Blond Day or what

[betty]

Sorry that I have not been myself since I joined but I have only just been able to find how you put posts on this website!! Still may not happen, have not finished yet
I am thinking of moving to inland spain and wondered how others find living in small villages. I love El Burgo as I have seen it many times on visits.

Lets see if this works?


Betty

[Suenneil]

Originally Posted by betty

Sorry that I have not been myself since I joined but I have only just been able to find how you put posts on this website!! Still may not happen, have not finished yet
I am thinking of moving to inland spain and wondered how others find living in small villages. I love El Burgo as I have seen it many times on visits.

Lets see if this works?


Betty

Hi Betty ... welcome

I have moved your thread to the Spain forum as you will probably get more input and help from here!

Best of luck
Sue

[Liberty]

Originally Posted by betty

Sorry that I have not been myself since I joined but I have only just been able to find how you put posts on this website!! Still may not happen, have not finished yet
I am thinking of moving to inland spain and wondered how others find living in small villages. I love El Burgo as I have seen it many times on visits.

Lets see if this works?


Betty

Well, I live "inland" but not in a small village.

I enjoy being away from the tourist resorts and the ebb and flow of tourism. I'm not too sure about living in a small village though.....lack of a good internet connection and poor access to emergency facilities seems to be a recurring complaint from those who live "in the sticks".

[Suenneil]

Originally Posted by betty

Sorry that I have not been myself since I joined but I have only just been able to find how you put posts on this website!! Still may not happen, have not finished yet
I am thinking of moving to inland spain and wondered how others find living in small villages. I love El Burgo as I have seen it many times on visits.

Lets see if this works?


Betty

Hi Betty .... and welcome to the "Spain" forum

It may help if you could tell us a little bit about yourself and what you are looking for in Spain. Do you need to work for example ? or is income not a problem for you ? Are you on your own or do you have children / family that need taking into account.... do you speak Spanish ?

I think eveyones experiences will be slightly different depending on what their own circumstances are .. I live on the coast in a predominantly Spanish town and I am very settled there ... but thats nothing like a small Spanish village.

Look forward to seeing you on the forum!

Sue

[XTreme]

I live in the land that time forgot.....what do you want to know?

[Xose]

Originally Posted by betty

Sorry that I have not been myself since I joined but I have only just been able to find how you put posts on this website!! Still may not happen, have not finished yet
I am thinking of moving to inland spain and wondered how others find living in small villages. I love El Burgo as I have seen it many times on visits.

Lets see if this works?


Betty

Hello Betty,
Which El Burgo are you referring to. I've looked it up in the INE (National Statistics Institute) web page and could only find what are clearly small towns/villages, the largest being in Guadalajara with 183 people.

Is this the one you're referring to?

Keep in mind that what's important in "inland Spain" is the Ayuntamiento - not any particular village in it. i.e., the smallest village in a wealthy ayuntamiento will be as well served as it's largest town so far as services go (Local Police, Doctors surgery, state of the local roads etc) - the ayuntamiento's wealth is what impacts those things.

Xose

[betty]

ok abit about myself!

Spanish speaking, well I would not say that I am fluent by any means, yes I speak Spanish but it would be arrogant to say enough to talk my way out of a legal situation that needed in-depth detail, just in-case I missed something big.
I want work and it would be nice to be full time, my profession is "Dog Groomer!" sounds much nicer when you say it in Spanish "Peluqueria de Perros." I am willing to travel for an hour and a half from El Burgo daily if necessary until I find what I am looking for. With this I am also willing to house sit with or without pets.
Self employed or on contract not sure yet because, which would be best for me? These are all things that I need to find out about. Renting on the coast is double the cost of El Burgo, which is situated near Ronda, I am not sure with self employed costs big etc The problem I have is that I am really alone trying to find out how to go about things so that I stay legal and covered for all situations, I do believe that ignorance is not a defense, although if I don´t know the rules then I will find it hard to follow them!!So any information that I can get will help me greatly.

[betty]

Originally Posted by betty

Sorry that I have not been myself since I joined but I have only just been able to find how you put posts on this website!! Still may not happen, have not finished yet
I am thinking of moving to inland spain and wondered how others find living in small villages. I love El Burgo as I have seen it many times on visits.

