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Forum: Spain
Mar 19th 2026, 11:45 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 749
Posted By softlad

Re: eSim with Spanish provider

Success!!! (I think). I signed up with my address, NIE, IBAN etc with Simyo. They sent me a link to a Spanish WhatsApp I still have (it's linked to the old Spanish number I had which no longer exists...
Forum: Spain
Mar 18th 2026, 8:44 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 749
Posted By softlad

Re: eSim with Spanish provider

Thanks for the replies above, folks. Will try both and let you know how I get on.
Forum: Spain
Mar 18th 2026, 2:27 am
Replies: 9
Views: 749
Posted By softlad

Re: eSim with Spanish provider

Thanks for the link. Looks like a Lebara eSim is only compatible with various phones. There is a list of them on their website. Doesn't look like my Motorola is, unfortunately.
Forum: Spain
Mar 17th 2026, 6:01 am
Replies: 9
Views: 749
Posted By softlad

eSim with Spanish provider

Briefly, I need a Spanish phone number and to add one to the particular make and model of the phone I have, it has to be an eSim. I have a NIE, Spanish bank account and own property in Spain. I used...
Forum: Spain
Oct 20th 2025, 11:59 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,786
Posted By softlad

English football on TV in Spain

Hopefully spending far more time in my place in Spain in the near future due to my impending retirement. I wonder if anybody can point me towards a broadband package for the Premier League. Not...
Forum: Spain
May 16th 2025, 8:38 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,249
Posted By softlad

Re: Britons Teaching English in Madrid

As it happens, cash in hand (at a school) or private lessons cash in hand was exactly how I used to work when I was a student sharing a flat in Madrid getting on for 40 years ago. Funny how things go...
Forum: Spain
May 5th 2025, 12:30 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,249
Posted By softlad

Re: Britons Teaching English in Madrid

I do understand the implications of Brexit and how it impacts on being able to work in Spain. I assume that despite the hurdles to overcome there are still some Britons who do get work permits for...
Forum: Spain
May 4th 2025, 8:23 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 587
Posted By softlad

Re: ratedpeople.com or similar in Spain?

I will do so, obviously. But I have used that particular website and others like it in the UK and find it excellent.
Forum: Spain
May 4th 2025, 8:20 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,249
Posted By softlad

Re: Britons Teaching English in Madrid

Thanks for the information, folks. Perhaps naively, even taking into account the restrictions on working in Spain post Brexit, due to the nature of the job I thought language schools might still have...
Forum: Spain
May 2nd 2025, 9:35 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,249
Posted By softlad

Britons Teaching English in Madrid

Sorry, this must be have been asked before. I taught English in Spain last about 15 years ago. I got the basic TEFL cert (CELTA) so I do have a qualification. This was obviously pre-Brexit. Do...
Forum: Spain
May 2nd 2025, 9:26 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 587
Posted By softlad

ratedpeople.com or similar in Spain?

Does anybody know if there is a similar site to ratedpeople.com or the like in Spain. Looking for a few jobs to be done. I'm not in an British/Irish ex-pat area (south Madrid). Would prefer to use...
Forum: Spain
Jul 7th 2024, 7:52 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 650
Posted By softlad

Alzhemier's and POA etc

Asking for a friend here. She owns a property on one of the costas. She has retired, is not resident in Spain. Just visits within the 90/180 day rule. She does have a Spanish will regards the...
Forum: Spain
May 23rd 2024, 6:08 am
Replies: 19
Views: 5,887
Posted By softlad

Re: NIE. Does it expire?

^^^ Thanks for the posts folks. Now I am really confused. I have not lived in Spain since 2009/2010 when I spent a year teaching English in Madrid. Anyhow, here is the top of the form. Bottom half...
Forum: Spain
May 22nd 2024, 2:23 am
Replies: 19
Views: 5,887
Posted By softlad

NIE. Does it expire?

I got my NIE back in 2009 when I was living in Madrid. I was always under the impression that it did not expire. Have I got that wrong? When I log onto my Sabadell banking app, I get a warning to say...
Forum: Spain
Jan 10th 2024, 11:11 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 2,960
Posted By softlad

Re: Renting property out in Spain

Really useful information above. Thanks to all who posted. Regards the tax I should have been paying over the last few years, I have found the valor catastral from the escritura compra-venta from...
Forum: Spain
Jan 9th 2024, 3:02 am
Replies: 10
Views: 2,960
Posted By softlad

Re: Renting property out in Spain

Will do. How much is it? Calculated on the value of the flat, I suppose?
Forum: Spain
Jan 9th 2024, 1:57 am
Replies: 10
Views: 2,960
Posted By softlad

Re: Renting property out in Spain

No. Truth be told, I didn't know I had to. This was mentioned in an earlier thread about a what happens when you finish your mortgage. I have only finished the mortgage in the last few months. I am a...
Forum: Spain
Jan 9th 2024, 1:03 am
Replies: 10
Views: 2,960
Posted By softlad

Renting property out in Spain

I have recently finished my mortgage on a flat in Madrid. I am UK based and aim to spend as much time there in a few years when I am retired as the 90/180 post Brexit rule will allow. In the...
Forum: Spain
Nov 17th 2023, 2:24 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,125
Posted By softlad

Re: Acreditación de no residentes

Thanks. I'll take a butcher's.
Forum: Spain
Nov 17th 2023, 1:32 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,125
Posted By softlad

Re: Acreditación de no residentes

Sorry, who or what is an N26 account? Does anyone have a link. Many thanks.
Forum: Spain
Nov 16th 2023, 10:24 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,125
Posted By softlad

Re: Acreditación de no residentes

Not sure what your point is. I suppose you are Spanish and are referring to opening a bank account in the UK? I have no idea how difficult or otherwise that might be. Why should I? I'm sorry but what...
Forum: Spain
Nov 16th 2023, 5:37 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,125
Posted By softlad

Re: Acreditación de no residentes

Thanks for the information. I do pay the council tax and am glad to do so. I know these things are often comparing apples with oranges but Madrid, even the really working class district where I live,...
Forum: Spain
Nov 16th 2023, 5:33 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,125
Posted By softlad

Re: Acreditación de no residentes

All things considered with the risk of having to pay that tax I was not aware of, I think I'll either bite the bullet and stick with Sabadell or see if a Wise account works for me. I think I'll...
Forum: Spain
Nov 16th 2023, 4:52 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,125
Posted By softlad

Re: Acreditación de no residentes

Thanks. I have never paid this tax. Sounds like I should have been and am somehow under the radar. How much would I pay and how is it calculated. How best to keep avoiding it? 😂
Forum: Spain
Nov 16th 2023, 4:22 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,125
Posted By softlad

Re: Acreditación de no residentes

Sorry not sure I understand the question. I have just paid off the mortgage. Are you talking about the tax non-residents pay on the coast as the authorities assume you must rent it out for some of...
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