Property prices on the CDS

[Cazzy]

Maybe he could rent mine!!! I wish I had something smaller, the housework, the dust!!!! I'm Inland of the Costa Del Sol though. A rental that size on the Costa will be very expensive. He must be rich.

[mrypg9]

Originally Posted by Cazzy

Maybe he could rent mine!!! I wish I had something smaller, the housework, the dust!!!! I'm Inland of the Costa Del Sol though. A rental that size on the Costa will be very expensive. He must be rich.

Well, our house is about that size,probably larger...I've just had a stroll round - sitting on two very large plots, one with building permission. We're not rich, just 'comfortable' but we like spacious houses. My dil is considering buying it for us as we do not want to own property ever again. There are photos on my album. We are a twenty minute walk from the beach, in a quiet area.There are quite a few properties round here for rent.

When we first rented the price was 2300 euros a month plus utilities of course but by the third year, having shown to be reliable tenants -we pay the rent in two chunks in advance - we succeeded in knocking it down quite a bit.

If we moved a few km inland the rent would be around 1000 euros...

Perhaps we should all move to Bulgaria where for the price of a studio apartment (or on the Golden Mile a garage) you can buy a palatial property.

Of course there are drawbacks living in a poor ex-Communist country, as we found in the Czech Republic, where the standard of living, although higher than Bulgaria, is still below that of 'western' countries.

But if you want to be flash without much cash.....Bulgaria is a place to go.

[mrypg9]

Originally Posted by Cazzy

Maybe he could rent mine!!! I wish I had something smaller, the housework, the dust!!!! I'm Inland of the Costa Del Sol though. A rental that size on the Costa will be very expensive. He must be rich.

We find the only real drawback of a house of this size is heating in winter. There is marble everywhere - staircases, floors, bathroom and kitchen walls - and while that's great in summer as we don't need air con as the rooms are spacious and well-ventlilated - it's not so good in winter. I've noticed that rentals around this area for houses of this size tend to be more expensive but the house is around fifteen years old and nothing has been done in the way of 'running repairs' since it was built. The house could do with a coat of paint outside and there are a few minor structural bits and pieces that aren't urgent but that you would fix if it were your property. Of course this will lower the selling price which could be in our interest.

The architect who designed this house lives in an elaborate structure next door. In winter, pine scented smoke arises from his chimney - he has wood burners for heating. We don't....

Do you experience the same problems? This winter has been very mild so it's not been a problem in the daytime but we tend to heat just one room in the evening when we're reading or watching tv.

The reason we took this house was the huge garden for Our Little Azor to run around in...that and the pool. One part of the garden is really just a field and there are no elaborate borders with flowers, just bushes, shrubs and trees -loads of palms - so we don't need a gardener more than a few hours a month.

Far from being 'rich' (which these days is a vague, undefined concept as it merely means someone with apparently more money than you) we must be the paupers round here as we do our own housework and unlike most people who have gardens our size don't employ full-time gardeners.

Interesting though to see that in the couple of streets of similar properties, most on large plots, around here,around 20% are for sale. I think many people who bought these houses during the boom years have found they are no longer 'rich'.

[Cazzy]

Originally Posted by mrypg9

We find the only real drawback of a house of this size is heating in winter. There is marble everywhere - staircases, floors, bathroom and kitchen walls - and while that's great in summer as we don't need air con as the rooms are spacious and well-ventlilated - it's not so good in winter. I've noticed that rentals around this area for houses of this size tend to be more expensive but the house is around fifteen years old and nothing has been done in the way of 'running repairs' since it was built. The house could do with a coat of paint outside and there are a few minor structural bits and pieces that aren't urgent but that you would fix if it were your property. Of course this will lower the selling price which could be in our interest.

The architect who designed this house lives in an elaborate structure next door. In winter, pine scented smoke arises from his chimney - he has wood burners for heating. We don't....

Do you experience the same problems? This winter has been very mild so it's not been a problem in the daytime but we tend to heat just one room in the evening when we're reading or watching tv.



The reason we took this house was the huge garden for Our Little Azor to run around in...that and the pool. One part of the garden is really just a field and there are no elaborate borders with flowers, just bushes, shrubs and trees -loads of palms - so we don't need a gardener more than a few hours a month.

Far from being 'rich' (which these days is a vague, undefined concept as it merely means someone with apparently more money than you) we must be the paupers round here as we do our own housework and unlike most people who have gardens our size don't employ full-time gardeners.

Interesting though to see that in the couple of streets of similar properties, most on large plots, around here,around 20% are for sale. I think many people who bought these houses during the boom years have found they are no longer 'rich'.

