Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 5:06pm
Be careful and take the advice of moving into the countryside with a bag of salt.
I am in my 14th rental since moving to Spain in October 2015. I am on pensions, so the price of the rent to me is a priority.
I absolutely detest noise and have moved around from apartments to villas, to cortijos and back around again etc. to find a quieter environment. From Alicante right down to the Huercal Overa / Albox area.
From personal experience, top floor apartments in a non holiday area are probably best or as someone suggested, an annex type place where the owners of a villa are away most of the time. ( Like what I am in now. )
The only place that I have been was really quiet was in Camposol. Huge estates of empty villas, which after moving there I found the reason being the huge stinking pig farms around the area and the poor construction of prefabricated concrete panels which meant a lot were falling apart making them unsaleable and almost impossible to heat in the winter. The road I was in had less than 10% occupancy and had virtually no holiday makers with it being over 30 minutes drive to the beaches.
Incidentally, the Spanish will always be very loud, as it is a throwback from Franco's time in power. Everybody had to be loud enough for all around to overhear them so that they couldn't be suspected of conspiracy and arrested and shot etc.
The countryside is quieter from less neighbours shouting at each other, but they all have dogs of which they do not control their barking, so they bark all day and night. Dogs are necessary though with the burglaries of being away from neighbours.
Another thing to consider are neighbours with chickens and the cockerels starting at daylight... very early in the summer!
Again someone said to keep looking, so good luck, hope you find something quicker than myself.