Lets see if this works?


Betty

ok abit about myself: Sorry this is on twice, just learning

Spanish speaking, well I would not say that I am fluent by any means, yes I speak Spanish but it would be arrogant to say enough to talk my way out of a legal situation that needed in-depth detail, just in-case I missed something big.
I want work and it would be nice to be full time, my profession is "Dog Groomer!" sounds much nicer when you say it in Spanish "Peluqueria de Perros." I am willing to travel for an hour and a half from El Burgo daily if necessary until I find what I am looking for. With this I am also willing to house sit with or without pets.
Self employed or on contract not sure yet because, which would be best for me? These are all things that I need to find out about. Renting on the coast is double the cost of El Burgo, which is situated near Ronda, I am not sure with self employed costs etc The problem I have is that I am really alone trying to find out how to go about things so that I stay legal and covered for all situations, I do believe that ignorance is not a defense, although if I don´t know the rules then I will find it hard to follow them!!So any information that I can get will help me greatly.

[Suenneil]

Originally Posted by betty

ok abit about myself!

Spanish speaking, well I would not say that I am fluent by any means, yes I speak Spanish but it would be arrogant to say enough to talk my way out of a legal situation that needed in-depth detail, just in-case I missed something big.
I want work and it would be nice to be full time, my profession is "Dog Groomer!" sounds much nicer when you say it in Spanish "Peluqueria de Perros." I am willing to travel for an hour and a half from El Burgo daily if necessary until I find what I am looking for. With this I am also willing to house sit with or without pets.
Self employed or on contract not sure yet because, which would be best for me? These are all things that I need to find out about. Renting on the coast is double the cost of El Burgo, which is situated near Ronda, I am not sure with self employed costs big etc The problem I have is that I am really alone trying to find out how to go about things so that I stay legal and covered for all situations, I do believe that ignorance is not a defense, although if I don´t know the rules then I will find it hard to follow them!!So any information that I can get will help me greatly.

Hi Betty!

I think your spanish will be of great benefit to you! particularly in small village or town as opposed to the Coast.

The job may be an issue Betty ..... you would unlikely to get a contracted position at the moment in any sector! unemployment here is so bad at the moment and expected to get much worse. It is a lot higher than the UK .... around 19% and rising.
Working for yourself (autonomo) is an option, but again its going to be tough, even if you are willing to travel up to 1.5 hours to work ... the rates people charge for this type of service arent that high here, so once you take out your daily travel costs / expenses you wouldnt be earning much at all. We take our dog to a local poodle parlour and for wash/dry/nails etc we pay 22 euros and the dog was there just under two hours!!!

If you are self employed you will be expected to pay into the social security system which costs approx 240 euros per month - this covers your health care etc as someone living in Spain permanently.

Im sure you will get more replies ... I hope you get some that sound a little bit more positive than mine on the job front!

Sue

[darrenandlynne]

Originally Posted by Suenneil

Hi Betty!

I think your spanish will be of great benefit to you! particularly in small village or town as opposed to the Coast.

The job may be an issue Betty ..... you would unlikely to get a contracted position at the moment in any sector! unemployment here is so bad at the moment and expected to get much worse. It is a lot higher than the UK .... around 19% and rising.
Working for yourself (autonomo) is an option, but again its going to be tough, even if you are willing to travel up to 1.5 hours to work ... the rates people charge for this type of service arent that high here, so once you take out your daily travel costs / expenses you wouldnt be earning much at all. We take our dog to a local poodle parlour and for wash/dry/nails etc we pay 22 euros and the dog was there just under two hours!!!

If you are self employed you will be expected to pay into the social security system which costs approx 240 euros per month - this covers your health care etc as someone living in Spain permanently.

Im sure you will get more replies ... I hope you get some that sound a little bit more positive than mine on the job front!

Sue

Sue

Please could you give us some info please.

You told Betty the self employed have to contribute approx 240€p/m to social security. Do you know if this applies if you are not working in spain but receive an earned income from the UK, which you have paid tax on.

Darren