I was involved in a bizarre situation last week. A client of mine, let´s call her Mrs. Smith, responded to a property advertisement on the internet for a 3 bed property for sale in Marbella, priced at €195,000. Another Costa del Sol property agent had advised me that he was dealing directly (and exclusively) with a local bank that had repossessed the property and that he had been asked by the bank to find a buyer within an agreed timescale of 3 weeks, of which there were 7 days remaining when my client took a look at the property. Continue reading »

I´ve just spent a really lovely day here in Marbella, a day that reminded me why I live here.

After a fairly lazy breakfast this morning, I went for a dip in the community swimming pool and a 30 minute lie in the sun, reading a few chapters of a book. After a nice shower, I met friends at a beach bar in Marbella, where we shared a large jug of sangria and a fabulous paella while my friends´ kids played on the sand and paddled in the sea beside us. Continue reading »