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Forum: Spain
May 12th 2026, 4:31 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,042
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Inital advice needed with family of 4 relocating to spain

Some routes have been suggested here, in reality it will always come down to finances, personal skills and expectations and is a lot easier for young singles or the retired with an EU passport. Spain...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 17th 2026, 4:32 am
Replies: 5
Views: 632
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Grandfather clause for buildings

There is a lot of information online, but that is pointless. I can mainly speak for Spain but the process in Portugal is similar. Your only true source is the local town hall and take it from there....
Forum: Spain
Apr 16th 2026, 9:35 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 2,474
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Is 75000 eur enough for a flat and leasehold cafe

All I know is that nothing is cheap anymore and everything in Spain requires permits that cost money. Any flats that are cheap will either be illegally occupied or extremely bad standard, or tiny.
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Forum: Spain
Apr 11th 2026, 4:02 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,349
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Spain's propertry price surge

Well, everything is so connected now. If people are selling up in other EU countries where it's so expensive, they have a bigger budget for housing in the new country.
Forum: Spain
Apr 9th 2026, 9:45 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,349
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Spain's propertry price surge

Not just Iberia.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/britishexpats.com-vbulletin/1156x1156/17757713244525972716090658274888_54c2b6909c7bc5d2e22ec6048e104521f85d1626.png
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Forum: Portugal
Apr 2nd 2026, 3:16 am
Replies: 15
Views: 911
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Que horas sao?

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/portugal/lisbon
Forum: Spain
Mar 30th 2026, 7:07 am
Replies: 5
Views: 760
Posted By Moses2013

Re: House sale in Spain

I know it from Ireland and Booking Deposit is always refundable.

The binding contract would be different but at the end of the day what's in the contract is what counts.
Forum: Republic of Ireland
Mar 23rd 2026, 8:52 am
Replies: 2
Views: 686
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Clonmel vs. Swords - pros and cons

Can't comment on those locations but it's the same everywhere and people are always giving out. Sure, like the UK you will sometimes find areas that are rough and where Ireland doesn't do well is...
Forum: Italy
Mar 17th 2026, 8:26 am
Replies: 33
Views: 3,099
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Approaching retirement

You are right there. Of course how we see wealth in Europe has also changed and while the previous generation were poor on paper, they seemed happier. Maybe because they went from nothing to seeing...
Forum: Italy
Mar 17th 2026, 2:55 am
Replies: 33
Views: 3,099
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Approaching retirement

Although saying that, I think many people will feel the same about areas where they've lived for a long time. Be it English, Irish, French, Germans, Italians, Spanish, a lot of people I speak to...
Forum: Italy
Feb 27th 2026, 2:05 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,009
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Scicily

Amazing what people come up with:lol:.
You'd think it was some comedy movie.
Forum: Italy
Feb 27th 2026, 2:03 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,009
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Scicily

Maybe, although better is relative. Sicily holds the record of hottest temperature ever recorded in continental Europe. Nice in winter and spring, but Imagine those smells when it nearly hits...
Forum: Italy
Feb 26th 2026, 5:15 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,009
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Scicily

I haven't been recently but have friends who visited a few months ago and what put them off was the amount of litter everywhere. I know it's always been bad, but personally I couldn't deal with it....
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 25th 2026, 1:07 am
Replies: 29
Views: 5,410
Posted By Moses2013

Re: going back for a visit

A bit off topic but I stumbled across a site on FB recently. All AI fake videos about the UK, but the majority seem to believe it's real. In this example a Muslim girl is apparently complaining there...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 21st 2026, 7:06 am
Replies: 29
Views: 5,410
Posted By Moses2013

Re: going back for a visit

Yes, I agree in terms of work probably not ideal and of course not cheap either based on local wages. Of course the UK has it's problems, but that can be said about any country now.

There are...
Forum: New Zealand
Feb 21st 2026, 5:26 am
Replies: 29
Views: 5,410
Posted By Moses2013

Re: going back for a visit

Although saying that, it's always going to feel that way when you come from summer to winter and it's been very wet everywhere in Europe recently, even Portugal and parts of Spain.

We have...
Forum: Spain
Feb 16th 2026, 4:40 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,742
Posted By Moses2013

Re: Relocating - Alicante/ Valencia regions

I wouldn't worry about weather going North of the med, it can actually be worse with storms and rainfall in South during winter and too hot in summer depending on location.
Forum: Portugal
Feb 12th 2026, 11:59 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 3,976
Posted By Moses2013

Re: storm

Looks like you also need a decent chimney flashing.
https://www.leadworx.com/ie/product-category/chimney-flashings/
Forum: Portugal
Feb 3rd 2026, 8:44 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 3,976
Posted By Moses2013

Re: storm

Sorry, the image I had seen was December 2025.
Forum: Portugal
Feb 3rd 2026, 4:36 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,976
Posted By Moses2013

Re: storm

The graphs 1Steve put up are monthly values.
500mm in a year would be the driest parts of the country. In the North more like 1000mm+
As an example in Spain, Vigo gets around 1700mm rainfall per...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 2nd 2026, 6:11 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,976
Posted By Moses2013

Re: storm

In any case, 500mm of rainfall in a few days is a serious amount. As a comparison, in the West of Ireland where I'm from, we receive on average 93mm for the whole of February and people here complain...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 2nd 2026, 4:37 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,976
Posted By Moses2013

Re: storm

https://www.wetter.com/videos/kolumnen/nochmal-500-liter-regenkatastrophe-in-portugal/698091b6650ed638a1049c1e
Forum: Portugal
Feb 2nd 2026, 4:35 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,976
Posted By Moses2013

Re: storm

Well imagine, they had 497 in 24 hours
An extreme precipitation event (EPE) occurred on Madeira Island between 5 and 6 June 2023, setting a new daily precipitation record for Portugal of 497.5mm...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 2nd 2026, 3:07 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,976
Posted By Moses2013

Re: storm

Rain is welcome but a big difference to it being just wet or so wet that people lose homes.

News today on German weather station:Portugal is facing extreme weather conditions! Up to 500 litres of...
Forum: Portugal
Feb 1st 2026, 9:44 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,976
Posted By Moses2013

Re: storm

Just checked satellite and looks like some serious amounts of rain for parts of Portugal and Spain. This could lead to very bad flooding in next few days. Be careful 🙏...
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