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-   -   Buying a House? Why Wait? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/spain-75/buying-house-why-wait-737284/)

Cazzy1 Oct 30th 2011 4:51 am
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On the other hand some people are so desperate to return to the UK, they are selling their houses at silly prices. This stuffs it for anyone wanting to sell their property for a sensible price. We have had loads of properties reduced to under half their original price, just so people can get rid of them!! In the case of one of these it is worth buying as they are well under value to start with. Where else can you get a 3 bed town house in good condition, fully furnished for 40k euro.

Lionda Oct 30th 2011 4:58 am
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I wouldn't buy in Spain, wouldn't touch a property for sale with a barge pole :thumbdown:

Lionda Oct 30th 2011 5:02 am
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Originally Posted by Domino (Post 9704792)
never been to Zimbabwe, it hasnt got a coast.
I am moving shortly.
Its when I compare prices and in the uk they are 2-3 times those of Spain, is it small wonder there are so many eating unhealthily. Tinned this, processed that. Even forced to have a specific size and shape because the supermarkets say that is all that will sell. The "misshapen" produce in Alcampo tastes just the same at 1/3 the price.
alot on this forum are "elderly", with which comes aches and creaks, generally caused by Anno Domini.
I live in the Uk and I don't eat unhealthily .... depends on where you look and the way you want to eat .... never set foot in a McDonalds or similar and never intend to, love vegetables and also know how to cook. Daughters both brought up with healthy eating and both slim, beautiful and good cooks, supermarkets do not dictate our shopping habits or eating habits.

Domino Oct 30th 2011 5:11 am
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Originally Posted by Cazzy1 (Post 9704815)
On the other hand some people are so desperate to return to the UK, they are selling their houses at silly prices. This stuffs it for anyone wanting to sell their property for a sensible price. We have had loads of properties reduced to under half their original price, just so people can get rid of them!! In the case of one of these it is worth buying as they are well under value to start with. Where else can you get a 3 bed town house in good condition, fully furnished for 40k euro.
The same is happening in the UK. People are selling up to 30% off the "market" price just to get a sale. Usually its to pay off debts etc as they end up in rentals. The asian buy-to-leters are the only ones with any money to buy houses in parts of the uk.
this doesn't bode well for those who want to sell to move on or up or Spain.

jackytoo Oct 30th 2011 5:23 am
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I haven't heard that happening anywhere in the UK, even in depressed areas. Houses have only dropped about 2% on average. The last house to sell in our village was a 4 bed detached needing complete refurbishment, average sized plot. Advertised at £500,000 and went for £595,000. The new owners have now demolished it except for the front shell as it's a conservation area. Most places in the North aren't doing too badly either.

agoreira Oct 30th 2011 5:27 am
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Originally Posted by Domino (Post 9704792)
Its when I compare prices and in the uk they are 2-3 times those of Spain, is it small wonder there are so many eating unhealthily. Tinned this, processed that. Even forced to have a specific size and shape because the supermarkets say that is all that will sell. The "misshapen" produce in Alcampo tastes just the same at 1/3 the price.
alot on this forum are "elderly", with which comes aches and creaks, generally caused by Anno Domini.
We've been here before with all this unbelievably fresh Spanish produce, the majority is produced under plastic and pumped full of chemicals, and a lot of "Spanish" fruit and veg started it's life elsewhere, it's imported and labelled as Spanish. (I linked to it recently). In the past Spanish fruit and veg has been banned from European supermarkets due to it's high levels of nitrates or whatever. But keep believing, brother, if it makes you feel better, it must be good. ;)

Lenox Oct 30th 2011 5:36 am
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Originally Posted by Lionda (Post 9704822)
I wouldn't buy in Spain, wouldn't touch a property for sale with a barge pole
. Lionda is 'back home' I see.
It's about 'life'. You can live here or there. My OP point is that it's silly to live there if you'd rather live here; money not being everything in this life.
We have an elderly neighbour. She has a nice house but, at 93, she is getting on. She has lived a long time out of the UK. So, this summer, her grandchildren persuaded her to move to England to a nice place they had fitted up for her.
She rang us last week. Seems she's back here in Spain. 'Yes, it was good to see the family, but I'm not going back to the UK any more', she says, 'I'm staying here'!
Evidently, it takes all types.

casa del sol Oct 30th 2011 6:56 am
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Originally Posted by HBG (Post 9704769)
The official Spanish housing market numbers, understated as they are, have shown a steady decline in value for the past four years. The future predictions from reliable Spanish sources show that a further decline is inevitable for at least the next few years, possibly many years.

To put it bluntly, if you buy a property in Spain now, it will be worth considerably less next year and even less in the years to come.