We have an open fire and a log burner. This year we have invested in a large pellet burner, which if you leave the doors open really warms up the house, we are on one level so I guess that makes it easier. We also have 5 air con units, which we tend not to use. In our winter kitchen we have an AGA cooker which is hot 24/7 so this helps. Our rooms are not huge apart from the summer lounge which is 55sqm, but we have lots of them. My husband is disabled so we could not be without heating, it gets colder inland than on the coast as well.

Our house is set on three plots totaling about 1,000sqm, all of which is tiled, with flower beds and the swimming pool, if I did decide to let it this would make it easier as when the tenants moved out I would not be faced with a jungle to sort out!!

I like the space, but want to different things now, so it is becoming more of a chore than before. We live in a lovely village and chances are that I would stay here, just in something smaller.

I haven't a clue what it would rent for, probably about 700 a month, I think I would rather sell!!

[mrypg9]

Originally Posted by Cazzy

We have an open fire and a log burner. This year we have invested in a large pellet burner, which if you leave the doors open really warms up the house, we are on one level so I guess that makes it easier. We also have 5 air con units, which we tend not to use. In our winter kitchen we have an AGA cooker which is hot 24/7 so this helps. Our rooms are not huge apart from the summer lounge which is 55sqm, but we have lots of them. My husband is disabled so we could not be without heating, it gets colder inland than on the coast as well.

Our house is set on three plots totaling about 1,000sqm, all of which is tiled, with flower beds and the swimming pool, if I did decide to let it this would make it easier as when the tenants moved out I would not be faced with a jungle to sort out!!

I like the space, but want to different things now, so it is becoming more of a chore than before. We live in a lovely village and chances are that I would stay here, just in something smaller.

I haven't a clue what it would rent for, probably about 700 a month, I think I would rather sell!!

Whereabouts are you?

If you have time, could you send a couple of photos via pm?

You would pay much more rent than that if you could pick up the house and transport it here....

It sounds ideal for us...

We are on two levels but the house has 'wings'....All the rooms are large and spacious, great in summer. Not so in winter although it's never really that cold here. The salon has a minstrel's gallery kind of thing so any heat generated disappears upwards then...disappears.

[Cazzy]

Thanks for your interest but we think it would be best to sell it as anything we got in rent would go on renting another property.

Caz

[Goldeneye]

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Properties here in Canada still work on Sq feet, so haven't a clue what the Sq metres are..

The problem hubby and I face with moving back to Europe is we are used to a lot of Sq feet and bang for our buck....for a fraction of the cost that we would have to pay in Spain or UK.

At present we have a house that is 4,800 sq ft with a triple garage (we only own 1 car) lol and it's on 3/4 acre with lake and mountain views... Unfortunately with the market being what it is we won't see much more than $600K canadian... I don't think we will get anything that's even close in the Costa Blanca..


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[Sirtravelot]

Originally Posted by Goldeneye

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Properties here in Canada still work on Sq feet, so haven't a clue what the Sq metres are..

The problem hubby and I face with moving back to Europe is we are used to a lot of Sq feet and bang for our buck....for a fraction of the cost that we would have to pay in Spain or UK.

At present we have a house that is 4,800 sq ft with a triple garage (we only own 1 car) lol and it's on 3/4 acre with lake and mountain views... Unfortunately with the market being what it is we won't see much more than $600K canadian... I don't think we will get anything that's even close in the Costa Blanca..


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I recall watching something on TV about a German family buying a pretty big house with lots of property somewhere in Andalusia. I can't tell you how big it was, but it was so big that they were going to rent certain rooms out for holiday makers. It cost 300K euros, maybe a bit more or a bit less.

Only catch is that it was pretty deep inland. In fact, it was very much in the middle of nowhere that it reminded me of the Canadian wilderness.

[Goldeneye]

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We want to get away from the Canadian wilderness, I want to go on walks and hikes and not worry about Bears and Cougars!!
I want to be able to walk back from my neighbours house at night and not be thinking about the Cougar prints in the snow I saw outside my door that morning.

Never mind in Bears (Black & Grizzly) that we have seen on numerous occasions..

I'd like our kitty Cats to have a 'outdoor life' The average life expectancy of a outdoor cat where we live is 3years! The coyotes find them a yummy treat!

We don't want t be more than a 15 - 20 minute drive from the coast...

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[jimenato]

Originally Posted by Goldeneye

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Properties here in Canada still work on Sq feet, so haven't a clue what the Sq metres are..

The problem hubby and I face with moving back to Europe is we are used to a lot of Sq feet and bang for our buck....for a fraction of the cost that we would have to pay in Spain or UK.

At present we have a house that is 4,800 sq ft with a triple garage (we only own 1 car) lol and it's on 3/4 acre with lake and mountain views... Unfortunately with the market being what it is we won't see much more than $600K canadian... I don't think we will get anything that's even close in the Costa Blanca..


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As a rough guide just divide by 10. Your 4,800 sq ft house is 480 sq m. very roughly - easy rule of thumb.