Originally Posted by Porth

Back again and you are saying ; Javea is perhaps the most upmarket area along the Costa Blanca?;

thus two people with differing views of the same series of events. I lived there albeit for some ten months. I absolutely disagree. It is an enclave.

But you redress the situation in ;Having said that the market there is still overpriced.;

In today's market and here for balance I would not buy again either in France or Spain and I have 35 years experience of France. The market needs to settle.

In La Guardia Park where we lived there was a villa opposite which was and is still owned by Sabadell in Javea. When the knife was threatened the owner literally ransacked the villa. It is now a shell. Sabadell want 400,000 for it and they will not move on price. I know I tried.

Hence now back in France at our long established home and waiting for what Hollande is doing next.

Originally Posted by chopera

So which areas of the Costa Blanca are more upmarket than Javea then?

Originally Posted by chopera

So which areas of the Costa Blanca are more upmarket than Javea then?

Originally Posted by casa del sol

Is upmarket better? Or is upmarket best to be avoided?

Originally Posted by chopera

So which areas of the Costa Blanca are more upmarket than Javea then?

Originally Posted by Longlegpete

it's all down to what you want and what you like, for me Javea has far too many apartments now, lots of pre slump building in the town, arenal beach makeover has worked well and looks good but for me Moraira and El Portet are much better, but as I say that's for me, each will have there own view and that what makes like so interesting

Originally Posted by crookesey

I agree, the Benissa coast road also holds many jems, such as Cap Blanc, do you recall the huge villa built into the beach front cliff side on the Moraira road?

Originally Posted by Porth

'I deal with idiots on a daily basis in work every day' I wonder please what their views may be on yours truly? Two sides to every story?

Originally Posted by Longlegpete

it's all down to what you want and what you like, for me Javea has far too many apartments now, lots of pre slump building in the town, arenal beach makeover has worked well and looks good but for me Moraira and El Portet are much better, but as I say that's for me, each will have there own view and that what makes like so interesting

Originally Posted by Longlegpete

it's all down to what you want and what you like, for me Javea has far too many apartments now, lots of pre slump building in the town, arenal beach makeover has worked well and looks good but for me Moraira and El Portet are much better, but as I say that's for me, each will have there own view and that what makes like so interesting

Originally Posted by chopera

No I'm asking about the market in general rather than what peoples' individual preferences are. Or put it another way, where along the costa blanca are you going to pay most, on average, for a villa with pool? (what the op was asking about). I know that Javea has scruffy areas, such as around Javea Park behind the Arenal, and I know it's not to everyone's taste, but I'm talking about the market in general.

Originally Posted by andyrich666

Benidorm I would guess is the most expensive place for a villa with a pool ?

Originally Posted by Longlegpete

Love the Benissa coast, it's always such a stark reminder of the difference between local councils, when you leave Calpe to go along the coast road the difference of what you enter on the Bennisa side to what you have left behind is so stark, as to the Villa can't say it springs to mind, have walked along all of the coast it's possible too but can't recall

Originally Posted by andyrich666

Benidorm I would guess is the most expensive place for a villa with a pool ?

Originally Posted by crookesey

As for the villa, all that you need to look for is a pair of gates and a drive on the right hand side as you drive towards Moraira, if my memory serves it was sold for circa £2 million in the 1980's.