britishlondon30s

We live in a small rural area near Palencia... City is a good hour drive from us...house wouldn't be worth loads given the location ... It may contribute but would be looking to start over trading our big rural house with garden for a small house in the UK ..😬

britishlondon30s

Haha!!! Home is home !

EuroTrash

This ^^ - presumably you would want your husband to move with you if you went back to the UK?
Have you looked into getting a visa for your husband? The UK has now closed its window for bringing EU spouses back to the UK under the WA resettlement,scheme, so unless I'm missing something, UK immigration rules would apply.. (Has to be said that even while the resettlement window was open, the system didn't seem to work too well.)

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-europe
Returning to live in the UK
You continue to have the right to return to the UK in future.

Your close family members can join you in the UK if your relationship with them began before 31 December 2020, by applying to the EU Settlement Scheme until 29 March 2022. After this date the UK Immigration Rules will apply.

britishlondon30s

This is interesting...something I've not though about and may look into ! Kids only have Spanish passports for now though !

bob_bob

Come back to the UK? Fine if you have good jobs and money for housing. I'm based in the UK and although retired make a very nice living from a property portfolio and be under no doubt there is a housing crisis in the UK so you'll need either the cash to buy a property or jobs and a very hefty deposit for your mortgage. I've properties in the West Midlands and a couple in Winchester and prices have shot up. The properties I own in South Wales have gone up 30%+++ in eighteen months or so. The nice little terrace house you could pick up for £70k in 2020 are fetching £110-£125 and if I had ten properties ready to rent out I'd have tenants within days..

Unless you have money and or jobs I'd say relocate within Spain and remember, your children I'd guess are more Spanish now than English so how would a move work for them.

britishlondon30s

HEllo...we were told getting a visa for him would be no problem as he meets the requirements 😊

old.sparkles

What visa would that be? Ancestry or spouse?

EuroTrash

I am no expert in this but presumably you will be sponsoring him so is it not more a question of you meeting the requirements as his sponsor? - sufficient income which shouldn't be too hard altho' if the kids don't have UK passports that might increase the threshold (?), a firrm upfront arrangement for adequate accommodation which may be harder, etc.

I am sure you can do it but there will be a cost and a certain amount of hassle which you might see as loading the dice in favour of Spain. Whereas if you had been looking at doing this a month ago when you could have moved under the Withdrawal Agreement it would have been a lot simpler or at least in theory.

https://www.migrate.org.uk/spouse-visa-uk-requirements/

Moses2013

Everyone will have a different opinion and only you know what the main goal is here. If I had to move and rent again (bit older than you:-), that would be be my biggest nightmare and a huge drop in quality of life.
Any new location can offer advantages, but you still need the tools to make those advantages work. What about work for your husband and how easy will he find work in the UK? From what I read, you will continue with your business in the UK so are technically making the same amount money in a location where housing costs are a lot higher. Are you maybe worried that the business might fail and you would have more job possibilities in the UK? Village mentality can be found in every country, is it better than city mentality though?

Stingychips

Every time I go to Spain I miss England. It makes you realise what you have when your away from it. You could always have a holiday home in Spain and just have plenty of holidays. The UK is a privileged place to live without doubt one of the best places on the planet. A lot of people I know in Spain are there because they have to be. If they could return they would.

EuroTrash

The obvious question is - why go to Spain at all, then????

Stingychips

I don’t mind a short break. The Brits in the village also say loads of Brits have gone home for good. It seems to be a hot topic these days.

Lynn R

When we just had a holiday home in Spain, I used to cry every time I had to leave to return to the UK. When I spend time in the UK now, after 3 days I am longing to get back to Spain.

Which proves nothing other than that we are all different, want different things and that you and I are both living in the right place for us.

Moses2013

Quite a few probably do exactly that and have a holiday home. Unfortunately there is a lot of poverty in the UK too and not everybody is that privileged. I suppose we all have an image of a country and don't really see the real problems. When you are retired and happy in Spain, you believe that the whole UK is a rough place and everybody lives in poverty. These people also don't see the poverty in Spain and think that those living in a rural property without electricity have a great life and no worries and everyone else lives a happy life near the beach. I must admit that I feel privileged to be in our part Ireland and I was driving along the wild atlantic way in the sun this weekend and you could see all the Spanish and French enjoying the scenery and nice little villages. Of course I'm well aware that Dublin is a complete different place and these days people are struggling to pay the rent and don't leave their front door open all the time. It's the same when I walk along Playa de Fenals and see happy people on holidays. Unless you already own a property, try competing with wealthy foreigners who earn 3x your salary.

Lynn R

I see. So you, as a privileged person, are able to have an enjoyable lifestyle whilst being aware that there are people living in poverty in both Spain and your own country. But somehow other privileged people can't have the same awareness.