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[richie3487]

Hello all,

I haven't been on the Forum for a while as, i have been away expending my duty to the Queen (ARMY) not prison, But the time is nigh where i will no longer be employed by her majesty 10 Oct, as my 22 years is up, we are looking to rent for 6 to 10 months in the Costa calida/Costa Blanca south region, so we can look around before we buy.

Can anyone give me any advice about securing a long term unfurnished property , or a furnished property with a garage,

Secondly what types of work is there, I am a qualified Plumber and welder/Blacksmith, I have project managing quals and I have recently become qualified in Health and Safety Management (NEBOSH General) (NEBOSH International), is there a market for any of the above or will i be commuting to gatwick and back.

all the best,

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by richie3487

Hello all,

I haven't been on the Forum for a while as, i have been away expending my duty to the Queen (ARMY) not prison, But the time is nigh where i will no longer be employed by her majesty 10 Oct, as my 22 years is up, we are looking to rent for 6 to 10 months in the Costa calida/Costa Blanca south region, so we can look around before we buy.

Can anyone give me any advice about securing a long term unfurnished property , or a furnished property with a garage,

Secondly what types of work is there, I am a qualified Plumber and welder/Blacksmith, I have project managing quals and I have recently become qualified in Health and Safety Management (NEBOSH General) (NEBOSH International), is there a market for any of the above or will i be commuting to gatwick and back.

all the best,

As far as property is concerned try Spanish property, Spanish property for sale, property sales Spain
For work, well it helps if you speak the language, but the Spanish aren't great on health and safety in the workplace

[chris(madrid)]

As pointed out Small Spanish companies a a bit cavalier about HASAW - esp in the building trade or where subcontracting is rife.

BUT larger companies (warehousing, manufacturing) HAVE TO BE CAREFUL- Problem is they'll generally search out a LARGE specialist consultancy and the report will have to be in 100% correct Spanish. NOT EX-PAT SPANISH. If you want to pursue this - You'll need to look out consultancies where you end up. You never know you may find one that certifies outside Spain too. It happens.

There was a spate a good 4 years ago where firms were almost fighting over such services here in Madrid, as HASAW certification for "certain sized companies" was mas a legal pre-req for continuing trading. Told it's calmed down now - and the trend is for new companies to be smaller rather than larger. The big conglomerates already have tame consultants and HASAW staff.

You stand more chance as a Blacksmith. Frankly I also think you'll enjoy life more. Proper ones that do Horse's are getting rare I'm told - BUT you'll need to look where there are horses - That probably means INLAND. You'll be travelling a fair bit I'd imagine. Also means you'd probably get invitations to Hunts on the larger cortijos - if that's to your taste. If you could get on the good books of a Rejonero (Horse mounted bullfighter) you'd be onto a good thing.

Welding: just about every village has a cerrajero (guy who makes gates etc) - If you're good at your trade you can maybe displace one - some are frankly VERY poor standard. But you'll need Spanish skills unless you live off ex-pats.

[richie3487]

Hi,

Thanks for the info, i consult smallfor small businesses here in uk, i was hoping to consult for the expat busnisses hopefully saving them some money on insurance premuims by puting in safe systems of work (Risk assessments) Shoeing horses is farriers not blacksmiths, thats one of lifes little misconceptions. However yes i can turn out pretty good ornamentsl stuff, i was full time Welder Blacksmith for 20 years, then promotion shoves you in new directions,

what about plumbing i have qualified in that also, is there work in this area,


more questions than answers, i find

thanks for the help.

Richie,

[richie3487]

Originally Posted by Stravinsky

As far as property is concerned try Spanish property, Spanish property for sale, property sales Spain
For work, well it helps if you speak the language, but the Spanish aren't great on health and safety in the workplace

Hi, Stravinsky
Thanks for the link i have that site as one of my favorites,
Hope things are going good for you out there, is the housing market on the way down or static, there are lots of reports here saying there are millions of properties left unsold etc. the reasomn for the rent is to make sure its what we want and to find a location that suits all our need if im flying back and forwards to uk then, who knows,

All the Best,

Richie,

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by richie3487

Hi, Stravinsky
Thanks for the link i have that site as one of my favorites,
Hope things are going good for you out there, is the housing market on the way down or static, there are lots of reports here saying there are millions of properties left unsold etc. the reasomn for the rent is to make sure its what we want and to find a location that suits all our need if im flying back and forwards to uk then, who knows,

All the Best,

Richie,

Well I'm a great believer that quality property at the right price will sell. If you have rows and rows of boxes on urb's, right now you are going to struggle imho. Housing market in generak though is not good (for sellers). They have to bring their prices down to sell to UK buyers (due to the r/ex) and also because of the sheer number of properties for sale.

Renting is a good move at the moment and maybe you will get a bargain purchase some time in the future