Thanks for your comments, The estate agent fees are high in our opinion but it is the standard cost here, its the basic price and the same that 4 of our friends and neighbours have paid when they sold over the past 3 years. We knew the price when we agreed the price with the agent but they are ridic...

Just thought I would share the costs of selling our property in Canaillas De Albaida. Since we bought the property in 2007 there is has been lots of changes in the administration of things like water and tax. And I confess we didn't think to find out how much it would cost to sell when the time came...

Thanks for the info Free at Last we will go and check it out next week. kind regards Ali

Does anyone know where the Treasury Office is between Torre Del Mar and Nerja? Also is the Treasury Office what is known in the UK as HMRC/Income Tax office. Many thanks in advance, Ali

Hi all, I wonder if someone could clarify costs of transferring water bill to new owner. A friend has just accepted an offer on their property in Canillas de Albaida and have been told that the Ayuntamiento charge for doing the transfer is 6000 euro, yes 6000 euro! Apparently Competa charge a mere 8...

Does anyone on the forum know if Velez Malaga Hospital has dialysis facilities? thanks Ali

Hi wondered if anyone could help with a query about electricity meter? We have been receiving bills for electricity usuage, however, for sometime now the LED screen has been blank on our meter, so we don't know how the electricity company can tell us how much we have used although we have been advis...

Thanks all for responding, I agree Aer Lingus flights are good and were always full, I'm disappointed that they are not flying Gatwick to Malaga any more.

Can anyone tell if Aer Lingus has decided not to fly to Malaga from Gatwick in total or do they only fly in the summer on this route? thanks Ali

Ann, quebin, did you watch the link at all? :crazy: Yes, it is very good but not new, to me anyway. A friend posted it on her Facebook page about 9 months ago :wink: Ann,I'm pleased you've seen it before, we saw Fascingating Aida on Thursday night and although I had also seen this on UTUBE before w...

Ann, quebin, did you watch the link at all?

There are many posts on this forum regarding Ryanar and if you haven't seen this on Youtube you are in for a treat, hopefully if nothing christmassy brings a smile to you I hope this will : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVASZ2lCY5Y

Merry Christmas Ali

Given the costs we have been given for a change to our escritura these seem very reasonable. The notary costs were quoted as 400e in Torrox, so your costs see reasonable to me. Ali

I would endorse what beachcomber says DO NOT TRUST ANYBODY! We just found out that our pool isn't legal on our new build property which we bought 5 years ago because the project licence was only for a house which did not include a pool. The property was signed off by the town hall architect as compl...

Hi Borati, Welcome to the forum, its a really helpful place for everything you need to know about Spain. I see people have mentioned looking at the area between Malaga and Nerja and I would endorse this. My 3 favourite places are Velez-Malaga about 7 minutes drive to the beach, its a lovely town ver...

Thanks for the info, what about lawyer fees, any ideas on these all I'm looking for is a rough guesstimate to ensure we have enough funds to cover costs. thanks ali

Can anybody provide me with approximate costs of selling a property? Lets say we accept an offer of 300,000 euro to make the maths easier.

thanks Gus that's a great help. much appreciated. Ali

Unfortunately our Dutch friends who used our house seem to have misplaced a filter in my LG hoover and I now need to get a replacement. I contacted LG Spain who sent the reply below, unfortunately I can't work out the addresses and they just don't compute on Google maps. Can anyone help? your assist...

Does anyone know if we can put our car in early for its bi annual ITV? Its due January but we will be in Australia for 3 months from December so would prefer to get it done in November before we leave. thanks Alison