

Don't use bank to transfer funds. We used Global Currency Exchange Network (GCEN), but now have an Offshore Euro Account. Conversion & transfer by Pension Agencies.

Think that's it but consider renting out here Summer & Winter & personally I would wait.until.post Brexit as.there is still a possibility of a drop in the market. Who trusts politicians!!!!!?????

Dr./Coln Bob and Sandra

Mojacar Playa and Puerto Lumbreras, Goa, Australia, UK.

Crancrank wrote on Wed May 30, 2018 5:53pm:

Hi Gary,

We recently purchased a property in Mojacar Playa, which we now rent out to long/short term visitors.

Read more...

We went to see nearly every estate agent in Mojacar and found all but one of them to be very helpful.

We finally went with Price Brown Partnership who have been established in Mojacar since 1986. I would highly recommend them and in particular Elaine their sales manager.

http://www.pricebrown.com/

By the way Bluesea Villas as mentioned in Rob20B's reply are a rental agent not an estate agent, however should you decide to rent I would also highly recommend Wendy and her team as we use them as our rental agent for our Mojacar property.

http://blueseavillas.co.uk/

Good luck with your property search

Gary59 wrote on Wed May 30, 2018 6:51pm:

Thank you for the help & advice, especially re the cash transfer options. Funny enough we met one of the owners of the 'Spanish Property Choice' estate agent at 'The Place in The Sun' event in London 3 weeks ago. I thought they were very helpful at the time, but since...

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... then they have not replied to any of my emails! Thanks again, Gary