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Search: Posts Made By: Culebronchris
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Forum: Spain
Feb 6th 2020, 11:24 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 640
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Car Insurance write-off

Thanks. It may well be that simple.
Forum: Spain
Feb 4th 2020, 6:41 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 640
Posted By Culebronchris

Car Insurance write-off

My wife's car was destroyed in an accident (she was OK) and the insurance people rang today to say that it was a write-off and did she want to keep the car or did she want them to scrap it.

I seem...
Forum: Spain
Nov 16th 2018, 11:56 am
Replies: 5
Views: 763
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Process to claim UK state pension after working in Spain

Thanks for that link to the vida laboral
Forum: Spain
Nov 14th 2018, 12:48 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 763
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Process to claim UK state pension after working in Spain

Yes, sorry, I was being a bit vague there. I'd looked at a few websites and I thought I'd have to go to the INSS people but I wasn't sure about the timing and about any initial paperwork I might...
Forum: Spain
Nov 14th 2018, 11:06 am
Replies: 5
Views: 763
Posted By Culebronchris

Process to claim UK state pension after working in Spain

I'm absolutely certain that this thread already exists but I can't find it so apologies for the duplication.

I'm British, I left the UK in 2004 and I have 31 years there with full NI...
Forum: Spain
Oct 19th 2017, 5:40 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 814
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Who assigns postal addresses

Our address is Partida such and such on the escritura and Caserío such and such on the padrón. On the Catastro we're in Pedanía such and such. What happens is that the databases used by various...
Forum: Spain
Oct 19th 2017, 7:53 am
Replies: 10
Views: 814
Posted By Culebronchris

Who assigns postal addresses

Does anyone know how postal addresses are assigned in Spain? Is it the Town Hall/Local Police, the Post Office, Catastro or some other august body? I do not need to know - I'm just interested and...
Forum: Spain
Jul 7th 2017, 9:26 am
Replies: 5
Views: 10,071
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Altea, Spain...the good, the bad?

We have friends that live in Altea Hills which is a development just outside Altea. Altea Hills is full of people of every nationality with everything from quite modest homes to enormous mansions....
Forum: Spain
Jun 2nd 2017, 6:52 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,279
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: END CORRUPTION

La Tesorería de la Seguridad Social le reclama esta cifra en concepto de diferencias en las cotizaciones a raíz de varias denuncias del sindicato CGT investigadas y confirmadas por la Inspección de...
Forum: Spain
Jun 1st 2017, 2:59 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,051
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: "Smart" electric meter

There's no problem with the paperwork - thankfully.

I think you're correct about the right to 5.75kw (I actually thought it was 5.5kw) but it's a right that seems to have to be paid for.

There...
Forum: Spain
Jun 1st 2017, 2:34 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,051
Posted By Culebronchris

"Smart" electric meter

We live in a rural area. Our contracted power supply is 2.1kw (a little better than our neighbours who have 1.9kw) Twelve years ago, when we first moved in, I asked Iberdrola about increasing the...
Forum: Spain
May 29th 2017, 4:31 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,279
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: END CORRUPTION

Oh.
Forum: Spain
May 27th 2017, 4:19 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,279
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: END CORRUPTION

Spaniards seem to have two classes of corruption. The political kind, the business kind where people line their pockets with other people's money is definitely under attack from all sides.
...
Forum: Spain
May 27th 2017, 4:12 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 884
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Electricity

Yep: It's not so much that the power is expensive it's the standing charges, the meter rental, the power contracted etc.
Forum: Spain
May 22nd 2017, 3:42 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 3,017
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Permanent residency certificate

Yep. That all makes sense. Mine doesn't have an expiration date so I've never needed to change it as there have been no changes to the information on it. And because I've not changed it my permanence...
Forum: Spain
May 22nd 2017, 2:26 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 3,017
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Permanent residency certificate

Just my luck. My green bit of paper is obviously of a different design and it mentions nothing about permanency.
Forum: Spain
May 20th 2017, 4:51 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 3,017
Posted By Culebronchris

Permanent residency certificate

I am British, I was born in the UK. I have lived in Spain for about twelve years now and for most of that time I have worked on temporary contracts with Spanish employers. I also have a UK Teachers'...
Forum: Spain
May 17th 2017, 7:06 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,132
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Language Assistant in Spain

My partner worked on the Bilingual project with the BC for a few years. She enjoyed the work. The pay is reasonable by Spanish standards for people involved in teaching who haven't passed their state...
Forum: Spain
Apr 29th 2017, 10:24 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 997
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Spare a thought

I always find this a very confusing topic. I keep hearing about the drought in the north or how the farmers of Murcia feel badly done by, water wise, but whenever it prompts me to have a look at the...
Forum: Spain
Apr 29th 2017, 10:04 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 17,174
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Where to avoid

Hiya: i got a bit bored with scanning the comments but if this is still a relevant topic I lived in Santa Pola for a while. Nice, ordinary seaside town. Torrevieja is a bit scruffier and it feels a...
Forum: Spain
Apr 29th 2017, 9:55 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 689
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Faro to Alicante

I've done this journey two ways but years and years ago. From Faro to Lisbon, Lisbon to Madrid and Madrid to Alicante - on the train. I'm certain that you would be able to do the same trip by bus...
Forum: Spain
Apr 17th 2017, 7:36 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,182
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Do we really need a Spanish bank account?

Do you definitely need a bank account in the UK? It may be possible to get away without one?

I suppose it's the same living in Spain. It's probably possible to find a way around if you don't have...
Forum: Spain
Apr 6th 2017, 6:55 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 750
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Declaración de la Renta 2016 Tax Return

Thanks Fred - that puts my mind at rest. Yes I'd seen it on the declaration for 2015 but I did part of the year as an autonomo and I wondered if it were some sort of left over related to self...
Forum: Spain
Apr 6th 2017, 10:19 am
Replies: 49
Views: 4,839
Posted By Culebronchris

Re: Brits applying for spanish nationality

Just onthe originalish question. I read that the numbers before Brexit had been around 70, it may have been 76, and that the current number is something like 420 applications from Britons for Spanish...
Forum: Spain
Apr 6th 2017, 10:08 am
Replies: 4
Views: 750
Posted By Culebronchris

Declaración de la Renta 2016 Tax Return

I had a look at my borrador, the draft, of my 2016 income tax return and, apart from being expensive bad news the process looked very straightforward.

I am a little concerned about box 16, casilla...
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