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Originally Posted by chris
Hello
we plan to move to spain next may, we have three children my 15 year old will go to lady elizabeth in javea, my 5 and 6 year old willl go to a state school. can any one recomend any schools in the general triangle of javea, calpe, and denia also thinking about orba. My youngest children and i have started spanish lessons to try and make it easier for them. My 6 year old screams and cries that he does not want to go to spain because of school, have others had problems in this and how did they cope?. We are visiting this area in 3 weeks so would like to know what schools to check out, do you think they would let us visit?. When can i put their names down to enrol?.
Also my husband is a lorry driver and an electrician, have read some threads saying that construction employment is down, what are the chances of employment as an electrician?, also what are the chances of employment as a spanish lorry driver?. Our back up plan is for him to work as a uk lorry driver driving to spain, would prefer not to do this as we want our new life together, but if thats what it takes so be it. any help will be greatly appreciated.
Sorry just one more question allthough we plan to rent for awhile, we wanted to know if it would be better to take our uk mortgaed with us rather than trying to get a new one spanish or otherwise as the banks don't seam to want to lend at the moment. Is that the same in spain?
Thank you for all your help
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Hi there, cant help so much with the schools, other than to tell you that you have to register them at school next month for next years school year. You will also probably need NIE numbers to register them.
As regards an electrician, electrical work is different here to the UK although I guess its the same theory. Also, unless you have the right Spanish diploma you cannot sign off electrical work. You would have to pay a correctly qualified Spanish electrician to do this for you.
The property market is in trouble here, and there are a lot of construction workers now fighting for the jobs that there are. Too much property being built and not enough people to buy it .... so yes, unless you have contacts it may be a struggle.
What do you mean by bringing your UK mortgage with you? Will your UK bank allow you to transfer your mortgage to a foreign property? Mortgage rates are lower here, and afaik there is no problem with getting a mortgage here as of course they will just take a charge on your property. Personally, renting is the way to go at the moment and then you can sit back and make silly offers on properties over here to get the best deal.
Just got back from having coffee with friends in Denia, weather is beautiful at the moment.