Benidorm
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Re: Benidorm
Jamie,I had a business here in the Benidorm area ,not at all in the pub business,for 18 years now retired.Was asked regularly by Brits. if a job was possible.Don´t even think about being illegal,this is not "soft" England.I so agree with others telling you that the TV programmes are sending out bad info.I´m ok because I´ve paid my dues into the Spanish system for all the years but especially now with Brexit what do you think is the future for a Brit.,no language or skills,perhaps limited funds?When my family first arrived,before Spain was in the EU,we had bought our business & home but a visit from the Police told us coldly"If you do not support yourselves legally we will deport you"Fortunately we did.However my advice to you would be "Stay in UK laddie"unless you have a skill that gives you a proper opening in employment.Remember back in UK this is the message people are giving to migrants wanting to live in UK.Why should you think the Spanish,or any other EU country,feels differently.
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By telling people who often have rose coloured glasses on, just how it is can save a lot of worry and problems and disappointments.
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As I said before there are jobs at the moment in bars but they are very low paid and temporary. The season will be all but over by end October. Those jobs will not pay enough for you to rent anywhere unless you share with other people.
Best of luck
Steve
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Jamie,we are folks who have been here & witnessed SO many who think,because they have determination,it will all work out,then go backhome & blame the system.This also is a bad time because we have no idea how Brexit will work out.I used to rent out an apartment I had bought as an investment,many different nationalities were tenants with a proper legal contract.Never had anyone who defaulted on rent or trashed the property,but I recently sold it as things are so uncertain.Just think realistically.Once Brexit is reality even more Brits.will return to UK,not because they want to,but pensioners will not be able to afford private health care & already have had pensions depleted due to the fall in sterling & low interest rates,young people who started businesses catering to the British(everything from hairdressing,TV maintenance,dentists etc.) will see their trade drop away overnight.Are you going to get a job with a German or Belgian business?The UK will suffer also,although folks don`t seem yet to recognise that.It won´t be 30,000 Bulgarians they will need to worry about but over a million British nationals returning.Can´t wait to get my free bus pass.
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Jamie,we are folks who have been here & witnessed SO many who think,because they have determination,it will all work out,then go backhome & blame the system.This also is a bad time because we have no idea how Brexit will work out.I used to rent out an apartment I had bought as an investment,many different nationalities were tenants with a proper legal contract.Never had anyone who defaulted on rent or trashed the property,but I recently sold it as things are so uncertain.Just think realistically.Once Brexit is reality even more Brits.will return to UK,not because they want to,but pensioners will not be able to afford private health care & already have had pensions depleted due to the fall in sterling & low interest rates,young people who started businesses catering to the British(everything from hairdressing,TV maintenance,dentists etc.) will see their trade drop away overnight.Are you going to get a job with a German or Belgian business?The UK will suffer also,although folks don`t seem yet to recognise that.It won´t be 30,000 Bulgarians they will need to worry about but over a million British nationals returning.Can´t wait to get my free bus pass.
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Biffta,I think we oldies know how expensive it is back in UK which is why so many are fearful.However some of us haven´t yet had a hip replacement.If that has to be done under private health,I reckon you may find it quite hard to be re-insured with that provider.
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Good post, BUT, IMO I think many who may consider returning will find they will be unable to enter the UK housing market, either as buyers or renters. Things have changed so much and the demand for housing is very high over there. So unless they have substantial savings or a good income, the sale of a Spanish property won't provide much in terms of resources to live to the same standard or in the same type of property.
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Good post, BUT, IMO I think many who may consider returning will find they will be unable to enter the UK housing market, either as buyers or renters. Things have changed so much and the demand for housing is very high over there. So unless they have substantial savings or a good income, the sale of a Spanish property won't provide much in terms of resources to live to the same standard or in the same type of property.
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We were a family who came to Spain before they joined the EU.At that time if you bought a business it was somewhat easier if you purchased from an existing Spanish operation which we did.However the renewal of the licence,which had to be done,i think,annually was something like 5 mil,(not in euros)For us it was in the region of 300.As a foreigner outside the conditions of the EU,the authorities dictated their own price.I would prefer to have had the protection that is now afforded to us at present as a member of the EU club.We are not all doomsayers but some of us have experienced both sides of the coin which perhaps you have not.
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I repeat, some, not all or the majority.
I was just trying to point out that for these people, they may find themselves in the unfortunate situation of wanting desperately, for various reasons, to return to the U.K. but find it financially impossible.
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Biffta, they will find it financially impossible to live here perhaps.We do have siblings back in UK & some of us even read the English newspapers on-line so we aren´t completely out of touch.Already those who had the winter fuel payment have lost it.Next is a freeze on the British pension updates together with the fall in sterling & coupled with the thought of private health care,so off to have a glass of vino,which of course I shall NOT be able to afford(due to ridiculous price)if I am back in Exeter where I can have the WFP reinstalled.
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In other words, a lot of people will face some very difficult questions, but it is possible that footing the bill for increased healthcare/ health insurance might be cheaper than the cost of relocation and increased housing costs back in the UK.