We have a 2 bedroomed cortijo for rent north of almunecar, (east of Nerja) just outside the village of Otivar.  We are planning on moving back to the UK for a minumum of 4 months from September 2009 and are looking for someone to rent our place for a nominal rent in exchange for looking after the place and two of our dogs!  The rental period can be longer if required.  We have no mainline electricity but generator and solar power.

Drop us a line if you want more info!

Julia

Dear Julia,

We are looking at relocating back to spain, we used to run our own cleaning and property rental company in Spain, we have been running a buisness along the same lines in Bulgaria for five years, we are animal friendly have always had dogs and horses could you please send me some information of what you require and pictures of the property and how far you are from the nearest airport

regards Debbie

Hi Debbie

Basically we are going back to the UK from around the 6th of September until the middle of January and need someone to look after two of our dogs - we are taking the other 2 with us and also to look after the land, this just needs watering twice a week we have around 12,000 square meters which has avocado, mango, orange and loads more fruit trees which you’d be welcome to eat!!  Christmas time the satsumas and oranges are out!  We are about an hour and a quarter from both Granada and Malaga airports and about 15 minutes from the nearest town which is Almunecar.  We also have a cortijo seperate from the main house which, if you wanted to stay longer than the middle of January, we could move back into there.  It has a swimming pool which you would be welcome to use when we’re in the UK.  Our house currently (we have planning to extend) has two bedrooms, one upstairs and one downstairs, kitchen/dining room, living room and two bathrooms, again one upstairs and one down.  We have solar and wind power and a backup generator but no mainline power.  This is a little confusing at first, as not all appliances will run on the solar ie washing machine, toaster and other high wattage stuff, so the generator has to be put on for those items also if there’s no sun (which if you’ve lived here before you know isn’t usual!!) there’s no power!

If you’re still interested, either give me a ring on 0034 649034166 or send me another mail on this expat forum with your phone number and I’ll call you

Julia

Debbie

oops, forgot - send me your email address and I can forward you some photos, not sure how/if I can do that through Expat forum.

julia

Debbie , julia and chris exchange email address via the Private Messages

jurdy

Dear Julia

My private email address is barneybutland@hotmail.com,  and also how much is the rent per month, if we can afford it we might consider renting and is it good access to your cotijo, look forward to the photos you are sending

many thanks
Debbie

julia and chris - 04 July 2009 06:27 PM

Hi Debbie

Basically we are going back to the UK from around the 6th of September until the middle of January and need someone to look after two of our dogs - we are taking the other 2 with us and also to look after the land, this just needs watering twice a week we have around 12,000 square meters which has avocado, mango, orange and loads more fruit trees which you’d be welcome to eat!!  Christmas time the satsumas and oranges are out!  We are about an hour and a quarter from both Granada and Malaga airports and about 15 minutes from the nearest town which is Almunecar.  We also have a cortijo seperate from the main house which, if you wanted to stay longer than the middle of January, we could move back into there.  It has a swimming pool which you would be welcome to use when we’re in the UK.  Our house currently (we have planning to extend) has two bedrooms, one upstairs and one downstairs, kitchen/dining room, living room and two bathrooms, again one upstairs and one down.  We have solar and wind power and a backup generator but no mainline power.  This is a little confusing at first, as not all appliances will run on the solar ie washing machine, toaster and other high wattage stuff, so the generator has to be put on for those items also if there’s no sun (which if you’ve lived here before you know isn’t usual!!) there’s no power!

If you’re still interested, either give me a ring on 0034 649034166 or send me another mail on this expat forum with your phone number and I’ll call you

Julia

  Hi
We would like to swap e-mail details with you?  fuzflyer@hotmail.com.  we are pro mariners in the yachting industry shortly retiring to your area and there may be a mutual opportunity after reading you mail

Ian