Our House Hunting Experiences in Andalucia Southern Spain

Written by Geoff Forster


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Almeria Trip - Costa Tropical ( Albuñol - Sorvilán - La Rábita - La Mamola - Castel de Ferro ) - Ronda ( Rio Guadiaro, Cortes de La Frontera - Estación de Cortes - Jimera de Libar - Benaoján - Rio Genal, Benarrabá ) So it was back torepparttar internet, armed with a little more knowledge about estate agents descriptions and how a well chosen camera angle can turn a pit into a palace, we searched Andalucia from village to village! We could now look atrepparttar 101434 photographs onrepparttar 101435 internet and having seenrepparttar 101436 type of housing stock in Andalucian towns and villages we had a far better idea aboutrepparttar 101437 quality and type of house that was being presented. (We thought?) We decided we needed to be nearerrepparttar 101438 coast but our budget of £70,000 meant we were priced out ofrepparttar 101439 Costa del Sol. We were now looking for either a large house with two entrances or two smaller properties, as we had decided we needed an income and renting part or a whole property on a self catering basis seemedrepparttar 101440 answer. I had recently read 'Sierras ofrepparttar 101441 South' by Alastair Boyd andrepparttar 101442 area around Ronda fascinated me, it seemed ideal. A few searches found a number of sites and we saw a property inrepparttar 101443 Genal Valley village of Benarrabá that fittedrepparttar 101444 bill. A large village house with two separate entrances, it needed a bit work ... but was priced in our budget. The views were fantastic (onrepparttar 101445 internet ... surely they would be in real life!) We also scouredrepparttar 101446 coastline for cheap property. we thought about Almeria. Almeria is quite cheap but very barren,repparttar 101447 coastal properties are lower priced thanrepparttar 101448 Costa del Sol butrepparttar 101449 value has gone. The area is covered in hundreds of square miles of ugly DIY polythene greenhouses, this is very unsightly. They stretch downrepparttar 101450 coast as far as Castel de Ferro. We have also seen a few between Malaga and Velez-Malaga but not onrepparttar 101451 same scale as in Almeria / Costa Tropical.

We found some sites forrepparttar 101452 Costa Tropical, a quite under developed coast between Adra to Motril, neither of these large towns had anything that would appeal to us. Adra is a port, not very pretty! Motril has some good beaches but is a large town and its closeness to Granada means prices are quite high. The coastline in between is quite pretty La Rabita and La Mamola (esp) are both lovely places. We searchedrepparttar 101453 internet night after night and found a number of interesting possibilities. There was a beautifully tiled house in Albunol for £42,000 and another for £32,000 we could just about afford to buy both.Then there was a house inrepparttar 101454 coastal town of La Rabita for around £65,000 that had 3 entrances and three kitchens and three bathrooms an obvious source of income. Live inrepparttar 101455 biggest part and rent outrepparttar 101456 other two! My favourite was a country house with a bit of land great views torepparttar 101457 Mediterranean near Sorvilán it had a huge chimney inrepparttar 101458 kitchen/living room and a bread oven onrepparttar 101459 patio. It was about £63,000 I likedrepparttar 101460 idea of self sufficiency and ofrepparttar 101461 Good Life which we could have. It looked wonderful. We had seen another site inrepparttar 101462 area with some very cheap properties. It was to good to be true so we changed our plans. Benarrabá was put onrepparttar 101463 reserve list andrepparttar 101464 Costa Tropical becamerepparttar 101465 main area of interest. Although I did contact agents in Coin, Yunquera and Antequerra about some very interesting properties. Yunquera was a serious contender for quite a time. The tale will continue but after we have to moved to Spain.

More to come .... author Geoff Forster

http://www.property-in-the-sun.com lots of photos and blog - self catering apartment for rent in mountain village Analucia Spain

45 yr old Englishman left safe life in UK for adventures in Andalucia. Accompanied by new wife Jane, three Border Collie dogs and three old black cats


Lamp and Lighting Facts

Written by Jim Hoyle


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    (Hoyle Fine Lamps have optional hi-lo in-line switch that provides 2 levels of light from just a single ordinary bulb.) G- 3 way lamp has a 2 circuit socket and bulb that provides 3 levels of light (B above). H- 6 way lamp has a combination of 3 way lighting (G above) and 3 additional bulbs     which are controlled by a 2 circuit switch: 1 bulb on, 2 bulbs on, 3 bulbs on, then off.  I- Lamp Finial isrepparttar very top cap piece that sits on top ofrepparttar 101433 shade. J- Lamp Harp isrepparttar 101434 "U" shaped wire piece that holdsrepparttar 101435 shade ontorepparttar 101436 lamp.  K- Lamp Harp size must be matched withrepparttar 101437 shade size for a proper fit. L- Lamp Shades are measured: top diameter, bottom diameter, side length along with a description ofrepparttar 101438 shape.

In 1979 Jim Hoyle began selling lamps, home accessories and furniture to retail stores as a sales rep traveling the beautiful states of North and South Carolina. Now the company ships lamps and home decor worldwide.


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