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In general, people in Spain don't tend to present a property for sale. if you do then you already have an advantage as the initial impression is "cool" rather than "omfg". As agents, we go round to take a look at a property, give suggestions for easy changes to make, value the property and start marketing it once everything is agreed. Once we get the first visits we go back and generally find out that nothing has changed

Last week we published our post about how to add value to a property in the city, usually an apartment. You can see that post here. We said we would return to this subject and look at houses and villas so today it's time to do that. And remember as a buyer this is what you can do in many cases after purchase to increase the value of your property immediately without any building costs, projects or licences. However, bear in mind that everything we said in that post needs to be done in a house too. The below are the extra things that need to be done in order to maximise value in a house. And some of them cost considerably more than the basics in the last post.

At Valencia Property we appreciate all areas of our city. We have written before about the different districts in Valencia so you get an idea about what is available in each location (See the four guides to Valencia here) and we point out advantages and disadvantages of each area. One thing we notice though is that lots of people insist "It has to be Ruzafa for me".

It has been a busy weekend in Spain as the government announced that it will be seeking support in Parliament to implement a State of Alarm throughout the country until May 9th 2021 in order to give regional governments the possibility of controlling the Covid-19 Pandemic. Obviously this will have repercussions in the Valencia region and on people visiting in order to buy property in Valencia.

We are living in strange times as you know. Covid19 continues to dominate everyone's waking thoughts and many places are being placed into further restrictions and local lockdowns. Valencia currently has very low transmission rates of Covid and there are no restrictions in place at the moment. There are hyper local breakouts of the infection which are generally tracked and traced quickly. Because of this life goes on pretty much normally here except that everybody, and I mean everybody, wears a mask and when you walk into a shop or public enclosed space there is hand sanitiser available.

Everyone is different and everyone has their own story. We get some amazing stories from our clients and potential clients about why they chose to come to Valencia and we thought we would share some of the more typical, and maybe a little untypical, ones in this post. Take a look.

People keep asking us what is going on in the Valencia Property Market so I thought it was time to make a video to answer some of the questions we get asked. It's a ten minute video so grab yourself a cup of coffee and take a look

There are a lot of things that happen in the background when you are buying a Valencia Property. Your agent, lawyer, mortgage company and bank are all doing things to make your purchase as smooth as possible and many of those things you may know about but never see. However, in this post we are looking at the little things you will need to do that may come as a surprise at each stage of the process of purchase

We are currently working with plenty of clients looking for their perfect Valencia Property. In this article we are going to concentrate on a general question; What are you looking for in your Valencia Property search? Something that is quirky, practical or with potential? We'll also offer you some examples of each.

For those of you who might have been away or not able to get to Valencia recently you may not have seen the changes that have happened recently. Projects such as the increasing number of bike lanes, the pedestrianisation of the town hall square, the new building projects on the edge of the city, the revamped Plaza Redonda and even the roof on the Levante football stadium... things are changing.

We can't deny it, the World has changed. Covid19 has changed everything for most everyone. Lots of the changes will be negative and maybe some positives which are difficult to see currently will come out of it. Whatever happens long term things will be different.

We are getting a lot of enquiries recently from clients wanting homes that will allow their extended family to live there comfortably, dual family homes. The ideal in this scenario is a two level house with the two floors being independent of each other, but we are also being asked for two properties on one plot and two apartments next to each other or even larger apartments that have been merged into one. As Valencia Property finders this gets us looking as we think this is becoming a trend

We are getting plenty of people looking to buy property in Valencia in order to get their Spanish Golden Visa. For those that don't know what the Spanish Golden Visa involves it requires an investment of 500k in property in Spain without a mortgage in order to be granted a visa that allows you to move freely through Spain and the other Schengen countries without the requirement to actually live in Spain for more than six months of the year, a requirement of the usual Spanish residency visa. You investment can be on one property or a portfolio of properties to make up the 500k minimum.

We sent a mail out to our subscribers asking them what questions they would ask about buying Valencia Property and life in Valencia. We got some great questions back. So I made a video answering some of those questions and also showing you what we don't spend all our day doing in Valencia and Spain. Take a look.

Finally, what has been an open secret for a while seems to have been confirmed by the UK government. After the end of this year new arrivals into Spain will not be covered by a reciprocal agreement for healthcare.

Summer is well and truly here, it's 30 degrees in my kitchen at the moment and I have just put the air conditioning on in the living room while writing this. Summer has the usual balmy evenings, meeting outside with friends and strolling along the acres of empty beaches, if you choose the right beach to a beach bar to enjoy a cooling drink.

We have spent a lot of this week putting together virtual visits for our clients, both owners and potential purchasers. We thought it was time to bring some of them together on this page so you could take a look. Our first set of Virtual Tours comprise a couple of very different houses in Naquera and by Valencia beach, a couple of apartments in trendy Ruzafa and Monteolivete, a full walkaround of the City of Arts and Sciences' Opera House, a rental villa in la Eliana, and an office visit of our friends at Globexs. Take a look at what Valencia Virtual Visits look like and if you want to use our services to order a Virtual Tour yourself then contact us.