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Forum: Spain
Apr 22nd 2026, 8:56 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,115
Posted By NABman

Re: Sabadell account holders beware!

Fortunately my wife and I started the process of moving all our Direct debits from Sabadell to N26. We visited our branch to see why our usual bank charge debit of €60 and a refund of €40 had not...
Forum: Spain
Feb 17th 2026, 4:52 am
Replies: 34
Views: 3,364
Posted By NABman

Re: Supermarket shopping habits

Interesting comments.

Mercadona is our go to for most things, and some fruit / veg. Our preferred vegetable supplier is a shop on a street selling their campo produce plus other stuff probably...
Forum: Spain
Sep 26th 2025, 8:15 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,995
Posted By NABman

Re: Non resident BANKING alternatives to BBVA (Ayamonte)

It might be worth having a look at opening a N26 account. Depending on the plan it might free you from large bank charges. With a Spanish IBAN, direct debits to utilities and payments to tax...
Forum: Spain
Aug 18th 2025, 7:19 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 6,698
Posted By NABman

Re: Police Appointment for TIE

Malaga Province (Torre Del Mar). Our gestor managed to get our appointment on the day of expiry. Apparently appointments are released on the 1st of the month. Despite what I believe to be the BOE...
Forum: Spain
Jul 25th 2025, 7:23 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,366
Posted By NABman

Re: Finding affordable three-month summer lets in UK

Following this with interest. We are presently in Tarifa having decided that a week away from the Malaga summer heat and tourist influx was desperately needed. Very pleasant temperatures with a...
Forum: Spain
Feb 21st 2025, 4:04 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,291
Posted By NABman

Re: Water leak in costa Esuri

No they just locate it. Our plumber was there to help with the language translation and as soon as the source was located he fixed the pipe.

It was a pinhole caused by a builder stepping on a...
Forum: Spain
Feb 21st 2025, 3:01 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,291
Posted By NABman

Re: Water leak in costa Esuri

If there is a location near you then Fugagua were very good. They pinpointed the leak to under one floor tile in the house. At the time they had offices in various locations around Spain.
Forum: Spain
Jan 18th 2025, 6:50 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,216
Posted By NABman

Re: Recommendations for good tax advisor expert in international inheritances?

They needed a copy of the Will, the obvious docs supporting residency, NIE etc. As far as I recall they also needed supporting documents for the actual monetary inheritance in order to calculate the...
Forum: Spain
Jan 17th 2025, 6:47 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,216
Posted By NABman

Re: Recommendations for good tax advisor expert in international inheritances?

I was in the same situation four years ago, De Cotta Law in Mijas (Andalucía) helped me get out of the problem I had inadvertently created. John Sutton was the lawyer and everything was completed...
Forum: Spain
Jan 15th 2025, 4:53 am
Replies: 73
Views: 7,603
Posted By NABman

Re: Government announce new law on foreign purchases.

In our urbanisation, a mixture of apartments, attached and detached properties the recent purchasers have all been north European nationals who then spend more money on reforms. The sale price before...
Forum: Spain
Oct 16th 2024, 6:05 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 12,318
Posted By NABman

Re: Travel Insurance for outside EU

Try Navigator insurance, they have a UK call centre number and the team there are very helpful.

When my previous insurer stopped coverage for medical matters arising from riding a motorcycle of...
Forum: Spain
Oct 4th 2024, 5:19 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 7,055
Posted By NABman

Re: Bin Charges To Set To Soar Throughout Spain In 2025

We pay a separate bin (basuras) tax, €24 a year, which is remarkable considering the house refuse is collected daily and recycling, depending on season, might be daily or slightly less frequent.
Forum: Spain
Jun 29th 2024, 3:55 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,682
Posted By NABman

Re: VPN not allowed..

I am using VPN Player and no access or download/refresh issues for this site
Forum: Spain
Mar 22nd 2024, 7:18 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 986
Posted By NABman

Re: Shipping Pets

When we relocated from the Middle East with our three cats we used a pet relocation service who made all the arrangements from making sure their vaccinations etc were up to date and completing all...
Forum: Spain
Mar 9th 2024, 8:32 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 10,655
Posted By NABman

Re: Water restrictions starting.

I live on an urbanisation in Nerja and so far no water restrictions have been imposed, although I suspect it will not be long before they are. Although all properties have meters, the water from the...
Forum: Spain
Feb 15th 2024, 4:07 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,021
Posted By NABman

Re: Ayamonte RUYI chinese resto.

Sounds a bit Australian. When I went there a 5 years ago I went to the filling station which apparently was a Servo. Right next door was a fresh fish place, unsurprisingly called a fisho. 🤔
Forum: Spain
Jan 30th 2024, 1:42 am
Replies: 17
Views: 9,082
Posted By NABman

Re: Adios Mercadona?

Here in Nerja there is a new Aldi being built right opposite to Lidl. Cannot see how this makes sense as it is a complete ground up build. Will be interesting to see the product prices and quality....
Forum: Spain
Dec 23rd 2023, 4:01 am
Replies: 65
Views: 14,380
Posted By NABman

Re: Spanish driving licence renewal

I exchanged my UK licence in 2020 and did not bother with the category for HGV’s etc. All the remaining categories, with the exception of C and C1 were due for renewal in 2025 which figured...
Forum: Spain
Sep 4th 2023, 5:13 am
Replies: 32
Views: 3,446
Posted By NABman

Re: Appliances from the UK

When we refurbed our kitchen my wife wanted a double oven (free standing). As there were none available here we imported one from the UK. It worked fine but the current draw was painfully large to...
Forum: Spain
Aug 25th 2023, 2:25 am
Replies: 6
Views: 728
Posted By NABman

Re: Search for Bilingual Inheritance Lawyer - Andalucia

You could try Jon Sutton at DeCotta Law Mijas, he helped me with a complex IHT matter, I thought the fees were remarkably good unlike the painful IHT contribution that I had to make to the tax...
Forum: Spain
Aug 11th 2023, 7:40 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,131
Posted By NABman

Re: Spanish/ UK Will

Very true Snikpoh, I should have been a bit more specific. What I meant by liquidating Spanish assets was reducing bank balances and reducing our property portfolio, hopefully to leave nothing...
Forum: Spain
Aug 11th 2023, 7:26 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,131
Posted By NABman

Re: Spanish/ UK Will

We have a property in the UK and other financial assets so we have a Will in each country. The Spanish Will states that on the passing of the last surviving partner all assets in this country are to...
Forum: Spain
Jun 16th 2023, 3:52 am
Replies: 7
Views: 960
Posted By NABman

Re: Vetinarry charges

We had 3 rescue cats and all were looked after by our local vet. We paid for the consultation, medication if they supplied it or only the consultation and paid the pharmacist to fill the...
Forum: Spain
Jun 9th 2023, 5:08 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 2,992
Posted By NABman

Re: Inheritance from UK. Users experience please not guidance.

As I didn’t notify the authorities I cannot say for sure what has to be initially declared. I suspect it’s more of a notification and this is kept on file. My lawyer had to submit a copy of the...
Forum: Spain
Jun 8th 2023, 5:22 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 2,992
Posted By NABman

Re: Inheritance from UK. Users experience please not guidance.

This situation for me arose in 2020 with an inheritance from my aunt. Unfortunately what I did not realise is that the tax authorities must be informed of the inheritance within six months from the...
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