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On Friday at 4.30pm I was in my car outsider my villa in Marbella – the temperature gauge read 30 degrees – a typical scenario for a warm July afternoon.
I drove 16 kilometres east to Fuengirola, a journey taking just short of 30 minutes. On arrival, the gauge read 42 degrees.
Sue enough, I stepped out of the car, and the heat was searingly uncomfortable, reminiscent of some of the unpleasant weather I had previously experienced in Florida and the Far East. It felt as though the sun was literally ´baking´ everything – it was the hottest I had experienced since owning property on the Costa del Sol for the last 8 years. Continue reading »
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Anyone taking a holiday on the Costa del Sol who has tried to drive from Marbella to Estepona in the middle of August will have come across the bottleneck that is otherwise known as San Pedro.
Lying just a few kilometers to the west of Puerto Banus, San Pedro de Alcantara is a town that is regularly home to queuing traffic, particularly in the morning and evening rush-hours, and during the high tourist season. The problem is caused primarily by the convergence of the Ronda Road with the coastal highway, and the 3 further junctions with traffic lights that provide access to the town itself.
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So I make the offer on my ideal Spanish property, the idyllic semi-detached Marbella villa with a sea view. Via the listing agent, I offer €420,000 and am expecting a rejection.
It takes 4 days to get hold of the vendor – typical me, I´m dealing with the only seller in Spain who doesn´t pick up his phone! Apparently, he´s “neither accepted or rejected” my offer………………what does that mean then?
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I must tell you about an agent on the Costa del Sol that received a call from a British chap last week.
The client was interested in a villa in Marbella, advertised as being reduced in price from €750,000 to €550,000 for a quick sale. The client simply gave his name and contact number and asked the agent to call him once the villa had been further reduced to €300,000.
When the agent informed him that this was extremely unlikely to happen and that 2 viewings had already been arranged on the property for Friday last week, the man insisted that people would be mad to pay the asking price, that the Spanish property market was yet to bottom out and that this particular property would still be on the market at €300k in 6 months time. Continue reading »
