Hi Katie,
In your post you dont say what you do for a living or whether you work from home or not. I shared your dilema when we moved over to Spain. I wanted somewhere near the beach, neither of us drive so it had to be near local amenities also. The problem of course is, that it is these very places which attract tourists.
I run a small marketing business from home which involves a lot of telephone calls. I couldn’t live somewhere where people were comming home at 3am, drunk, singing or playing loud music.
Eventualy we decided to take a place we viewed in Los Montesinos Alicante.
It’s a 3 bedroom detached villa (We use 1 as an office;), it’s brand new, it has a garden, a parking space, is fully furnished right down to the corkscrew and dish cloths with top quality furniture (Leather suite, flat screen TV etc)
There is no pool, but the villa has a very large “rotunda” on the upper level, which is accessed via patio doors from each of the 2 upstairs bed rooms. We are putting a spa out there (500 euro or so) instead.
Why am I telling you all this?
Because with your budget you could live here too, there are a couple more brand new villa’s up for long term let in the same street, from the same investors at 650 per month.
The urbanisation is La Herrada, it consists of almost entirely ex pat’s, virtually no holiday lets. It’s very peacefull here.
70% of the occupants are British the rest made up of Polish, Russian, German etc. 10 Min into town and you have Los Montesinos, it is a typical Spanish town with the church at the square, but it also boasts fifty resturants and bars.
There are plenty of shops & a market on Fridays, everything you could wish for really.
The town is about 9 kilometers from Torrevieca.
In summation, if your work would allow you to live here it may well be worth having a look. PM me and I shall pass the agents details to you. BTW, the 650 euro’s includes council tax!
Best regards,
Brian.
