costa blanca

[jojo]

Originally Posted by JBODEN

It seems to me that that would be logical. If a landlord comes to an agent and asks him to find a tenant, then the agent is acting on behalf of the landlord. If the agent tried to act for both sides then there would be a conflict of interest.
In Poland it is common for estate agents to get commission from sales/lets from both parties. A conflict of interest, if there ever was one.

This is why there should be proper regulations and a governing body in place to serve all parties, especially as there is so much rental in Spain. Altho I guess it woulod mean an awful lot of landlords would suddenly have to pay tax on their rents AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!


Jo xxx

[mrypg9]

Have just returned from very pleasant lunch with landlord. As both food and wine were excellent -quite expensive restaurant -and he paid the bill, I did not feel it was the right time to ask for a reduction in the rent we pay....

[Suenneil]

Originally Posted by mrypg9

Have just returned from very pleasant lunch with landlord. As both food and wine were excellent -quite expensive restaurant -and he paid the bill, I did not feel it was the right time to ask for a reduction in the rent we pay....

oooooooooooooooooooooooh I think you missed an opportunity there M! lol had he drunk some wine ???? you could have got him whilst he was under the influence! ah well it just means you will have to do it all over again!!

Glad you enjoyed the lunch though!

S xx

[mrypg9]

Originally Posted by Suenneil

oooooooooooooooooooooooh I think you missed an opportunity there M! lol had he drunk some wine ???? you could have got him whilst he was under the influence! ah well it just means you will have to do it all over again!!

Glad you enjoyed the lunch though!

S xx

Yes, we had a really good Rioja. He's a really nice man, I like him. I've invited him for coffee tomorrow and I'm on my own for a week so maybe I can conjure up that je ne sais quoi that seems to work with Spanish policemen
Seriously, we'll pay the rent we agreed for our contractual year but after that it's a reduction or I'm on the line to the Spanish equivalent of Pickfords.
Is there one, by the way? I mean a really good, reliable removals firm?
We made a big mistake when we moved our goods and chattels from the UK -we took the cheapest quote. The UK firm shipped the stuff to Dover where a Czech firm picked up the trailer and stored our things in a warehouse where it was cold and damp. They didn't deliver on the day they were supposed to and made some feeble excuse about the snow preventing them from driving the truck. Our clothes and bedding were wet when they eventually arrived. When the removal men brought our furniture in they cut wildly at wrapping with boxcutters and slashed a six inch cut in the arm of a leather sofa. They also 'lost' a few things.
So when we moved to Spain we used an expensive but very very good international company, AGS. The same guys who packed and loaded our stuff drove it here and unpacked it. I would recommend them - it's a French company with branches all over Europe. I don't think they do local removals though, just long-distance.

[Suenneil]

Originally Posted by mrypg9

Yes, we had a really good Rioja. He's a really nice man, I like him. I've invited him for coffee tomorrow and I'm on my own for a week so maybe I can conjure up that je ne sais quoi that seems to work with Spanish policemen
Seriously, we'll pay the rent we agreed for our contractual year but after that it's a reduction or I'm on the line to the Spanish equivalent of Pickfords.
Is there one, by the way? I mean a really good, reliable removals firm?
We made a big mistake when we moved our goods and chattels from the UK -we took the cheapest quote. The UK firm shipped the stuff to Dover where a Czech firm picked up the trailer and stored our things in a warehouse where it was cold and damp. They didn't deliver on the day they were supposed to and made some feeble excuse about the snow preventing them from driving the truck. Our clothes and bedding were wet when they eventually arrived. When the removal men brought our furniture in they cut wildly at wrapping with boxcutters and slashed a six inch cut in the arm of a leather sofa. They also 'lost' a few things.
So when we moved to Spain we used an expensive but very very good international company, AGS. The same guys who packed and loaded our stuff drove it here and unpacked it. I would recommend them - it's a French company with branches all over Europe. I don't think they do local removals though, just long-distance.

You go for it M! if it works on the police Im sure it will work on your landlord

Everyone is haggling and negotiating rents at the moment , we have just signed a second 11 month contract with ours and got them down again! even though the rest of the 3 beds in our building are paying more than we are! its just that they didnt ask for the reduction .... its worth a try, particularly when you are a good tenant and they know it! we rent from the developer and they told us straight up that they liked having us in there because we were "nice people" ....

There are plenty of large reputable removal firms on the coast, but I would hang on and see what your landlords does with the rent first

Sue x

[mrypg9]

Originally Posted by Suenneil

You go for it M! if it works on the police Im sure it will work on your landlord

Everyone is haggling and negotiating rents at the moment , we have just signed a second 11 month contract with ours and got them down again! even though the rest of the 3 beds in our building are paying more than we are! its just that they didnt ask for the reduction .... its worth a try, particularly when you are a good tenant and they know it! we rent from the developer and they told us straight up that they liked having us in there because we were "nice people" ....

There are plenty of large reputable removal firms on the coast, but I would hang on and see what your landlords does with the rent first

Sue x

He's a very cautious kind of man inspite of having had four wives (he complained that women were an expensive hobby so I suggested he took up stamp collecting instead - he did not receive this suggestion with much enthusiasm) so he may well prefer to stick with us. When he came to pick me up for lunch he remarked how clean the house was....I didn't know whether to be pleased or insulted. But he has had bad experiences with previous tenants.
Yes, I'll take your advice and will sound him out nearer the date. But our contract ends on June 30th and that isn't a good time to move, is it?

[Suenneil]

Originally Posted by mrypg9

He's a very cautious kind of man inspite of having had four wives (he complained that women were an expensive hobby so I suggested he took up stamp collecting instead - he did not receive this suggestion with much enthusiasm) so he may well prefer to stick with us. When he came to pick me up for lunch he remarked how clean the house was....I didn't know whether to be pleased or insulted. But he has had bad experiences with previous tenants.
Yes, I'll take your advice and will sound him out nearer the date. But our contract ends on June 30th and that isn't a good time to move, is it?

If you find yourself needing to find somewhere else then looking in April / May time should be ok with a view to starting a contract at the end of June ..... I still think landlords would prefer to get a guaranteed 11 month rental as opposed to an ad hoc weekly holiday rent at the moment ... and I dont see that changing in the near future.

S x

[mrypg9]

Originally Posted by Suenneil

If you find yourself needing to find somewhere else then looking in April / May time should be ok with a view to starting a contract at the end of June ..... I still think landlords would prefer to get a guaranteed 11 month rental as opposed to an ad hoc weekly holiday rent at the moment ... and I dont see that changing in the near future.

S x

That's reassuring. I really want to stay in one place for a few years. The original plan was that my son would buy a house and rent it to us but they already have properties here which have decreased hugely in value so that's not on the cards for a while. We lived in their house for a month when we first came here but there wasn't a secure garden for Our Little Azor. Our current house is on two plots and has a very large garden, much of which is just lawn so it's ideal for him. His requirements play a major role in determining where we live!
We've moved three times in less than a year, twice in the three years before that and I HATE moving so I just want to put down roots for a while. I love it here -we live in a 'real' street, not a community, with Spanish neighbours.