kevray

On tha advice of a member on this net, I (today by phone, I,m that keen) contacted an agent near Valencia, he certainly appeared to come across as genuine. On asking his advice on Murcia he said much the same as many many others, overpriced property or property that won't sell. (check out some agents on the web, same property on sale for months) not a particularly nice region in comparison with others, but has some of the best mountain areas in Spain.
He, as have most others, reiterated. GO AND HAVE A LOOK. what is source for the goose etc.
We are in a quandary, In order to succeed in business I need mainly English speaking people, at least in the short term until I can get by speaking Spanish, but want to life the Spanish way of life.
Now looking more towards Alicante or even up to Jijona.
May mean more travel but what the hey
Kevray

Unexpat

I think it depends on what you are looking for. Paul has the kind of place that would attract me, by the sounds of it. A place up in the foothills of one of the sierras would be a nice retreat too and I have some land I may one day build on that fits the bill. All this away from the over-priced properties of the in-demand areas.

But for now, living outside a small town near Murcia, not too far from the motorway network suits me from the perspective of working amongst the locals. A place by the sea only appeals if it's a holiday home ... not somewhere to really live when you are still working and looking to integrate.

It's a tough decision where to set-up when you are aren't rich enough to be idle, or old enough to retire (no disrepect meant to anyone in either of those categories) and only you can really make it after checking-out prospective areas at ground zero.

PaulLes

Rick

Prices are pretty static at the moment, but are set to rise dramatically upon the completion of Murcia airport near Murcia city. This will place the protected sierras and the coast at 15 mins each way. Try the link below and good luck. With regards to jobs it is very Spanish so Spanish would be usefull.
We have not re-located to Spain yet but are planning too, i have plans for my land and do not intend to be employed, my wife is a nursery teacher and may get involved in that area. The nearest riverside town has an expat comunity which is growing a little too fast for our liking but thats the way inland Spain is going, plus the fact people can see the investment opertunity within the area.
In Archena which is a Spa town in the Murcia end of the valley building is rife with luxury complexes, although we are only 10 mins from most places we are very rural which is what we wanted. Everybody as a different idea of life in Spain i have a succesful UK business thats very stressfull and it is our intention to downshift to a slower pace of life and make our savings work for us in a less stressfull Spanish business. We are over next week and i know that we will get a friendly greeting from our Old Spanish neighbour who has become a great friend and taught us so much of country life and the Spanish language, can't wait to open my shutters and see my mountain.



hope this helps.

Paul


http://mazarron.com/Property/Farmhou...cote/index.php.

anita-alf.burrows

We have just purchased an apartment on a planned new golf development in Corvera, five minutes away from the planned new Corvera Airport. The area is absolutely beautiful.

maryg

Where can I find any info on this elusive new airport that seems to have been in the pipeline for years?
We are situated about 40 minutes from Murcia town and ussually fly to/from San Javier, which only takes us about an hour and 10 minutes driving steadily.
Mary

PaulLes

Mary,

You are not alone, google throws up many references but non informative. The general drift seems to be that it will open some time in 2007, but as it was originally planned to start late 2004 to finish 2006 its anyones quess.

If anyone gets any concrete info i would'nt mind reading it.

maryg

The only references I've found so far are to San Javier. We would certainly benefit from an airport in Murcia, provided the Cheap flights were available, but that was not a contributary factor in buying our house. We simply fell in love with the town, the people and the the area.
Mary

kevray

I have also searched for details to no avail, I can tell you that it is at Alcantarilla and has a runway approx 3110 m in length and 147 wide, there is no airport code allocated yet, and you can look at it if you view Murcia by google earth.
Kevray

Unexpat

That's an interesting tool to play about with, Google Earth. Thanks for mentioning it.

Interesting. The official Murcia bulletins say that it was originally supposed to be in Covera (about 17km from Murcia itself) which would have put it about 15km closer to Murcia than San Javier. Alcantarilla is about 7.5km from Murcia.

I gather that some machinations by La Caixa (the proposed location does not suit them in that it is too close to some major urban construction they are engaged in), together with the change to a socialist government have "magically" resulted in delays until the year dot, as to the location of the originally proposed site as outlined in the March 2004 tender document.

Looking further, I am not totally convinced that the new airport is going to be in Alcantarilla. What's in Google Earth could be the existing National (as opposed to International) airport and aerodrome.

Information seems to be hard to find.

anita-alf.burrows

I am sure it is being built in Corvera, wherever it is referred to it is called Corvera International Airport. The flight paths have to be decided upon a couple of years in advance of building, they can't just change their minds. When we brought our property they told us that we were not on the flight path, this was confirmed by my Solicitor with the developer. They got the information from somewhere. The date keeps slipping though, the latest I have read is 2008/09 for completion. I have e-mailed Murcia Tourist office to see if they can shed an light on the confusion, I only hope they don't reply in Spanish!!

kevray

You may be right about Corvera, there is a brief outline in the news section of mazarrononline.com, where it also states that there is some doubt that there is enough airspace available for two airports so close together. this was supposed to be completed by 2006 and as yet has not started, viva estates advertise that it is coming in 2008 but none of their property is in the flight path
Kevray

anita-alf.burrows

As far as I was aware, San Javier (Murcia Airport) was going to return to being just a Military Airport when Corvera Airport opened. It only has a limited service at present.

anita-alf.burrows

After spending much of the day trying to find out something about this Airport, hurrah!!

I have just been informed that construction work has been stopped following a court decision to hear the case from the construction company Armilar-Procam (Hacienda Del Alamo) who claim the the airport will generate too much noise over their resort, which has already received full planning permission. (This answers the question of whether work has started or not!!!)

One solution would be to move the runways 300 metres further away, which would incur new planning permission.

Now awaiting court decision as to whether it will be permanently stopped or be redrawn so that the noise levels created by the air traffic will not effect the urban areas. :scared:

kevray

Many thanks
Kevray