Tips to moving to spain
We are looking at moving to Spain this year and was wondering what tips would you give. Possibly looking at around Valencia area or a bit lower
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Re: Tips to moving to spain
Hi Aaron, welcome to BE. :)
Are you planning on working or retiring? |
Re: Tips to moving to spain
Originally Posted by Pulaski
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Hi Aaron, welcome to BE. :)
Are you planning on working or retiring? |
Re: Tips to moving to spain
Originally Posted by Aaronjug
(Post 12789977)
Hi thanks for the reply. We think we will be renting first over there and renting our house in UK to see how we get on. My wife will be working from home in Spain and I will be house husband! Maybe part time work for me. We are only early 40's
1. Check out nearest airport and flight frequency to UK . Valencia a lot of people use Alicante has more choice 2. If you find an area you like rent for at least the first six months so you get to know what you like and dislike . - don't buy in a hurry because you like a place. 3. Check out all the bureaucracy involved - residence after 90 days , privaye health insurance for first year, register on the local "Padron" ( Town Hall Citizens Register ) , tax residence after 183 which means Spanish tax declaration. 4. Get updates from the UK Govt web on Brexit impact |
Re: Tips to moving to spain
Originally Posted by Aaronjug
(Post 12789977)
Hi thanks for the reply. We think we will be renting first over there and renting our house in UK to see how we get on. My wife will be working from home in Spain and I will be house husband! Maybe part time work for me. We are only early 40's
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Re: Tips to moving to spain
Thanks for that. We are like you said looking at nearest airports to where we will be staying. We are going to be going over soon on a weekend to look at things like schools (English speaking) and the area
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Re: Tips to moving to spain
Originally Posted by Aaronjug
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..... to look at things like schools (English speaking) and the area
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Re: Tips to moving to spain
Yes 2 girls age 9 and 6. We will be looking at schools near by. Is that more of a problem?
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Re: Tips to moving to spain
Originally Posted by Aaronjug
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Yes 2 girls age 9 and 6. We will be looking at schools near by. Is that more of a problem?
It might be worthwhile for you to give a larger more detailed overall picture of your present situation in life and then you hopes for your new life? Might save others from having to be overly psychic. |
Re: Tips to moving to spain
Well it's basically my wife and I are getting sick of UK both work full time and want to have a brilliant life in Spain near Valencia. My wife will be working from Spain and going back and forwards once a month to her business and I will be doing schools runs with our children in Spain. At some point I think I will be working part time over there. Ideally in the engineering side but I would try other stuff part time while the kids are at school. Where are you guys from?
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Re: Tips to moving to spain
English speaking Schools are not cheap and if your unsure if you will be staying long term it would not be right to try and integrate your children into a Spanish School IMO. Obviously you must know the very high unemployment rate so budget for you not being able to find work then if you do its a bonus.
"my wife and I are getting sick of UK both work full time and want to have a brilliant life in Spain" Why do you think life will be brilliant in Spain over the UK? Still getting up for work, still taking the kids to School, food shopping, cooking, paying bills and you don't know the language, the culture, the traditions but...your vitamin D levels will be fine because you get more sunshine. Think long and hard and do a worse case scenario family budget plan because there is no benefit system to fall back on. Some International Schools on this list https://www.expat-quotes.com/guides/...s-in-spain.htm scroll down. |
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I would wait until the dust has settled over Brexit, you may make all sorts of plans etc, but Brexit will, almost certainly the way this government is working, have a big impact, at worse you only have 11 months to wait.
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Re: Tips to moving to spain
Originally Posted by bob_bob
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English speaking Schools are not cheap and if your unsure if you will be staying long term it would not be right to try and integrate your children into a Spanish School IMO. Obviously you must know the very high unemployment rate so budget for you not being able to find work then if you do its a bonus.
"my wife and I are getting sick of UK both work full time and want to have a brilliant life in Spain" Why do you think life will be brilliant in Spain over the UK? Still getting up for work, still taking the kids to School, food shopping, cooking, paying bills and you don't know the language, the culture, the traditions but...your vitamin D levels will be fine because you get more sunshine. Think long and hard and do a worse case scenario family budget plan because there is no benefit system to fall back on. Some International Schools on this list https://www.expat-quotes.com/guides/...s-in-spain.htm scroll down. |
Re: Tips to moving to spain
Thanks everyone for all the information. I take it you are all in Spain?
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Re: Tips to moving to spain
Originally Posted by Aaronjug
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Thanks everyone for all the information. I take it you are all in Spain?
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