the villa has a pool and yes we will get a car but if needs be i do the odd job if one comes my way just to make it work ppl think the uk is brill its not wait till after xmas they we see

they say we will need a new town the size of newcastle to house all the ppl coming in after xmas

yes porth
when are friends drove us around it was about 5mins from javea and about 10mins from denia

I would feel like a criminal if I tried to put anyone off from living in a villa with a pool in Javea. And the driving times could be achieved, but you would need empty roads and a Maserati.

I think the poster is on double strength rose coloured glasses, he seems to find no negatives in Spain, and no positives in UK. I think the truth lies somewhere in between, as I'm sure he'll find out.

Sorry and let me be blunt. I live in Javea and to get to the places you say will take at least 20 minutes. One is near to Ondara the other Moraira.

Please I do not wish to disagree but someone's knowledge of geography needs a bit of attention. We go to Denia to the hospital and that takes us 25 minutes and then via the coast road from here to Calpe and thus to Benissa about 30 minutes.

Back to the point your header says Javea you now move the sat nav.

I think I have added as much as I am able so wish you well.

What please is a normal life? To you acceptable and normal to others not so acceptable.

I am not trying to be difficult I with others are trying to give you some basic support in your decision making process.

But it is for you. Before I close down on this subject and never to return my sage like advice be it France or Spain is to rent rent and rent and keep a house near Bournemouth. If it was me I would prefer to live in Ringwood Fordingbridge Sixpenny Handle or the Cathedral Close in Salisbury or further afield Chichester.

It's always a good start when they go on about how rubbish the UK is. Spain seems like paradise because they have had a couple of holidays and know nothing about the place. Always makes me smile when they get on about immigrants and they are looking to be one themselves

Many thanks to you all spain is not paradise at all nor is the uk and ok we will be immigrants if we move over there ,but when were you last in the uk you got immigrants now setting up home inthe old henley football club and on mable arch things are rough here two

If things are currently tough for you in the UK, then they will be much worse for you in Spain

Personally, I can't think why the number of immigrants in the UK or Spain would affect my quality of life.

Of course, all the immigrants you worry about coming to the UK will have exactly the same rights to move to Spain

It's best you don't see the largest slums in the EU in Madrid and Sevilla, the horrendous conditions the immigrants live in whilst working in the acres of plastic that blight Spain, might ruin your very under researched view of Spain. Leave enough money to pay a return fare home in UK with a trusted friend, just in case. ¡buena suerte!

DeePaul I am new on the block and do indeed know people here who have had more than 30 years living here. But of course the stress should be applied to 30 years when life was so much more easier and when I am informed there were no roundabouts.

For balance if you walk down Javea Park which I do most weeks for the bank there are people here who say they would never go home. Whether that is bravado or simply put they cannot go home is totally another thing. Of course the alternative applies they might love it here.

My time here is of very short duration say some six months so please do not rely upon my interpretation of Javea/Spain.

However I came full of enthusiasm for a new life and for a number of reasons it did not work out. We are fortunate if that is indeed the word we have a presence both in France and the UK.

I strongly recommend to you that you keep a bolt hole even if an apartment in Boscombe.

People here tend to augment (at least that is my experience) with part time jobs and payable in cash. Someone openly informed me yesterday that he charges 10 euros an hour.

My global viewpoint is that Spain has more problems that France despite Hollande but of course it is such a long time since I lived in the UK that I cannot possible comment UK wise.

But I would say be careful keep a presence in the UK keep £ in the UK and do not burn all of your boats.

I admit to breaking a promise that I would not comment further on this posting. Sorry but thought a final comment might concentrate one's thinking.

If I had one word to use it would be research it is difficult here.

Porth

Many thanks for your input
this is the sort of input i want to get from real ppl living in spain and i hope you will still comment to kicking me up the arse and steering me down my researching road

Well, you did ask.

I got talking to a an elderly Spanish widow yesterday, whose two sons, in their forties, ran businesses in Spain for many years, successfully until the recession.

Both businesses have now closed and this very perceptive lady explained that the businesses closed because so many expats have returned home. We were sitting outside a Spanish cafe and she looked round and said, 'Where have all the English children gone, there used to be hundreds of them.'

I hadn't noticed, but she was right. A lot of English pensioners are still hanging on because Spain is such a beautiful country to live in, but the younger ones, the ones with children, have largely gone home.

Still, having said that, the villa in Javea sounds great, I had two wonderful years up that way.