I am looking for a decent one bedroom flat/apartment in Gibraltar or Linea (near the UK Gibraltar border) for long term rent. I have dome some research on Google but its quite hard to find an estate agent that is willing to take the time out and explain some facts about the properties.
My budget is around 500 euros PCM. Can anyone please advise?
Gib is expensive. Even the smallest flats and apartments are well over 1000€. What facts do you need to know??? I think what you'll find is that if you are there then the agents will take you more seriously. They probably get so many phone inquiries that dont materialise, they get a bit complacent - not good in this economic climate....!!!
Thanks for your reply! Yes, Gibraltar is out of league as it seems! I wanted to know about the area of La Linea, as I have been advised to be careful as some of them are quite poor and ghetto (Brits get robbed there) so I wanted to stay as close as possible to the frontier. Also they dont tend to describe is the bills are included in the rent and if it will be possible to have a telephone internet connection running through....
when i worked in gib i stayed in a hostel in linear to get a feel for the place I stayed in gib first but i must say it can be real dead in the night weekend abit more life but in the end i ended up in tarifa and traveled in its only gets busy at the boarder if you walk or bike all the better
Hmmm this is very useful! How long was this? Asking as I would like to know how much Groceries... everyday things, as I dont really know what to expect price wise.
Tarifa was a 20 min drive but it's bit like newquay not club wise but young surf type food in Spain is better value than gib I was there 4 to 5 years a go Gibson good for the english food and the things you miss at home but you will pay for it the paper was cheaper in gib I do miss that
Ok thanks. So can anyone recommend a decent estate agents for La Linea I can contact? I think I would want to live in La Linea, having done some research.
Get yourself over here and have a look!! Call into as many agents as you can find and ask them. They all respond better when its face to face and you can have a look round at distances, areas etc
The ones in gib should have some on there books there is a town just out side of linea I am try to think whots it is called but is tidy and I think beter will come to me
Yea I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of estate agents in Gib, but I wanted to secure something before I head over there. Any one know of any internet websites where I can find these estate agents?
The ones I have found on google so far are pretty useless! Thanks
1st rule of renting in Spain - NEVER sign anything or pay a deposit until you have physically been IN the apartment/villa whatever
& not many agents will make viewing appointments over the internet -they rarely if ever reply to e-mails - to the extent that you might think they don't even have internet!!
have a look in the 'useful links' sticky - there are links to various national rental websites - at least you can get an idea of what you can get for your money, even if you don't actually get sorted
to the op. you might find more agents if you spell "la linea" correctly. and the town outside la linea is called "campamento".
try Segundo Mano, milanuncios.com, casaenaquiler.com and search for "aquiler la linea or aquiler campamento"
i have friends that rented in gib - for a studio it was 900 pounds.. she moved to la linea into a 1 bed ground floor apartment for 450€ when her rental ended. La linea is alot cheaper, and only a 10 minute walk to the border.
theres alot of estate agents in la linea itself if you fancy looking around.
Yeah well thanks for the spelling lesson. You would think I would know how to spell it after all the times I have been there. I will do some more searching using your suggestions. Thanks for your help.
A good alternative to La Linea is to live in Santa Margarita. It's quite and beautiful, there is a lot of flats / town houses offered in range of 600-800 Eur/month. It's still not far from the border so you can even go by bicycle.
I have been quite rude about Santa Margarita in the past on here but I drove through the other day and it seems a lot more lively than it was with some shops and bar/restaurants so it seems to be improving.
I still wouldn't like to live there very much but it does offer an option of living within bike distance of the border.
Me and my boyfriend are considering moving to Gibraltar, not sure where to live yet (Gibraltar or other Spanish city nearby). In terms of internet connection, for what I read it is pretty lousy in Gibraltar. What about nearby Spanish cities?
Hi 13, are you still active on this site? Mywife - a teacher - and me and our daughter of 14, will be moving to Gib in Sept. I need to pick your brains about places to live, prices, etc etc - can you help? Pls mail a reply and I'll come back with some questions! Thanks, Nick.
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