Hello Rosemary,

It is a bit difficult to give an exact breakdown, but I think that approx 70% of the villas are permanent homes, and the rest are either holiday homes, or bought as rental properties.

The road where I live has 20 villas, and of these only 1 is a holiday home, but my other property on Camposol is for rental only, and I would say that approx probably 50% in that road are holiday homes.

Camposol is not a village, it is definitely an urbanisation, but all of the villas are one story, apart from some of the larger villas which have a separate 3rd or 4th bedroom on the second storey. The majority are painted white, which is where the expression 'white village' comes from.

Hope this helps, but if you have anymore queries, please do not hesitate to ask.

Regards

Sandy

Hello again

Sorry, our postings must have crossed!!

When I first moved to Camposol 7 years ago, I would say that the majority of owners were in the 55+ age group.

However, a lot of Spanish are now moving in, and they tend to be working with younger families. Also, many Brits are moving over with children of school age ( There is a school bus)Next to me I have a Dutch man who is 60 ish, but frequently has his children and grand children visiting.

Even in the winter, Camposol is still quite lively, as we have several bars and restaurants, (Including an Indian, Chinese and Bulgarian) Also, we have many organised charities on Camposol varying from animals, cancer, age concern, homeless etc. and many of these hold fund raising evenings either at the 4* hotel of at the Golf Club House,so there is always something going on if you wish to join in.

As I said before, keep asking, and I'll keep replying

Sandy

A couple or three pictures for illustration.... naturally the Camposol picture is a few years old, when much of it was still in basic construction. I don't know how old the other picture is.

How many units of accomodation (houses, Town houses duplexes and flats are there in the whole development?

There have been problems on Camposol, some homes were built on a dry river bed, which is probably the homes, all you negative people saw on the programme. Obviously when the rains came the houses moved... I believe these unfortunate folk have been offered alternative homes...... the programme didn't explain that one.

On Camposol there are all sizes and types of villas, some small, some large and some huge.... Large gardens small gardens, some with swimming pools, smaller homes without, but each and almost every person who owns homes have a comfortable cosy casa to be proud of....

You name me a Spanish built Urbanisation/estate in Spain that hasn't had problems?? There are plenty.....

I have Spanish, Dutch, Norweigan and British neighbours, all equally very kind, friendly and accommodating.....

We looked around Alicante, Torrievieja, and the northern Costa Blanca...we liked Camposol and could visualise how it will be in the future...Quoted from a Spanish newspaper...."a jewel on the Costa Calida,"


Any person who says otherwise...go and see for yourself. Camposol has come a long way...it is beautiful and can only get better

Carole

Camposol is about 12-15 minutes drive to the Port of Mazarron...... to a previous post

7,000 according to a Camposol webpage, with more to come. Another site says " Some 3000 Brits live here permanently with another 2000 owning holiday homes"

http://www.visitcamposol.com/

Not half as clever as you think!
I don't actually live anywhere near Alora, I live in a beautiful natural park surrounded by mountains and with three huge lakes close to us, the area is Alora but that's like saying I lived in Lancashire.

There are approx 3500 units altogether split into 4 different sections, A B C & D. (We are re-naming these soon)

A was built about 12 years ago, and is on the other side of the main road from the rest of Camposol. Then came B, followed by C & D.

B has approx 500 villas, and can be seen form C, but D which is the largest sector, is over the other side of the mountain. So although it appears like a lot of units, they are all sperate, and not overlooking each other.

Also, there are no duplexes or flats etc, just villas. The majority of them detached in upto 800 sq meters, and the rest are mainly semi detached or terraced, very much as you get on any estate in the Uk, and in many parts of Spain

Well there you go,we do have something in common Camposol is also surrounded by mountains,and we have 2 large national parks about a 20 min drive away.We also have a giant man made lake called the blue pool were you can water ski,go kayaking,hang gliding jet ski-ing,if I can work out how to put photos on I will post some pictures.We also have a wonderful restaurant in the mountains called the boar restaurant were every day after lunch the boars come down from the mountains to be feed and have their photos taken,will post a picture for you.

You've obviously just moved there then?? Your posting below 3 weeks ago

After much searching we have bought a single story house (good for the dodgy knees) in a very small hamlet, it's in the campo but on a bus route and just a few kilometers from the nearest town.
It's a peaceful location but still only an hour from the coast should we wish to go there, when we can no longer drive we can get the bus into town and the train to Malaga.

Still waiting for an answer re Google Earth, and I never said I was clever, just suggested that you must be cleverer than I (or is it me - been along time since GCE O Level)

Sandy

Everyone is different. I hated living inland although I don't like busy coastal areas either. We all find our own paradise.

Maureen, to download photos click on the paper clip (attachment) its easy peasy!
Carole x

Thanks Tabbycats4,will give that a try in the morning,just sitting on my terrace with a bottle of wine watching the sun go down over the mountains,so feeling very relaxed at the moment.

Lovely Maureen...You enjoy those beautiful views...you can't beat them!
Carole x