Moderators may be allowed to have opinions but that was downright rude

I guess its his forthright opinion of the place that he lived in. Personally I wouldn't have posted it, but it is his opinion ............. its not aimed at the OP but the area, and he has a right to voice his opinion I guess

i totally agree that was a bit below the belt!

He is now in Thailand AFAIK

Amsterdam I think

What did I miss?



For what its worth I hated Playa Flamenca too.

sorry if i came across abit harsh it wasnt aimed at you but the area

Playa Flamenca is a shit hole its just the same as a bad uk council eastate but with sun. Drugs and crime are everywhere and prostitutes everywhere its a disgrace.. and only 3 houses out of 88 for sale in your block, well im shocked i would of thought more like 50 out of the 80..everywhere you walk in Playa Flamenca all you see is se vende signs.

Was this an attempt at being less harsh then?

Im just telling people the truth about the area

I miss Fuzzle!

So you moved to Thailand Or Amsterdam to get away from them!!!!!!!
Or were they too expensive in Spain??

Three years ago when we were first seriously thinking about buying in Spain, and because we had never visited the Murcia region.We decided to take up a work mates offer to rent their "for sale" house in Orihuela Costa for a couple of weeks holiday to see if we liked the house & area. With a view to possibly purchasing the property on our return.
I can honestly say that it nearly put us off Spain for life. The whole area seemed to be one big building site, and every other vehicle on the road was either sporting Uk plates or was a mini bus full of Brits on an inspection trip.
We stuck it for 5 days before catching the bus to Cartagena and spending the rest of our time in a hotel.

Needless to say the house is still for sale


Sorry forgot to say the urb was named Flamingo hills, or something like that. I can't remember for sure.

Wow...... Don`t think i will read much more of this thread. A bit depressing for someone trying to sell their house in Playa Flamenca. We have lived here 5 years and where we are is very quiet. All our neighbours are older people who always have the time of day for you and we have never had any problems with the so called crime in the area. We live just off the main market street.

Must agree with you, we live not that far from you looking at that post, and we have NEVER had any trouble, and yes, there are houses up for sale for a long time, but mostly these are way overpriced, I know of someone who wants to sell for 165,000€, when the houses that are selling on her urbanisation are going for around 130,000€, and the other houses have driveway parking while hers is an allocated space at the entrance as she doesn't have road access. Over the road from her houses with an extra bedroom and bathroom are selling for less than she is asking. The noisy parts are around the commercial centre with bars that open till 3am, but if you buy in that location you should expect that. The ladies with fur knickers are everywhere, not just in Playa Flamenca, remember it's not a crime here, the police just move them on if they are causing an obstruction. Brothels advertise openly, with many having Neon Signs, remember, if it says NIGHT CLUB, it isn't what in the UK would be regarded as a night club, those are just Clubs here, night clubs are somewhere you can go to meet the ladies of the night, and many have bedrooms on the premises.

I feel for you this is the worst possible time to sell a house either in Spain or England. Those who sold 4 years ago were very lucky, we too sold our house 2 years ago ofter a year and are reluctant to committ to Spain.
I did post an earlier thread about house prices and someone replied to say in an urb´ that they know off 40% of the houses are up for salemany having to reduce the prices considerably. I regret to say the property boom in Spain is well and truly over it could last for the next five years.
Its a buyers market, all those who viewed it as a place to make a `fast buck´ are now crying all the way to the bank. Spain has over built, if and when it it realises that fact the properties built to attract expats will continue to depreciate or languish in the estate agents window - sorry to be so gloomy