Hi,
Been thinking about moving to Rota, drived through it a year ago in May and it looked like one of the nicest places around Cadis. Anyone has some experience on living in this town? What I fear the most is that it will become dead in the winter, and this would be quite hard for me as I've been living all my life in a huge city. Another thing is Internet - I need it for my job.
So, I will be grateful for any fist hand experience, especially if you youself is from big city. At the moment I just can't decide if I should move to something like Barcelona (though I like Costa de la Luz way more) or try to change my way of life cardinally. I can't rent for long as I'm not EU citizen. No problem with visa, but still can't stay here more than 6 month in a year.

Another question is about attorneys in Span - what would be the typical price do do due diligence on a single property?

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If you can only stay six months / year I would suggest you would better renting.

Abogado fees would be negotiable and could vary tremendously from firm to firm and the type of property, e.g. could be much more for an older property with complicated deeds to review. Ask for recommendations, choose a local man and ask for a quote.

There is a huge American airbase in Rota, can't see it being quiet in winter.

Missile, thank you for reply!
I can stay only six month when I rent (to be more precise no more than 120 days in any half-year), but if I buy it will be quite easy to get no lucrativa residence permit, I'm not going to work in Spain anyway. That's one of things why I'm thinking about buying, another one is investing free money. So I'm definitelly going to buy, just not sure how do these small townls look off the peak season, need some first-hand experience on this.


Abogado fees vary tremedously - of course, but let's say we talk about average property below 200k euro, would 1k euro be enough for it?

Ok, I understand why you want to buy.

It cost me less than 1K euro when I purchased my property, but I know others have spent more. I would suggest you budget 2K and remember there are other significant charges when you buy, e.g. tax and notary fees.

I have only visited Cadiz once, so cannot comment on that area. I am sure you realize that living in a small (Spanish) town has pros and cons. Typically, one of the pros is there will not be so much seasonal variation as there would be in a tourist area. Some urbanizations are deserted with tumble weed blowing down the street during winter.