Holiday homes!!!

[Old Hack]

Not Canet Plage area by chance? That is indeed mobbed. Argeles is also mobbed - St Cyprien where we are is between the two, and has a lovely quiet beach - pure bliss

If you have any advice on renting and tax situation that would be brilliant to know about. We just rent through the local agent who are on site, and mates rates cheap cover electric kind of money to people we know, interested in renting more, but the challenges of getting a reliable remote agent, and the taxes are putting us off!

To be honest, from Leucate to Cerbere was unbearable, for me.

We don't rent out at all. IN fact, buying through an SCI means you can't legally let the place furnished. So sorry, but we can't help there. We saved 20% by buying through the SCI, and we reckon that is worth a least 3 years rental money anyway, and we have built up some impressive favours letting friends and family stay.

[Ketchup]

What about northern Spain. Away from the Costa del Chav. Great food and good weather most the year, around San Sebastian is very nice (although a bit pricey). I keep checking every week for properties around there as Spanish property prices have plummeted.

[Old Hack]

What about northern Spain. Away from the Costa del Chav. Great food and good weather most the year, around San Sebastian is very nice (although a bit pricey). I keep checking every week for properties around there as Spanish property prices have plummeted.

We drove all along the northern coast of Spain this summer, from Oviedo to the border and were quite surprised just how high prices were/remained on the coast to be honest. We loved the area and thought it would be good to buy out that way, but, yes, surprised. Oviedo was cheaper, of course, and more Cornish than Med, but stunning none the less.

I was very surprised just how upmarket San Sebastien was to be honest; felt a bit like Portofino, or Monaco in parts.

[Ketchup]

We drove all along the northern coast of Spain this summer, from Oviedo to the border and were quite surprised just how high prices were/remained on the coast to be honest. We loved the area and thought it would be good to buy out that way, but, yes, surprised. Oviedo was cheaper, of course, and more Cornish than Med, but stunning none the less.

I was very surprised just how upmarket San Sebastien was to be honest; felt a bit like Portofino, or Monaco in parts.

I love San Sebastian, it have amazing restaurants and bars and it seems to have eluded the want-to-be wag types from Essex who like to visit Cannes, Nice and Monaco looking to become some rich-saps trophy piece.

There seems to be quite a bit of land for sale for a reasonable price. I am tempted to buy a plot, as the economy is in such a mess out there, i reckon builders quotes would be very competitive.

[Troll]

What about northern Spain. Away from the Costa del Chav. Great food and good weather most the year, around San Sebastian is very nice (although a bit pricey). I keep checking every week for properties around there as Spanish property prices have plummeted.

You will be lucky to get "good weather" hence the reason for it's known as the 'Green Coast'- a wet and temperate oceanic climate..and as goes with a wet and miserable climate I found the Basques to be a bit dour in their outlook, especially around the SS area.
Last time I was there shed loads of EEC wonga was being lavished on the place ...seemed to be a sop to the Nationalistic minority

[Old Hack]

I love San Sebastian, it have amazing restaurants and bars and it seems to have eluded the want-to-be wag types from Essex who like to visit Cannes, Nice and Monaco looking to become some rich-saps trophy piece.

There seems to be quite a bit of land for sale for a reasonable price. I am tempted to buy a plot, as the economy is in such a mess out there, i reckon builders quotes would be very competitive.

I liked it an awful lot too; like you say, like the south of france, but without the baggage (or traffic amazingly). I would be surprised if the land was cheap cheap or more relatively cheap. It seemed expensive in Summer.

You will be lucky to get "good weather" hence the reason for it's known as the 'Green Coast'- a wet and temperate oceanic climate..and as goes with a wet and miserable climate I found the Basques to be a bit dour in their outlook, especially around the SS area.
Last time I was there shed loads of EEC wonga was being lavished on the place ...seemed to be a sop to the Nationalistic minority

I think you'll find that the Green Coast more applies to Santander and West, to Ortigueira, Vigo, Coruna way, which we found a bit grey and wet in parts, a lot like cornwall. As soon as we headed to Santander, Bilbao and San Sebastien, we found it much better, weather wise, with a nice 28 degrees for a couple of weeks.

The Basques did seem to be completely uninterested in anyone else but themselves, granted. The Vuelta was ging on when we were there, so we had a good look at that as well. Spectacular scenery around that way, and strangely alpine (for me, for it was my first visit and I didn't expect it to be almost Germanic).

And why does Basque look like an East European Language?