Hi, congrats on making the move, partner mulled over renting her UK property but decided against but she didn't rent in Spain, she was lucky enough to be able to holiday with an old friend and colleague and got a feel for this place from 2-3 years doing that.
When the chance came to purchase her property she was well fixed and comfortable and confident enough to do just that and almost 3 years on has never been so happy.
The village she lives in is a small place called Urcal, a few minutes from the nearest town of Huercal over a, 10 minutes from the A7 E15 motorway, 40 minutes from the coast, H/O is a nice size, busy, great hospital, traffic links aren't the best but if you're looking to drive the roads are great, the Spanish seem to forget how to indicate once they get their driving licences but you need as much all round observation here as anywhere.
Urcal is a nice mix of Spanish and ex-pats, very friendly, the probably main bar is a great meeting place both mornings and evenings, everyone pitches in and helps where and when needed. You'll make friends in no time. Plenty of good restaurants in Mojacar doing 3 courses, 12 starters, 12 mains and 12 desserts lol for an average €15,
There's nice properties available at good prices, some with pools, mostly served by Andy Voss and his great team who have an office in H/O. Everyone can and probably will suggest/recommend a good solicitor/avocado, call them what you will, partner used Mandy and Chris from Cam concepts and couldn't recommend them highly enough for help with anything you can think of.
Another excellent service is on hand at C.A.T Services in La Alfoquia.
There's a Dames who meet every third Wednesday who organise events and trips, they got a coach of 40 odd last week for a trip up to the Sierra Nevada mountains and just this Sunday, today the local bar organised a wine tasting trip which I doubt will be the last. Most everyone is linked on messenger and Facebook, WhatsApp etc. There's a birthday fairly regularly either at the bar or come the warmer summer months bbq's at folks homes, you get the picture ?? Lol,
Urcal has been featured on place in the sun a couple of times too.
Oh, darts night Thursday too lol. Come on down lol