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Forum: Spain
Apr 22nd 2026, 9:22 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 274
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Persianas Fuengirola!

Hi,
Does anyone know a good guy who will repair a faulty persiana? It is very stiff and doesn’t flow correctly, I have had a go but failed😩

Obviously it is in the Fuengirola area.
...
Forum: Spain
Apr 15th 2026, 7:06 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 892
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Iptv provider

Hi guys
Thanks for your input.. I use iptv which I take to Spain and use in the uk, that’s why my 85 year old friend had asked me for advice, I’m 58 but apparently a whipper snapper....
Forum: Spain
Apr 14th 2026, 5:16 am
Replies: 13
Views: 892
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Iptv provider

Hi
can someone pm me a decent iptv provider who doesn’t disappear, or charge the earth and that has been consistent for a long period. It is for an old friend on the Costa del Sol.

thanks in...
Forum: Spain
Mar 15th 2026, 9:25 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 792
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Has anybody?

Thank you for your reply… it’s good to have first hand stories

in reply to

But why not just keep a set of tools here and be done with it??
Then you can fly or even drive a car, and you...
Forum: Spain
Mar 14th 2026, 10:41 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 792
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Has anybody?

Hi
has anybody driven a van from the U.K. to Spain with their tools in the back, to undertake work on their own property? And if so how did it go customs wise etc?

I used to do this all the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 17th 2026, 8:06 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 2,919
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Moving back to UK - 20 years in Brisbane

Hi
I am a Landlord in York uk, and it is a great choice to move back to. York central is pricey for rentals and eating and drinking out as it’s a tourist city these days. In the city walls it...
Forum: Spain
Feb 2nd 2026, 6:23 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 818
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Eldercare for aging Brit

Just noseying on the subject are such places free in Spain/France or will you end up losing the house etc to pay for it!

regards
Al
Forum: Spain
Nov 17th 2025, 7:27 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 693
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Holiday apartment insurance

Hi
Thank you all for taking the time. I seem to be insured by a company called “Generali” who have a red lion with wings as a logo, I think it’s a griffin!

is this a good company? I...
Forum: Spain
Nov 14th 2025, 7:59 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 693
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Holiday apartment insurance

Hi
my apartment insurance is about to run out and it seems dear at 243 euros for a 2 bed apartment in a lovely area. I like that there is 3000 euros provision for squatters, can anyone tell me or...
Forum: Spain
Oct 3rd 2025, 8:15 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 4,689
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Property doomsday: EU rule ....

With all the redundancies happening now, it looks like the crash is coming but who knows. At the moment it seems impossible to meet all the requirements due to rising costs.

Hi Moses,
...
Forum: Spain
Sep 30th 2025, 7:08 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,994
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Non resident BANKING alternatives to BBVA (Ayamonte)

Hi
with the way the U.K. is going I often think I should have gone cards in prior to Brexit, but my parents are still alive and need help and my business needs my presence so I opted to remain in...
Forum: Spain
Sep 28th 2025, 7:16 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,994
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Non resident BANKING alternatives to BBVA (Ayamonte)

Hi
I finally freed myself from the Spanish Banking system, and it felt good to do so, I use wise and I pay direct debits etc from it. At first some Spanish institutions were reluctant to accept a...
Forum: Spain
Sep 25th 2025, 8:45 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 3,370
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Ayuntiamento local tax.

Hi
it will be very interesting to see how the OP goes on with this, as a lesson to us all on how it works on the ground.

i have had issues as i have owned in Spain for 21 years and in all...
Forum: Spain
Sep 23rd 2025, 8:25 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 834
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Taxadora or another good online tax company

Hi,
With regard to non residents tax, I have been paying a local gestor for several years to post and pay my non residents tax, the cost is 60 euros each for both myself and my wife.

The...
Forum: Spain
Aug 31st 2025, 3:30 am
Replies: 31
Views: 4,689
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Property doomsday: EU rule ....

Just through interest does anyone know how to find an Epc rating for a property in Spain? in the uk there is a national EPC register, is there a similar one in Spain?

regards
al
Forum: Spain
Aug 30th 2025, 9:17 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 4,689
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Property doomsday: EU rule ....

As for the EPC rules, it would collapse the housing market as the majority of apartments are rented and when the landlord is refused permission to let it the tenants will have to leave creating an...
Forum: Spain
Aug 29th 2025, 11:55 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 4,689
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Property doomsday: EU rule ....

Hi
in the U.K. listed buildings are exempt so I assume very old historic buildings in Spain will be the same. The problem properties are the ones in the middle- from 1930 to 1980 (in Spain)
...
Forum: Spain
Aug 29th 2025, 8:16 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 4,689
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Property doomsday: EU rule ....

Hi
a similar directive is being implemented across the U.K., I would say a lot of older properties would be an uneconomic upgrade to get them to the required C for rental purposes. Consequently...
Forum: Spain
Jul 28th 2025, 6:56 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,844
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Pipework

AIM in Elvira sell U.K. multi finish

it can be hairy doing ceilings if the weather is hot!

regards
Al
Forum: Spain
Jul 26th 2025, 9:23 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 3,051
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Long term letting

Hi
Just my ten penneth, i have a holiday home which I have had for years. Squatters have become a much bigger issue over the last ten years. I leave mine empty obviously for 6 months a year, and...
Forum: Spain
Jul 24th 2025, 7:59 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,366
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Finding affordable three-month summer lets in UK

Hi,
I am a property landlord in the U.K., and I’m aware of the changing landscape of all aspects of rental property, short and long term. Which is getting challenging!

BUT

i have...
Forum: Spain
Jul 20th 2025, 8:17 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,844
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Pipework

Hi,
I have renovated a couple of properties in Spain, I assumed that they would be the same as uk and brought the copper with me from the uk (pre Brexit).

I found immediately that there is...
Forum: Spain
May 1st 2025, 9:22 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 961
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Solicitor or not?

Hi
I would always have a legal person check over the paperwork, there is so much money in commissions available that agents on the whole cannot be trusted BUT some of them are great, but you...
Forum: Spain
Apr 30th 2025, 9:35 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 465
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Eye lens Replacement

Hi
my wife wants to replace her eye lenses (if she can see me properly it might not bode well). I believe this has been a treatment available down in Spain for years.

It is not lazer treatment...
Forum: Spain
Feb 27th 2025, 6:29 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 975
Posted By Lospacoshombre

Re: Statute of limitations Spain

Hi
Just for clarification she was 58 when she sold her villa, her husband had died and as Brexit was approaching she needed to decide to go cards in or not and she chose the uk.

thank you for...
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