We are in the process of buying a house in el contador, - Page 5

Hi Bill

I'm not there often enough  at the moment to pay for broadband but will definitely look into it in the future 

Many thanks 

Sarah

Hi Bill

Hope you have a lovely time when you get to the village. I'm very jealous!

Sarah

weve just bought in los cerricos had a flying visit long drive with van very cold for two nights 

Hi lovely to here from you.

Our first few nights were awful! No gas bottles,  no wood for the fire. We went to bed fully dressed with our coats on and hats! The house had been left for years. Like I said buy electric blankets. Is this a holiday home?

Kind regards 

Sarah

yes holiday for now part of our long term plan to retire or maybe 3 months here then back to work 

francis

Same here. We intend to take the ferry from Harwich over to Holland and drive down through France for about 3 weeks before heading to the house but not for a couple more years as we both still work. Our village is about 20 minutes from yours. The trip over eith a van is exhausting isn't it!

If I can help with anything let me know

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Hi

Sarah 

Been a while ☀️hopefully we will be completing on the 22 may for no 4 keeping everything crossed 

Carol 

Oh wow that's not long how exciting! Hope it all goes well. Are you taking furniture with you as there's a lovely furniture shop in Baza? We bought our sofa from there x

Hi Sarah 

Just flying first staying for a few days just to sort things out 🏡but hopefully plan on going in the car for a few weeks via Santander etc 

Does the village get busy in the summer 

Carol

Hi Carol we did took the ferry to Santander. Its quite a drive down so we stayed in Madrid to break up the trip.

When you fly Murcia or Almeria are closer than Alicante.  Ryanair sometimes have a sale and it's £14.99 each way. We have taken enough clothes and left them at the house so no need for suitcases.

Yes the village can get busy in the summer as kids are left there with grandparents.  They can be a bit noisy but just say hello rather than telling them off. They are just bored but they are good kids. 

It always amazes me when we arrive late and there are people quietly chatting in the village square at 2am and toddlers playing as this is the coolest time in the summer.

We planned each room and loaded the van in order so as we unloaded we dumped everything in each room . We wished we had just bought the furniture as that furniture shop on Baza was one off the best I've seen. It is huge! There's a big Lidl and Mercadonia so you can buy your essentials instead of taking them.

We were interested in your house as the views from the roof terrace blew us away. We have no view! I said that I  would move the table out of the kitchen to open it up and move it into the downstairs living room to make a dinning room.  I would use the room off the roof terrace as my living room. Can't wait to see what you do with it.

I'm sure you will love the peace and quiet but there's plenty of places to visit if you use it as a base.

We are there on the 30th August for two weeks and am counting down the days. I would be happy to live there full time, maybe one day.

At least you won't be the only new people there as the house round the corner has also sold and so have 2 others all to Brits.

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