Pig farms v property - Page 7

If you love pigs and their smells then ok, but also Horses,Pigs and Chickens mean FLIES and plenty of them, villas with bird cages to sit in give it away.

Well, yes and no.  I can’t argue with your experience as it’s unique to you, but we’ve been in Spain almost a year and I’m still looking for the ‘flies’ problem.  I honestly thought that any farm smells in Velez Blanco would become much stronger during July and August, but not so.  Our neighbouring farms have definitely switched to mucking out their animal sheds at 3am rather than about 8am when it gets warmer, probably to minimise the smells and flies, and even then any smell dissipates in 10 minutes.  Now that we’ve been here a bit longer, I now know we are hedged in by at least 5 fairly near farms.....of chicken, beef, goat and pigs.  And still we don’t have a fly problem.  I cant account for the lack of problems so I simply think we are especially fortunate xx

I have to agree with Chrissie we have been here for about 10 months now and having lived though our first winter and almost summer I have to say we get very little smells from the farm next to ours. Yes we do get flies but no more than any other location we have visited both town and beach.  Flies are always present in Spain.  The routine does change in the summer months and the workers do start earlier because of the heat. However, the smell is not prominent in the winter or summer and I think if you chose to live in the country you will get country smells, which is better than breathing in modern day smells. 

Hi Paul, 

Regarding the winters in Velez-Rubio: how cold exactely? We don't mind a little freeze every now and then, especially when the sun is shining.

But, still like to now what to expect in dec-jan-feb...

Kind regards, 

Luc

Just want to add been have coffee in town and some days there are just as many flies but not a farm in sigt

Lovely sunny days, but the wind can be cold, single figures some days, but up to high teens.

Nights are cold, mostly just above freezing, but frosts some nights, have had minus 7.

Wood burner going from November to April at nights to be comfortable 

Phil

Thanks Phil!

So poolside weather from early May to end of October, most of the years?

Luc

Poolside yes, probably only in it for 2 to 3 months, !

Don’t do what? 

HI 

I have just purchased in the area,  whilst each time we made a visit it was just bliss and had no issue whats so ever. but it is stuck on all on its own.  there is a pig farm on one of the roads but i think well away from the house.

can i send you the location for you local knowledge, also purchased from coles