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Hi All, We're looking for a bit of advice. Friends have bought an old property they are looking to renovate, taking on much of the work themselves. We've been doing a renovation in the UK and come over to help. It seems many of the techniques we'd use are different to Spain (not unexpected) so...

Hello all, sorry if this has been posted but can't find anywhere. I'm moving to Spain in September. I'm buying a house, half cash half mortgage. Ideally I would have liked to build from scratch so as to have own stamp on it, but have decided the renovation of a cortijo is perhaps the best...

Hi and thanks for clicking on the thread. I'm hoping to find suggestions on either a decent quality mortgage broker (if they exist). Or if anyone has a sugegstion on how to get a good quality view of what mortgage I could possibly get - in the UK there's load of online comparison websites. I'm...

I’ve seen a property advertised which is basically a derelict house and outbuildings on a ¼ acre site. There is water and electricity at the boundary. My thoughts were to build a small new timber-framed house (perhaps 6osq.metres) on a new slab on the site, keep one of the outbuildings as a...

Hi all, I'm new to this forum. I've just bought house to renovate in Abruzzo and need information, advice and recommendations on a good english speaking architect, project manager fees, builders etc. Any help would be much appreciated. Maureen

Building a Beach House in Baja California, Mexico Thought I would share some photos from our beach house construction project. The first step in the process was deciding where we would want to build / live. We knew we wanted be on the Pacific side of Baja, just steps to the beach but quickly...