wencra

hi one and all
thanks for allowing us to join your forum, we are at pressent living in wales, and intend to move to spain to live, hopefully in the next 18 months, I will be retired (age 52) will have a works pension, my partner at the moment is on incapacity benefit and DLA, intend to rent at first then purchase a perminant home.
will not go on now but will search more for the answers we need, benefits transfers, medical, banking etc
hope the question we ask do not get on peopls nerves all still new, exciting and nerve wracking

Jerseygirl

Hi there and welcome to BE.

You've come to the right place for helpful information and tips about retiring to Spain. Several of our members who post in the Spain Forums are retired expats. The people who post in the Spain Forums are a friendly bunch of folk...why don't you pop over there, take a look around and join in?

I recommend that you also take a look in the BE Wiki.

If you have problems finding your way around BE's many forums we have a team of concierges to guide you. The concierges for the Spain forums is The Oddities.

Problems and complaints should be addressed to a moderator. The mods for the Spain forums are Fred James and Mitzyboy.

Please shout out if you need further help. Good luck with your retirement plans.

Rosemary

Hi and welcome from the Spanish section of BE.

We took early retirement in 2006 and like you were excited but also quite aprehensive and nervous of the whole thing. You will find that if you do a search on the Spain forum that many of your queries will have been asked before but you may come at it from a different angle so ask away. There is a wealth of knowledge and experience on the forum so you will find a variety of answers to any question asked.

What part of Spain are you hoping to move to? Do you already know some people in Spain?

Good luck and join in, looking forward to reading your posts and hope that I can help sometimes.

Rosemary

bakedbean

Hi Wencra. All the best with your move and planning.

wencra

thanks all
looking at mollina, close enough to malaga but far enough away lol
yes we know some people there already, (old work mate)

dreadsoc

Hi Wencra

Welcome to BE.
You can ask any questions you like on the Spain forum where there are lots of folks who will be only too happy to offer help and advice to make your move go with ease.
Congratulations on your retirement and good luck with your move.

Dread - x