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Browndm67 wrote on Mon Aug 10, 2020 10:59am:
Don’t forget some of us Gents, as there are a few of us in the same boat - I must admit, not many!
Thanks
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Dan
Hi Dan,
Don't worry we will let you come out with the rest of us when I finally arrive and we set a meeting up :-)
Jacklynne57 wrote on Wed Aug 5, 2020 8:36pm:
Hey Shazmick, so good to hear you're liking it there! My friend runs the caravan park at Oasis just up the road. I should be out end August so will keep in touch and will definitely be there on a market day xx look forward to meeting up!! 🍷 Cheers
Look forward to meeting up 👍
Paulj wrote on Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:36pm:
Hi Sandra,
Spain is a wonderful country with so much to do. Properties inland are not only cheaper but generally larger. I live up in the mountains about an hour away from the coast, which gives me the tranquillity but never too far from entertainment. I have found the English speaking people in the village...
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...s always very helpful and kind. I decided to buy a new car when I first arrived and to give you an idea of budget, 3 bed house plus furniture and white goods together with car and all fees etc approx 80.000 euro. The roads are really good with little traffic. I find the heat on the coast too much and for too long; in my area (Chirivel) its a comfortable 25-about 30 in the summer. with if you are lucky snow at Christmas.
Good luck with the move if this is the route for you.
Paul
Hi Paul, many thanks for your message. I’m pleased to hear you have a found a nice place to settle etc. I don’t want to be inland I would find it to isolating on my own. I want some life and buzz around me and more so I find I need this having been in lockdown in a semi rural area where it’s extremely quiet and I have to drive to get to shops etc. I don’t want the expense and upkeep of a car so again need amenities in walking distance. Whereabouts do you live as you’re hoping to see snow?
Best regards Sandra
Sandra58 wrote on Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:19pm:
Hi Dan,
Don't worry we will let you come out with the rest of us when I finally arrive and we set a meeting up :-)
That’s great :-)
Hope things are moving along, according to plan. I am here and the weather is fab. Managed to get a flight on Friday!
Great to be back!
Take care
Dan
Sandra58 wrote on Mon Aug 10, 2020 3:07pm:
Hi Paul, many thanks for your message. I’m pleased to hear you have a found a nice place to settle etc. I don’t want to be inland I would find it to isolating on my own. I want some life and buzz around me and more so I find I need this having been in lockdown in a semi rural area where it’...
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...s extremely quiet and I have to drive to get to shops etc. I don’t want the expense and upkeep of a car so again need amenities in walking distance. Whereabouts do you live as you’re hoping to see snow?
Best regards Sandra
Hi Sandra, yes, its always a balance between inland/cheaper and very little to do, or coastal/more expensive/more to do, and prob more English speakers too to communicate with. Whilst a lot of people say you should communicate with the locals and speak Spanish too, i fully agree with that, but there is nothing like being able to communicate with people of your mother tongue at your tempo (then again, you coming from Manchester, dont speak pwopa English anyway :) )
I , for one are really looking forward to your thoughts after say, 6 months of living there, having gone through a winter etc. Must admit, i dont read too many negative comments from people on here though tbh. Seems like everyone says its the best decision they have ever made.
I'm hoping , that if my online business kicks off, that i will be there end of 2021 - thats my aim, anyway.
Stu
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Browndm67 wrote on Mon Aug 10, 2020 4:31pm:
That’s great :-)
Hope things are moving along, according to plan. I am here and the weather is fab. Managed to get a flight on Friday!
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Great to be back!
Take care
Dan
Hi Dan, yes things are moving along, fingers and toes crossed :-)
Good to hear you got a flight, enjoy !
Sandra
Good evening,
just gauging if anyone is or was interested in playing tennis, squash or go to the gym, as I’m trying to understand where the nearest sports centre in the area is?
regards
Dan
Sandra58 wrote on Sun Dec 8, 2019 2:24pm:
Firstly I would like to thank the people who run this site and all the people who take their time ask questions and reply I find it a great help and insightful. I'm 61 and single and live in the North West of England work full time and earn a below average salary. I'm hoping to retire when I'm 64...
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... and up to now Mojacar is where I want to relocate to. I will fund this by selling my home in the UK and buying cash, I will of course be totally funding the first two years from savings before I can draw my state pension at 66 (don't start be on that subject) I'm not looking at buying a car as I can't justify or afford the expense. To carry on living in the UK I would either have to carry on working well past my retirement age to be able to own my car and my house and have 1 holiday a year or I would have to downsize considerably and to a different and not so good neighrbourhood , plus put up with the awful climate which gets me down. It would be great to know if there are people who have been in a similar position as myself, made the move and how they are getting on, what obticles they have come across if any, how they have settled in etc.
Best regards
Sandra
Hello Forum Members, I completed on my UK House Sale on the 8th September, handed in my resignation at work, booked my flight for 24th Sept and secured a 6 month rental on an apartment in Mojacar.
Solicitor‘a appointment on 2nd October. Thanks for all the emails of support and information over the last few months and I look forward to meeting up with some of you very soon.
Sandra58 wrote on Mon Sep 14, 2020 6:48pm:
Hello Forum Members, I completed on my UK House Sale on the 8th September, handed in my resignation at work, booked my flight for 24th Sept and secured a 6 month rental on an apartment in Mojacar.
Solicitor‘a appointment on 2nd October. Thanks for all the emails of support and in...Read more...
...formation over the last few months and I look forward to meeting up with some of you very soon.
Congratulations on the commencement of your new journey and new life abroad.
Hope all goes well and you have fun whilst going through the process (it’s great once you look back at what you have done and achieved on your own) 👍
Best wishes
Dan
Sandra58 wrote on Mon Sep 14, 2020 6:48pm:
Hello Forum Members, I completed on my UK House Sale on the 8th September, handed in my resignation at work, booked my flight for 24th Sept and secured a 6 month rental on an apartment in Mojacar.
Solicitor‘a appointment on 2nd October. Thanks for all the emails of support and in...Read more...
...formation over the last few months and I look forward to meeting up with some of you very soon.
Well done Sandra , I'm heading back to Mojacar myself for the winter , maybe meet up for a drink , I know mojacar & the area very well so could show you around , I will drop you a line when I'm there , I'm driving down leaving on the 28 so will be there beginning of October 👍
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