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Living in the mountains of Spain just beyond the sea sounds like a wonderful experience. Mark Medley reports from the mountains of Andalucia and lets us know that there are some great old stone cottages in the abandon towns of Andalucia. Internet service is available in these remote regions and most other services are nearby, but you still have the old rural life of Spain going on around you. More likely than not you will have to refurbish your cottage and there are plenty of people who can help you do this. And as anyone who has visited Spain knows the people the parties and everything else that has to do with Spain is great fun. This area offers the alternative Spain, to those looking for a natural, peaceful and very affordable alternative to the fast moving, modern living of the coast. We recently bought a traditional Spanish cottage, with a sizeable land plot in this area, and decided upon an alternative ecological style of living. Early evenings we can watch the lights of fishing boats leaving the modern port of Malaga. Further down the valley a curious view of mixed greenery, with the faint blue ripple of the Sea. A priceless view. The haunting sound of the valleys, echo, with a cool, light breeze cooling the hot afternoons as Olive and Nut Trees timelessly grow. ~ A Stone Cottage And Beautiful Landscapes

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Rent to Buy Property in Spain - Launched by Mercers - Rent2Buy - With purchasers hesitating and vendors despondent, a Rent2Buy arrangement bridges a win-win gap between the two. Jason Báez Sulsona, Property Consultant for Mercers’ Jerez office, comments, “The two key stumbling blocks for today’s Spanish house hunter are the poor pound-euro exchange rate and the bank’s inability or unwillingness to lend. However, price-wise, the climate is right for negotiating an incredible deal. This leaves the purchaser in a dilemma which could be easily solved by a Rent2Buy scenario. The house hunter gets their home and the vendor some welcome cash flow.” ~ From The Expat Daily News

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Starting a New Life in Spain ~ I suppose it was about ten years ago when we first started thinking about buying a property in Spain – a holiday home that we would intend to visit for two or three weeks of the year. Over the following years, at weekends, we would trail numerous property exhibitions organised by the big estate agencies. But back then, like with many others, owning a home abroad turned out to be only a dream, as the visits to the exhibitions were as far as we got and we never took that step further. But about five years ago, on visiting yet another of these property exhibitions, we actually booked on to a four day inspection trip to the Costa Blanca (an area of Spain that we knew absolutely nothing about).

Open a Bar in Remote, Rural Spain - Are You Crazy? - Is establishing a successful, thriving British bar/restaurant in a remote part of Spain a possibility? Buy two crumbling old farmhouses in a remote, rural part of Spain and open up as a British bar/restaurant? Are you mad? These were just the thoughts running through the minds of John and Trish when a friend (and property developer) asked them to take time away from their well established busy, thriving bar/restaurant in the bustling town of Torrevieja, Alicante and drive out into the countryside of Murcia to view these properties. However, John and Trish did just that and their hard work and determination has paid off and the rewards are now beginning to show. John and Trish moved over to Spain in the years 1998 and 2000 respectively. Both disillusioned with life back in the UK, both decided to make the final break. Trish had previous worked as a Home Care Worker and John had worked as a sub contractor bricklayer and had had a Scaffolding and Plant Hire firm.

On The Coast Of Spain ~ A Look At The Ecology Of Coastal Living ~ by Paul Read - Over the last twelve months, we have seen nature at its most unforgiving: whilst the tragic tsunami hit Asia, Spain experienced freak frosts that decimated crops and fruit trees followed up a drought that many believe is one of the worst in living memory. This summer, whilst the USA was hit by Katrina we have witnessed jelly-fish invasions on the coast and tornados in Barcelona.  Some may see few connections between these widely spread climatic events, but for many others the message is clear: we mess with mother nature and mother nature messes with us. Almost 40% of the world’s population now lives within 100km of the coast. In Spain the percentage stands at about 60%. And as these coastal populations increase so too does the pressure on the surrounding eco systems. We can see this along the Mediterranean, as more and more people are persuaded to buy property near the sea. This has caused an increase in residual waters which are poured into the sea, creating an excess in certain nutrients which the jellyfish, amongst others, frantically feed on.

