Posts written by Graham Hunt

Welcome to the second part of our study of the areas in and around the city that you should be thinking of in each price range when looking to buy property Valencia. Today we are looking at prices from 300k up to and above 1 million Euros. Remember that last week we looked into the lower price ranges and you can see that post here. We also introduce our latest revamped podcast where we have a discussion about what could possibly go wrong in your Valencia Property purchase and start our new series Valencia Stories with a cautionary tale.

I get quite a lot of testimonials but I am very happy with this one as it comes in three installments. David is someone who bought the Success in Spain Audiobooks (Get them at that link) and it sort of went from there. When you are looking for a House For Sale In Spain you need to do what David and Patricia did, your homework. If you do then you get the result he has got. Without it you are risking a lot.

Strange experience yesterday. I phoned three houses for a client for visits today and every single one of them had sold in the last two weeks

We get this question often "Do you have any bank properties?" The truth is "not usually, no". "Why not?" Well, there's a short answer and a long answer to that so let's go with the long answer and an example property and you may get an idea of why. For those of you who just want the quick answer... well, they are usually a steaming pile of cr*p.

We have been getting so many requests for medium and long term rentals lately that we thought it was time to tell you more about the options you have to work with us at Valencia Property and even Stepping Stone Rentals when you are looking to rent in and around Valencia. Some people on social media platforms thought we didn't offer rentals, we do but not on the main site. Every day there are more enquiries for rentals both for long and medium term and we are hearing more and more stories of online scams so we thought we would be clear here about what we do for you with our rental service and other rental options.

One of the questions we are asked most regularly is, "How long does it take to buy a property in Spain? The answer is always, "Well, it depends!" If you are ready to purchase then the process can be done in a week or less, at least in the city of Valencia itself where the conveyancing process for the lawyer is quicker. However the answer could even be 3 months or longer depending on the circumstances of the seller and of course your circumstances as a buyer!

Here at Valencia Property we are proud to produce all of our own content, no guest blogs that have nothing to do with the subject of these pages, no sponsored posts, lots of information in long form blog posts to keep you up to date with all of the market moves and a little bit of humour thrown in for good measure. Today we are changing the format a bit though because I got lazy... Well, when I say I got lazy, for four years now I have been promising myself I'd write the Ultimate Guide to buying property and living in Valencia. And I have been putting it off because it was a big project and every week we put out a long form blog post and also for the last four years we have been a tad busy. Even during lockdown I managed to find excuses not to do it.

Last week we produced the first part of our "Ultimate AI Guide to Buying Property in Valencia" based on all of the information in this blog and this blog alone. Today of course we will be publishing the second part of that guide as promised. However there is also other stuff going on in Valencia Property land and some excellent new properties coming onto the site so it's time to start reading and enjoying the images. We also feature some of the new properties on the Valencia Property homepage and also look at what's happening as we move into the summer including news of our summer holiday dates and when you shouldn't be planning to come over here.

One of the strange things that always seems to confuse people is that at Valencia Property we work for the buyer. Our role of the buyer's agent isn't understood completely by everyone outside of the United States but we have built a business based on that model over the last twenty years and it is starting to be understood here too. However, that doesn't mean our advice is limited to what we explain to our clients, the buyers, at times we have to advise the sellers on what they need to do, get prepared for and finally pay when they sell. So just in case you are a seller, in this article we are going to look at your responsibilities, what you need to provide and what you need to pay when selling your house in Valencia or Spain.

Over the years we have had a load of excuses for not buying a Spanish Property. Some of them are fair enough, some of them are rather strange and some of them are on the cusp of a deranged mind working overtime. I really don't mind if somebody doesn't want to buy a property, as long as they are honest. After all I try to be honest in the descriptions, my opinions and the properties we offer. But please don't BS me. So here in no particular order are the top ten mad reasons for not going through with a purchase of a Spanish Property. Over the years we have heard all of them and no doubt we will hear more of them in time.

I was asked by a subscriber to our newsletter how much does a pool cost to run. Most people imagine that the pool should run itself but there are a lot of things involved in running a pool.

Yesterday I was bored for about the first time in four years. I have been annoyed, frustrated, ecstatic, worried, hurt, delighted and a whole host of other emotions in that time but one thing I haven't been is bored. Last night I was bored.

Everyone who has been to visit us in the last year has asked the same question in one or more ways, "What has happened to the Brits coming here in the last year?" Americans ask it, the Dutch ask it and virtually everyone else asks us but most of all the Brits who visit us ask it because they can't understand the reason for the harm that has been imposed on their own island by the increasingly corrupt and incompetent UK government. I suppose we get asked it because we are British and everyone is interested in how a country can be so so so stupid as to impose restrictions on its own citizens by leaving the most successful trading and cultural block in the World

Today the site has been down for quite a long time. This was triggered because o the overwhelming response to the new Spain is Different magazine tat was sent out to a few lists and partners yesterday night. So many people were downloading it from the site today that eventually my hosting company took the site down thinking that something was wrong.

Last week we talked about the places we thought that were worth looking at (And also Oropesa) to the North of Valencia. Today we go down the coast from Valencia towards and into Alicante to show you places you should be investigating if you are interested in living near the best beaches in Valencia. As we mentioned last week the majority of our clients want to live in or around Valencia but that doesn't mean if you want to live elsewhere we cannot give you the best service possible. Our tentacles reach out both up and down the coast despite our focus being the city of Valencia itself and the areas around it.

Despite the majority of our clients looking to live in Valencia City or in Inland Valencia towns where you can get a great lifestyle (Yes, we have a post about that which many people think is one of the best guides to the towns around Valencia city) we also get requests for properties with "sea views" or their location being right near the sea. In Valencia City that means you are limited to a few roads in the Cabanyal, Malvarrosa and the Patacona areas with a shout out to El Saler to the South of the city on the Albufera lake. In El Saler, if you are lucky, you'll get sea views to one side and lake views to the other, but apart from that there's not much availability of close up sea views. Valencia is flat after all so you may be just a few streets away from the sea but if the building behind you is just as high as yours then your sea view is blocked.

This is the third selection of Spanish Twitter users and after the first two selections of Twitter users I thought it was time to highlight a few more Twitter users and why you should be following them if you are at all interested in coming to Spain to live. So here is another selection of interesting people. Give them a follow and you will know much more about Spain.