Dangle51

Husband and me just retired. Need advice on retiring to Lanzarote please; particularly the health service there,also best bits to live, is there a good social scene? Any advice grateful:

Rosemary

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Dave and Deb

Hi Dangle51,
How far have you got on looking at moving?
We have talked about it for some months now and have now decided to do it.
We have only just started to look at property prices etc. and are going to Lanzarote in March where we will look at some properties.
Hoping for a reply and any help you might be able to give.
Dave and Deb

crookesey

Well Dave & Deb, I understand that serious health problems have to be dealt with on Tenerife. But having said that it is IMHO by far the most civilized and cleanest island in the Canaries. I would advise that you investigate every bit of the island before you buy, my gut feeling would be to try to find something on the outskirts of Arrecife.

Good luck in your efforts.

Dick Dasterdly

Fair comment.

I would imagine there is still a good social scene on both of those islands, however as far as a permanent residence is concerned Tenerife has very much more scope and points of interest, in addition to having easy ferry access to four other islands.

In total contrast most points of interest on Lanzarote can be covered in little more than a week and the only other island with easy access is Fuerteventura which is pretty much the nearest thing to hell IMHO.

snikpoh

When you say 'retired', does that mean you are of pensionable age? If so then you need to get your S1 sorted out via DWP.

If not (early retiree), then you also need to get your S1 sorted but FAST as they are closing the doors on this on 31st March 2014.