Hi Whiffy,
I am not familiar with the particular areas you mention, but like you I love Spain and have wanted to move over for years. I spent hours and hours over the course of several years researching online, using google earth and visiting various areas.
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, it is fully furnished right down to the corkscrew and dish cloths with top quality furniture (Leather suite, flat screen TV etc) We were qouted ?1900 to ship our junk over - no way!
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 (should cost 500 euro or so) instead.
Why am I telling you all this?
Because there are a couple more brand new villa?s up for long term let from the same investors at 650 per month. Now these may be gone by the time you are ready to come over but the urbanisation is growing all the time, there are more commercial units planned and more new housing too.
It is approximately a 20 minute drive from Murcia Airport and a 35 minute drive from Alicante airport which makes this a very popular destination on the Costa Blanca. The ?Blue Flag? beaches of Guardamar del Segura are only a 10 minute drive. Los Montesinos has a calm and tranquil feel about. It sits on the edge of the beautiful salt lake which creates a microclimate that makes it one of the healthiest places in the world to live according to the World Health Organisation. It is a typical Spanish town with the church at the square.
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. It takes 15 Min to walk to Los Montesinos town.
Despite it?s growth, the town has retained it?s typical Spanish feel and has a very friendly community of Spanish and English. All essential facilities and amenities are within easy walking distance, from fresh food shops, supermarkets, 50+ bars, restaurants & tapas bars, schools, a music academy, medical centre, municipal sports centre, parks, and a whole host of other shops & facilities.
It is great to be in a friendly place where you can forget about a car and stroll to everything you need.
The town has numerous fiestas throughout the year, as do all of the local towns, although here the main fiesta is in October and lasts for a whole (Hectic) week.
The town is about 9 kilometers from Torrevieca.
There are two schools in Los Montesinos, the primary school is Virgen del Pilar and the secondary school is Los Montesinos les Antonio Sequeras. Both are very reputable, sought after schools.
In summation, if your want to live in Spain, here may well be worth a look. PM me and I shall pass the agents details to you. BTW, the 650 euro?s includes council tax!
Best regards,
Brian.
P.S
A word about the agents, its a husband and wife team and I can honestly say they couldn?t do enough to help us. I run a small business and the internet and telephone are absolutely critical to my income. It can take upto 9 weeks I hear, to have a telephone installed.
I simply could not have lived without it for longer than 2 weeks. I did not have a Spanish bank account (You cannot have any subscription service in Spain without one so; you might want to open one when you are over for your next reccy) The agent arranged to have the phone and internet put on in this brand new house within 5 days, using his own bank account to get things moving. He picked us up and run us about to do all the things we NEEDED to do. I can recommend them to anyone (But wont here as it might be construed as advertising)
