They should also consider their own personal safety. Walking into an area they may know little about, knowing nil about the vendor and being out of their own safety zone. It has happened before and the consequences were terrible. Some times "too good to be true" is expensive.

House sales on Ebay are not binding, you still have to do the normal house buying checks, and should never hand over anything until they are done. Just treat it like and house buying. Doesn't matter what country it's in, the auction is only a way fo getting the property out there for people to see, and the normal house buying rules for the country apply. Even the vendor can't hold them to the sale.

Usual deposit is a very bad idea until they know its 100% legal as its very unlikley they would get it back when they find out its illegal / scam.

I would regard a house on e bay much the same as a house advertised in the paper. It may or may not be a scam.

This could be a dream home for some > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Affordable...item20cad665b1

Looks good initially until you realise you are buying a large garden shed for £12k with ground rent of 2600 euros a year

As well as needing to establish that the house is 100% legal, I would also be extremely wary as to why an English builder is prepared to sell a house for 14K. If they are that desperate, they might have horrendous debts and there could be embargoes on the property.

beggars can't afford to be choosy?

Good news - they are ot going for it now - I've told her to join here lol xxxxx

Thank the lord for that !

I know i said the same this morning when she told me - i was so bloody worried about them tbh - im so happy now - they are going to be buying but have a long term plan now xxxxx

Now that they are not buying could you tell me were the house is on ebay so i can look at it .. thankyou..

I will ask her tomorrow xxxxx

Rotor - We are the ones who bought 'the garden shed'!! It's lovely, on a very secure site, and is perfect for us.

Missile - Exactly! We did not want to buy something for quite a few thousand, and find out having a holiday home in Spain was not for us. This option was not too great an outlay, the ground rent is manageable, and worth it for the safety and security it provides for when we are not there, but also for when we are.

We are very happy!

Well done on taking the plunge Linnick.

My wife and I looked at this property and thought it looked great.

Alas has come 5 years too early for us as we are looking to retire out in Spain.

Hope you enjoy the lifestyle.

Hello and a big welcome to BE.

Excellent information can be found in the BE Wiki, not forgetting the Living and Moving Abroad forum that will help you, another set of great help is the permanent threads at the TOP of each forum, they are very pertinent to that particular forum and makes sensible reading.

Moderators deal with any problems that arise such as inappropriate posts, spammers etc, you will find their names at the bottom right hand side of each forum's index in bold font.

Please contact me if I can give you any further help.

Rosemary