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Funny that Andy yes he did drive home and the old devil smoked a pipe Erinmore flake The inside of his old Austin was a nightmare!! he wore a flat cap,and with his pipe clenched in his teeth, belching clouds of smoke and him belching worthington E and driving so slow,It was not my favorite day of the week.

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The B&B trade has been done to death in Spain. Remember those old TV programmes everyone and their grandmothers wanted to do it.

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I am sure it has Jackie I stopped going to Majrca in the seventies because it was too touristy.
I am not looking for a Band B but more of a Gite. No interest in sharing a house no matter how spacious with people after 15 years on a Yacht the last one was 49 ft it still feels aweful small.
i want to have a couple of self contained places attached to the main house.
Like anything you may have a good idea but marketing it is the key and that is something I think I can do
I had a large Marina flat and with VRBO Home and Away etc we did okay.The big problem was it was in Venezuela and we had armed guards on our gates and I knew personally seven people over a four year period who were shot from the marina so it was not exactly a tourist hot spot!!
Plus I know how to market to BA staff they are a good source of punters as they can travel easily.
I am not looking to make money just maybe pay the overheads.
For me that is not work I was brought up in a Band B then we had a country club in humberstone lincs inbetween doing my Grammar School homework I was playing three card brag.
Then I had an Ego Ronay and Good food guide bistro in Jersey and a riverbank pub in the centre of Salisbury.
Its what I do and enjoy doing believe me its not the money I just like flapping my gob as my darling Yorkshire born wife says so foer meit is not work plus I know how to do places up to look very very nice indeed.
My brother was the Duke of Bedfords interior designer at one time and a little bit has rubbed off Onlya little bit but enough

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Hey Jackie I just noticed you had fifteen years in Marbella.
My first trip out of the UK was to Marbella.
I worked seasonal at the airport in Jersey and two of us hitched down to Marbella and spent the winter in the youth hostel there great memories.
That was in 1966 and they were building the marina and we lived all in on 50 p a day Wine was one peseta a glass, egg and chips a shilling

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Not to mention the price of land then:D My grandfather as always on about being offered shares in the building of a Marina at Sotogrande and he turned it down as he thought it was too far off the tourist track!

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I would love to hear from anybody who actually lives or lived in Javea just to get a feel for the place

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I'm sure Lynn will be along soon to help. :thumbup:

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You may be better off buying a run down B&B and doing it up. I suspect there are plenty for sale and all the licences etc.may be in place.

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my dad used to smoke Babies Bottom
:lol:

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It sounds as though that is the way to go Johnnyone.

The liscences are I think going to be extremely important and crucial.
Plus if somebody has already been operating certain aspects will have been covered

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No idea what babies bottom is!!!

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it was a brand of pipe tobacco, haven't heard of it for years - but I have never smoked so it is really all lost to me as well.

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there are other aspects that have to be considered as a b&B or just a plain let property must have certain safety features such as Smoke Alarm, fire extinguishers and IIRC emergency lighting - especially at the final exits.
all these are costs to be considered, if you buy ready set up these should already be in place.

don't think Spain has the French (or is it Italian) rule of fencing around a pool.

:confused:

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They do, under certain circumstances, such as if the public could have access to it.

Also pools of a certain size on urbanisations have complex rules about safety, access and lifeguards.

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Can we talk about location.
I have only called in on my yacht and I have to say I cannot remember the place though my wife remembers something about the fuel dock.
I would hope to get a small boat I woulkd imagine that it is very difficult to get a say 10 mtr mooring .
The reason I mention location is that I really like to be as close as possible to a small town. I am a villager at heart not a townie.
I am reading about Jalon Valley and there are some nice properties already licenced there but it sounds beautiful but a bit out in the sticks.