Archive for October, 2010

100 Tips For Moving To Spain Number 95 Ask And You Shall Get

www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net and http bring you the top 100 tips for buying property in Spain. 100 Things you should be thinking about before buying property in Spain. Today’s tip, number 95 of our 100 tips is about asking. Make sure to ask ask ask in Spain because if you don’t it is very unlikely you will get the whole story.

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100 Tips For Moving To Spain Number 97 Spanish Residency

www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net and http bring you the top 100 tips for buying property in Spain. 100 Things you should be thinking about before buying property in Spain. Today’s tip talks about the process of getting residency and the retrograde step that was Spain getting rid of the residency card and replacing it with an A4 sheet of paper. The Spanish residency is a process that takes time but needs to be done if only for the fact that further down the line when you sell your property you will certainly pay less tax, ie no witholding of 3% on sale which would have to be claimed back.

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100 Tips For Moving To Spain Number 94 La Ley De Costas (The Spanish Coastal Law)

www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net and http bring you the top 100 tips for buying property in Spain. 100 Things you should be thinking about before buying property in Spain. The Spanish coastal law is something you have to be careful of when buying property in Spain. La ley de costas means that if you are less than a certain distance from the beach then you may have problems about the legality of the property.

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100 Tips For Moving To Spain Number 91 Village Fiestas and Local Traditions in Spain

www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net and http bring you the top 100 tips for buying property in Spain. 100 Things you should be thinking about before buying property in Spain. Today we talk about the glue that continues to hold Spanish society together, local fiestas and traditions. Spanish fiestas are legendary and towns and villages use them to bring everyone together and make sure that social cohesion remains.

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100 Tips For Moving To Spain Number 89 Declaración de la Renta

www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net and http bring you the top 100 tips for buying property in Spain. 100 Things you should be thinking about before buying property in Spain. Today’s tip, number 89 in our 100 tips for moving to and living in Spain, talks about the declaración de la renta, your Spanish tax return. It needs to be done based on a tax year that goes from January to December and placed with Hacienda, the tax office, between April and June. Again it is always better to get a gestor to do your Spanish tax return for you.

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100 Tips For Moving To Spain Number 81 The Siesta In Spain

www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net and http bring you the top 100 tips for buying property in Spain. 100 Things you should be thinking about before buying property in Spain. Today’s tip talks about one of the most popular images of Spain, the siesta. Do we have a siesta in Spain or is the Spanish siesta dead as Spain is dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th century (Not the 21st yet of course)

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100 Tips For Moving To Spain Number 84 Doctors and The Health Service

www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net and http bring you the top 100 tips for buying property in Spain. 100 Things you should be thinking about before buying property in Spain. Today’s tip talks about the health service in Spain and what to expect when you visit a doctor. The Spanish health service is very good in general and doctors in Spain treat you very well. However be prepared to take a translator to get the best from the Spanish health service.

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100 Tips For Moving To Spain Number 80 Estate Agents

www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net and http bring you the top 100 tips for buying property in Spain. 100 Things you should be thinking about before buying property in Spain. Tip number 80 talks about Estate Agents in Spain and the decimation of the industry. There are only about 20% of Spanish estate agents left now and most of them are the good ones rather than the fly by nights who jumped into the market in the good times. As a Spanish Estate Agent the changes I have seen have been radical in the last three years.

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100 Tips For Moving To Spain Number 76 Going to the Cinema in Spain

www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net and http bring you the top 100 tips for buying property in Spain. 100 Things you should be thinking about before buying property in Spain. Today’s tip talks about a whim when you come over, going to the cinema in Spain. 99% of film showings of foreign films are dubbed into Spanish meaning that unless you learn the language you cannot follow them. The advice includes getting a big home cinema system as all films on DVD or download these days can be watched in original version. Do get yourself down to the cinema in Spain though as it will help you learn Spanish

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100 Tips For Moving To Spain Number 77 The Spanish Online Media

www.houses-for-sale-in-spain.net and http bring you the top 100 tips for buying property in Spain. 100 Things you should be thinking about before buying property in Spain. Today’s tip talks about how you can surround yourself with Spanish and where you can find Spanish media online.

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