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ann and ben

I missed your comment last night.

House prices in Spain are almost as high as in the UK now. For example, our house, for which we paid about £48,000 5 years ago, would now fetch anything up to £300,000 ( its euro equivalent of course ) Yhis is because its a a house inthe campo, with 21,000 metres of land around it. These have become quite rare, hence make a good price.

This is of course due to the enormous influx of foreigners into Spain -especially Andalucia. And the euro has put up the cost of living hugely - on the government's own figures, it went up by 20% within 6 months

You can see the sort of countryside around here by clicking on the link to our holiday rental house in my sidebar ( casa golondrina ). We live in the mountains above Los Marines, so it's a bit wilder up here.

Of course the climate is good, and generally stable, but one does occasionally get freak weather, especially in the mountains. At any moment in a still day, a roaring wind can spring up, and blow everything that isn't fixed down the mountain. And sometimes clouds come down, so one can't see more than about ten yards

Last winter we had drop in temp to minus 9,and everyting got frozen solid. But this is very rare, as is snow, except in the really high sierras, where they get 9 inches or over every year.

Thank you for your kind comment on my story. I shall be posting  stories with Spanish themes, and long descriptions of Spain, and if you wish, I can let you know when I've posted them.

hasta luego!

 

posted by ariel70 on August 13, 2005 at 12:30 AM | link to this | reply

I suppose real estate in Spain costs less than in UK. The weather should be less foggy too.

Ann.

posted by A-and-B on August 12, 2005 at 3:22 PM | link to this | reply

Ariel
we stayed in spain in may this year and we loved it there we went last year too, but i have decided if ever i bought a holdiay home, as far as i`m concerned i will hire someone to do it all for me i`m not as patient as you are no way, i cant be doing with all that piddling around stuff, i would like to just be able to go there and live in it when i wanted Oh and enjoy the views, he food, the people, well everything really except the purchasing bit. great informative post thnx xxxxx

posted by mcbreeze on August 12, 2005 at 3:36 AM | link to this | reply