Raygil wrote on Thu Aug 9, 2018 10:57am:
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE THINKING OF MOVING TO ALMERIA THINK CAREFULLY .WE SPENT 2 MONTHS IN SAN JAN DE LOS TERREROS IN JAN/FEB AND FOR US HAVING TO FLUSH OUR TIOLETS WITH THE WATER FROM THE SWIMMING POOL BECAUSE THEY CUT OFF THE WATER TO THE VILLA SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT NOTICE FOR US WAS DISGUSTI...
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...NG.ALSO THINK OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM ,NO OLD PEOPLES HOMES IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY ILL IN OLD AGE YOU WOULD UNLESS YOU HAVE FAMILY TO LOOK AFTER YOU ,WOULD HAVE TO MOVE BACK TO THE UK,THE NEAREST DOCTORS TO US WAS IN VERA NOT GOOD IN AN EMERGENCY.
IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT A NEW LIFE THERE ,RENT DO NOT BUY ,BECAUSE SELLING WILL BE A PROBLEM .NEVER MIND ABOUT SUN SEA AND SELLING HOUSES ON TV ,ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD.
THE NIGHTS IN WINTER ARE FREEZING AND AIR CON HEATING IS VERY EXPENSIVE,ALL THE RIVERS ARE DRY ,AND THE MOUNTAINS BELIEVE ME WILL GET ON YOUR NERVES,PLEASE BE CAREFUL DO RESEARCH
I totally disagree with your view of SJT. I lived there for more than 10 years. It combines a wonderful climate with good restaurants, great walks, a greatly improved infrastructure and a thriving social life. It`s not Marbella and remains essentially Spanish. When Corvera Airport opens in January road and air access will be excellent.
You describe a very different place...everyone to their own.