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Forum: Spain
Jul 11th 2017, 7:24 am
Replies: 12
Views: 4,641
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Driving from Santander

We head for Burgos and then south from there. We head round the Madrid ring road and have no problem now, though we did get horribly lost the first time we tried it - principally because we were...
Forum: Spain
Jul 11th 2017, 7:15 am
Replies: 8
Views: 715
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: voluntary non-resident income tax filing 2016

Hi JWF,

I am non-resident in Spain and complete the UK Self Assessment Tax Return each year to declare my earnings from self-employment etc., to HMRC. However, I am still required to pay...
Forum: Spain
Dec 19th 2016, 11:07 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 703
Posted By MrsMac59

Form 210 - anything new I need to know about?

Hi all, I'm just sitting down to prepare our Form 210s as non-residents. I've had a bit of a trawl about t'internet and can't see that anything has changed since last year but I thought I'd ask the...
Forum: Spain
Oct 28th 2015, 9:30 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 811
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Wall paint

Thanks, not as simple a task as I had thought. Plan B is to take a sanding disc to the walls.
Forum: Spain
Oct 28th 2015, 11:23 am
Replies: 7
Views: 811
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Wall paint

Lovely, thanks. Do you know what it is that has been applied. I tried to explain what it was like to my painter last year but he applied sand textured paint and it's dreadful.
Forum: Spain
Oct 28th 2015, 9:21 am
Replies: 7
Views: 811
Posted By MrsMac59

Wall paint

Can anyone tell me the name of the ubiquitous lumpy paint used on the interior walls in Spain? I want to paint one of my bathrooms in the UK with it.
Forum: Spain
Oct 27th 2015, 7:26 am
Replies: 19
Views: 12,139
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Can I use an unblocked UK phone with a Spanish sim?

Thank you both for your responses. Amideislas, which phone do you have?
Forum: Spain
Oct 27th 2015, 4:44 am
Replies: 19
Views: 12,139
Posted By MrsMac59

Can I use an unblocked UK phone with a Spanish sim?

Hi all,

I am about to ditch my iPhone for an unblocked Android phone from giffgaff as they use the O2 network. Currently we have an old Nokia (gratefully received as a cast off from a friend)...
Forum: Spain
Jul 24th 2015, 2:28 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,861
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: TV/Satellite guy in our area?

It's not sky - it's a large Satellite dish in the garden. Got Lloyds number so I'll give him a call. Thanks
Forum: Spain
Jul 24th 2015, 2:26 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,861
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: TV/Satellite guy in our area?

Got him, thanks
Forum: Spain
Jul 24th 2015, 1:55 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,861
Posted By MrsMac59

TV/Satellite guy in our area?

Hi guys, can anyone pm me with details of Lloyd from Fortuna (I think). We left our house in March with functioning Satellite TV and have returned this week to find we have no signal. We left our...
Forum: Spain
Nov 25th 2014, 11:22 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 14,650
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Questions re 35kg Repsol gas bottles

Thanks for that, we had no idea how much we would expect to pay for them but there was a lot of shaking of the wrist and sucking of teeth by our local maintenance agent as he was telling us we needed...
Forum: Spain
Nov 25th 2014, 9:55 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 14,650
Posted By MrsMac59

Questions re 35kg Repsol gas bottles

Hi folks,

We have a combi-boiler system for our heat and hot water that works from an eight bottle gas supply, that is, 2 sets of four bottles, supplied to the previous owners of the house by...
Forum: Spain
Sep 25th 2014, 9:25 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,074
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Long Stay Travel Insurance

Well, I had a chat with the insurers after getting an annual multi-trip quote of over £700 for the two of us - one with a medical history, and apparently the way to go is with single person, single...
Forum: Spain
Sep 19th 2014, 10:13 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,074
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Long Stay Travel Insurance

We'll be returning to the UK after about 80 days for a month and then spending another 80 days in Spain before we come home for the summer so we should be ok.
Forum: Spain
Sep 18th 2014, 9:07 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,074
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Long Stay Travel Insurance

Thanks for your response.

What type of insurance should we be looking at then to cover emergency repatriation should it ever be necessary? Surely there has got to be something in the market. If...
Forum: Spain
Sep 18th 2014, 3:27 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,074
Posted By MrsMac59

Long Stay Travel Insurance

I am having difficulty finding quotes for long stay insurance that will give me more than 60 days cover per trip. Can anyone give me a recommendation for a company that will give me 90 or 180 days? ...
Forum: Spain
Sep 18th 2014, 3:02 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,259
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Purchasing property in Spain

Generally, it's still very much a buyer's market and the current level of the euro/GBP fx rate means that you get a double benefit right now. There are rallies in prices in some high profile, high...
Forum: Spain
Sep 18th 2014, 2:48 am
Replies: 15
Views: 5,209
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Cost or replacing motorbike tyres

Thanks Simon, I shall take a look at your blog. We shall be taking the ferry from UK to Santander so hopefully our journey will be uneventful.
Forum: Spain
Sep 17th 2014, 8:21 am
Replies: 15
Views: 5,209
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Cost or replacing motorbike tyres

Thanks all. We weren't intending to ride the bikes over to Spain, we'll be taking the "wimp" option and bringing them over in a trailer on the ferry. I'll get them changed before I come over in any...
Forum: Spain
Sep 17th 2014, 8:15 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,367
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Swimming pool Leak Detector

That sounds like just what we need, but in the Pinoso area. We have had a call from our pool man to say the level of the water in our pool has dropped by around 20 tiles in just a few days. We are...
Forum: Spain
Sep 15th 2014, 8:47 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 5,209
Posted By MrsMac59

Cost or replacing motorbike tyres

We are going to be bringing our motorbikes over to the sunshine in a couple of weeks. Both my tyres require to be replaced though I'm embarrassed to admit it's because they are almost ten years old...
Forum: Spain
Sep 15th 2014, 8:25 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,312
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Amazon.es - replacement coals/pebbles for living flame fire

Hi there, We are coming over to Pinoso in a couple of weeks with car and trailer. We'd be more than happy to find space for your pebbles if you want to get them sent to us here in the UK and then...
Forum: Spain
Sep 5th 2014, 8:57 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 2,016
Posted By MrsMac59

How do I get my mail redirected to Spanish PO Box?

Hi Folks,

We're getting ready to move over for 5 or 6 months and asked our local UK PO to redirect our mail to Spain for the duration but they tell me they don't do that. I know that many expats...
Forum: Spain
Jun 25th 2014, 11:36 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 26,817
Posted By MrsMac59

Re: Banking in Spain (La Caixa)

We opened an account with Caja Murcia and all we got on the day was a bank book. We were told that Caja Murcia is an old fashioned Savings Bank. Would we expect to be able to do online banking with...
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