Yet people still come to Spain and buy property. They're the same people who still buy time shares and probably the same people who send their bank details to those nice people from Nigeria.

There are four boarded up bars, almost next to each other, in a nearby shopping centre. An English couple, both pensioners, have just bought the lease for one of them. It has got to be the sun.

There is a little saying and it goes like this..."don't leave your brain on the plane".

JLFS Oct 30th 2011 7:16 am
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Originally Posted by agoreira (Post 9704788)
:rofl::rofl::rofl: Yes, wish we could have things like fruit, onions, peppers, tomatos, olive oil in UK. Things we can only dream off, eh? :rofl::rofl::rofl:


Pm your adress in the UK, and I will put a few grapes,and maybe a tomato in a jiffy bag and send it to you.

I wont even charge you for the postage.

:rofl:

Lynn R Oct 30th 2011 7:25 am
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Originally Posted by Lionda (Post 9704828)
I live in the Uk and I don't eat unhealthily .... depends on where you look and the way you want to eat .... never set foot in a McDonalds or similar and never intend to, love vegetables and also know how to cook. Daughters both brought up with healthy eating and both slim, beautiful and good cooks, supermarkets do not dictate our shopping habits or eating habits.
I definitely did change my eating habits when I moved to Spain, but tbh I think that had as much to do with the change of lifestyle in that I'm not working any more, as it did to the availability of vegetables or other products. I ate far too many ready meals and expensive convenience foods (like pre-prepared vegetables from M&S) because I hadn't time or energy to cook from scratch when I left home before 7.00 am each day, didn't get home before 7.00 pm at the earliest and often much later, and worked quite a lot of weekends as well. Now that I have time to do it, and to shop for ingredients every day instead of braving the supermarket on a Saturday morning or a mad dash to M&S in my lunch break, I find I actually enjoy cooking. I think my former colleagues would be astonished to see me making soup!

Lionda Oct 30th 2011 7:26 am
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Originally Posted by Lenox (Post 9704886)
. Lionda is 'back home' I see.
It's about 'life'. You can live here or there. My OP point is that it's silly to live there if you'd rather live here; money not being everything in this life.
We have an elderly neighbour. She has a nice house but, at 93, she is getting on. She has lived a long time out of the UK. So, this summer, her grandchildren persuaded her to move to England to a nice place they had fitted up for her.
She rang us last week. Seems she's back here in Spain. 'Yes, it was good to see the family, but I'm not going back to the UK any more', she says, 'I'm staying here'!
Evidently, it takes all types.
Oh but you need money to survive ... been there, done it, glad to be back home after being ripped off big time :thumbdown:

Lionda Oct 30th 2011 7:27 am
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Originally Posted by Lynn R (Post 9705026)
I definitely did change my eating habits when I moved to Spain, but tbh I think that had as much to do with the change of lifestyle in that I'm not working any more, as it did to the availability of vegetables or other products. I ate far too many ready meals and expensive convenience foods (like pre-prepared vegetables from M&S) because I hadn't time or energy to cook from scratch when I left home before 7.00 am each day, didn't get home before 7.00 pm at the earliest and often much later, and worked quite a lot of weekends as well. Now that I have time to do it, and to shop for ingredients every day instead of braving the supermarket on a Saturday morning or a mad dash to M&S in my lunch break, I find I actually enjoy cooking. I think my former colleagues would be astonished to see me making soup!
nothing as good as home made :thumbup:

jackytoo Oct 30th 2011 7:34 am
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That 93 yr old is going to need some help, Many places have lots of steps, out of order lifts, not much public transport. Not to mention shopping etc. I know a widow in her 80's who returned to the UK. She didn't want to but there was no other alternative. She was completely isolated, relying on neighbours to lug the gas bottles. She bought in a retirement community and has really settled she now has (a sort of ) social life.

agoreira Oct 30th 2011 7:36 am
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Originally Posted by JLFS (Post 9705015)
Pm your adress in the UK, and I will put a few grapes,and maybe a tomato in a jiffy bag and send it to you.
I wont even charge you for the postage.

:rofl:
Thanks JLFS! Could you send some of those grapes that have been fermented and bottled, preferably albariño variety, or even a verdejo if you are skint. That would really be appreciated!:rofl: As for tomatoes, I´m still eating my own, they don´t get any fresher or better than that!;)

JLFS Oct 30th 2011 7:43 am
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Originally Posted by agoreira (Post 9705047)
Thanks JLFS! Could you send some of those grapes that have been fermented and bottled, preferably albariño variety, or even a verdejo if you are skint. That would really be appreciated!:rofl: As for tomatoes, I´m still eating my own, they don´t get any fresher or better than that!;)
Will do.:)


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