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Spanish Lifestyle and Property

Spanish Lifestyle and Property

Welcome to Valencia Property Television. Valencia Property Television brings you simple video posts about lifestyle in Spain, living in Spain, working in Spain, Spanish culture and of course Spanish Property.

The Spanish property section is divided into areas such as Flats in Valencia, attics in Valencia and villas in Valencia and the rest of Spain. If there is a property worth looking at in the Valencia region or even the rest of Spain then we will be featuring it in the video section.

If you are selling a property in Spain and have a great video then we will be interested in featuring it and we will also be offering a video making service and SEO service for those who wish to promote their Spanish Property for sale.

Welcome to the site and hopefully you like it.

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Survey reveals expat banking fears – Telegraph ( and I get quoted again :-))

26 Jan

Another press article I get quoted in, this time in the Telegraph on my pet subject, banks in Spain, and why Spain is bottom of the satisfaction poll among expats for banking services despite being the place where expats are happiest in life apparently! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/offshorefinance/9024941/Su…

(Source: http://twitter.com/suzidixon77/status/162546736882122753)

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Amazon.co.uk: Customer Reviews: Laptop Entrepreneur: How to Make a Living Anywhere in the World

26 Jan

Loads of good reviews of our new book Laptop Entrepreneur. Take a look and see what you may well be missing.

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The Typical Madrid Apartment vs Your Expat Quality Expectations

26 Jan

Pierre writes a blog about Moving to Madrid. What he says in this post is very true. The majority of property in the big cities is not up to renting standard. Also you must be careful of the stipulations in the contracts so that the landlord is responsible for general upkeep and you for damages if you break something. 

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Madrid is a great place to live, mainly because it is a capital city with all you need, and with the quality of life you do not have in London or Paris: no pressure, no insecurity, you can eat out for as much as 10 €, people are open and talkative.

However, you have to know that the typical Madrid flat does not comply with the expectations 90% of newly arrived expats.

Plainly put, the average quality of real estate in Madrid (and in other main Spanish cities) is significantly below the average quality in other big cities, and especially the USA.

This means that even with the crisis, there is more demand than offer for quality, premium or luxury flats a bit like the photo at the start of this post.

At any time, you will only have handful of real luxury flats available in Madrid, which you have to know where to find and how to book. If they let you book months in advance, because usually the companies managing these flats just accept booking a month before the entry date.

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Why You Just Have To Love Athletic Bilbao | Blokes on the Blog

25 Jan

A paean to all things Basque, despite the inherent contradictions. http://www.blokesontheblog.co.uk/why-you-just-have-to-love-athletic-bilbao/
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End terrace in La Pobla de Vallbona (Another of my neighbours)

22 Jan

Well I have managed to make another of my neighbours’ want to sell their house. After successfully selling the house next door to this one two month’s ago the owner of this end terrace has decided to finally get the cleaners in so I could take photos of this one. 

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154000 Euros but will sell for 150k I am sure.

Beautiful Villa For Sale in Torrente For Sale 348k

22 Jan

This is a really stunning property for sale in Torrente with views to die for and a very high quality house in itself. A very large feeling house of 207m2 plus garage, outhouse and outside bathroom too along with a swimming pool with a large terrace around it.

So the basics, there is a very large lounge and a large covered terrace in front overlooking nicely tended gardens. On the ground floor you have two other bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen with washroom attached but to all intents and purposes is a part of the kitchen. 

There is a lovely staircase leading up to the first floor with three more bedrooms, the main one having its own dressing room and bathroom, and there is also another bathroom here too. There are three terraces upstairs the best of these being the covered one to the front leading off the main bedroom with arches and great views towards the city of Valencia. The other two terraces are to the front and rear. The rear terrace has views over miles of rolling hills and countryside. Due to the lack of light pollution in the area it is an excellent place for stargazing.

The plot is around 1200m2 with a pool, tended gardens, a fruit tree area, lots of other good looking trees and an impressive driveway entrance leading up to the house.

The property is situated around 4km from Monserrat but is in the Torrente area. There is a bar just a couple of hundred yards away that serves food too and it is in an area of tranquility but just half an hour from the centre of Valencia and some twenty five minutes from the airport. A brilliant property with a free jacuzzi thrown in for good measure. 

The madness of property sellers

21 Jan

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The madness of property sellers (mp3)

5 great reasons to work online as an expat! – Birds on the Blog | Birds on the Blog

21 Jan

Nick Snelling my co author on Laptop Entrepreneur has put together a good list of five reasons why you should seriously think about working from home if you can. Take a look at Birds on the Blog.

http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/5-great-reasons-to-work-on-line-as-an-expat/

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Spanish corruption clamp down to impact agent sales

20 Jan

I am getting quite a lot of press coverage at the moment and again yesterday was featured, this time in Global Edge looking at the measures taken in terms of the NIE numbers in Spain. As you will have seen from my previous posts I believe this to be a hugely retrograde step. There is a general unanimity from estate agents and lawyers in Spain about this problem. Take a look at the Global Edge article and decide for yourself. Increasing the number of hoops you have to jump through makes no sense at all.

Update: We had it confirmed yesterday that the lawyer can still pick up the NIE once applied for in person. How do we know? He went to pick one up!

The curse of the estate agent

19 Jan

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The curse of the estate agent (mp3)

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