The Cave Houses Of Southern Spain -  Old cave houses in the Granada countryside can still be found for a relatively small investment. Last year, old cave houses in need of renovation were on the market in Granada's pricey Albaycin district for 30,000 to 50,000 euros on small lots with no conventional buildings and no Alhambra views. For finished cave houses, expect to pay eighty to two-hundred thousand euros, depending on the adjoining land that goes with the cave, the views, etc. There are currently cave houses with land advertised for as high as 900,000 euros, with Alhambra views, though we regard this price as extraordinary. Given the real estate market in Spain, prices will continue to go up. You can also explore areas such as Guadix and either buy existing cave homes or buy land and build, with the latter option probably presenting the best value if you discover a good site.

On An Olive Farm In Spain - Zen And The Art Of Gorse Clearance - Lets try and be positive about this. Gorse can provide a useful sanctuary for some animals and birds, I’ve seen toads and wasps for example happily co-existing within this hardy plant. Its presence, one has to admit prevents soil erosion in places that perhaps few other plants would grow. And it provides the rocky dry valley slopes of Granada’s coastal strip with a pleasant green appearance. But, alas this is about as positive as I can be because I have almost 10.000sqm of the stuff, and for me, that’s 10.000sqm too much. It has completely overtaken the abandoned olive farm that I´ve just acquired. So much so, that in places the stuff is taller than I am. So thick and impenetrable is the gorse that most of the land is inaccessible. The olives are slowly stranguled, whilst the encinas and alcornoques, the pines and wild palms fight daily for access to sunlight. And down at ground level where no light can enter, almost nothing else survives. So I sought a solution to the problem, and in the 3-step process I came across a little enlightenment.

3 Paths To Personal Power From The South Of Spain -  At first it seemed a romantic alternative; candle lit meals, gas lighting and early evenings to bed. Living 2 km from the nearest electricity pylon gave us a novel and factura-free lifestyle. Our friends frowned at our choice of such a remote farmhouse, but although we had been pampered by city life, we accepted that campo living was about going back to basics. Equipped with a portable 12v battery pack we could recharge our mobile phones and plug in a B&W 2 inch screen TV. What more would we need? Well, for a start there was the washing machine, the water pump and the iron. We had to use a generator for these things but the noise and the fumes destroyed the peace of our valley as well as the lining of my lungs. But AA batteries alone couldn’t run such power hungry items.

Spain - Revival Of Arab Baths - In the shadow of the fabulous Alhambra palace, El Bañuelo survives as an empty shell, the last Arab bath in Granada. The rich carving and tiling, the hot running water have long gone, but shafts of sunlight fire through star-shaped openings in the vaulted roof, creating a shadow-play among the silent pillars, the arches and the bare stone walls. In Moorish times in Al-Andalus (the name given to the Moorish dominions in Spain) there was a bath on every street, gurgling with steaming water, crowded with the devout going about their ablutions. The city of Córdoba alone could boast 600 public baths in its 11th-century heyday. After the Moorish cities fell to the Christians the baths were closed down or demolished but now, more than 500 years on, a modest revival is gaining momentum.

Taking The Slow Route Home - Living On A Spanish Farm - Miguel has sold his car and has decided to buy something much better. This new vehicle gives off no pollution, no emissions whatsoever. In fact it uses a very green sort of fuel that can be recycled for other uses. It transports him, his tools, his packed lunch and his dog to work but he rarely has to use a road. And when the sun sets over the green Vega that snakes up to his village from the Granada coast, his trusty mode of transport gets him safely back home down narrow alleyways that even a Smart Car would think twice before entering. Here he locks it up in a small room under his house in the middle of the village. He pays no road tax, ITV bill, no insurance, petrol, garage bills nor parking fees. And it’s the safest vehicle on the road, as no one in Miguel’s memory has ever been killed by a hit-and-run mule driver..

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