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There was a caller on Radio Five Live today talking about the mess that is Spain. The complaint, as it was a removals company, was that they were losing money because people aren't coming to Spain at the moment. The litany of complaints about Spain suggested one simple thing to me, go back to the UK and start moaning there like everybody else.

As a follow up to my story on here a few days ago about why I sometimes despair of sellers of Spanish property I thought today it was time to tell the story of the Spanish banks too.. Now Spanish banks had a very easy time in the decade leading up to the property crash and because of this they maybe got a bit too confident in their own power.

We have a great property on the Valencia Property site which is getting lots of attention and has a list of potential buyers coming over to see it. However now they probably will not be able to go and see it because of the avarice of the owners. Have a look at the video below to see it.

I found myself down by the beach in Valencia at 8am on Saturday morning, no don't ask why. Anyway, as it was an absolutely beautiful day and the beach looked like something close to perfection not to mention empty, I thought I would make a video as an introduction to the Cabañal an beach area so you can see what your lifestyle in Spain would be like if you were to choose to buy a property in Valencia near the beach.

Firstly there are worse places to be stranded than Spain and more particularly Valencia when an Icelandic Volcano blows its top, although the weather has been a bit shocking for those who are enjoying (sic) an extended stay. Let's look on the bright side first, some people were able to go to the Valencia match on Thursday, the hotels have space as people cannot get here, there is a big wine festival on in the riverbed and the sun has come out this afternoon.

A couple of days ago you might have seen the video posted in this post. I thought I would take a moment to explain why I love living where I do, the house not the area, that is for another post. The type of house is important though

I was asked a litany of questions by a client yesterday evening and I am very happy to answer them all but one was particularly surprising, and I quote; "Can you fly us out there to look at the properties?"

I will explain more in my next post but currently enjoy the video which is a bit self explanatory. Living in a property in Spain with shared facilities.

This book was so good I really regret the month I spent not being able to read it from when my copy arrived. See my video post about it below but really just go to the Amazon link and buy it. The highlights for me are the anecdotes about the jellyfish sting, the snake and the whole saga of the chickens. This is one of the few books I have read recently that has actually made me chuckle out loud and the recipe interludes are inspired.

Having got back from the UK yesterday night I hit the ground running today. Extremely busy day trying to catch up and then taking a client out to see the pictured house. Priced to sell at 199000 Euros we hope that a deal can be done when the husband brings the wife at the weekend.

There are certain things in life that are certain.- One of them is that wherever I go in life the place that I call home will follow me. Years ago Valencia wouldn't have been a blip on my radar but now wherever I go I find Valencia all around me. We go to Little Chef for breakfast, I know I know, but it was right next door to the hotel and what do we find, Valencia orange juice for breakfast. Now I know this is no great shakes in the grand scheme of things but until the last decade you can guarantee this wouldn't have happened. It is the same as recently all we have seen on the road has been the Kia Carnival because we recently got one. Until something is in your Universe you don't notice it at all.

I am in the UK over Easter and writing this from there as I listen to the pitter patter of incessant rain on the roof. It is a relaxing sound so don't worry about that of course. Easter in Spain is when things start to warm up of course and not before time if you have lived through the longest winter in Spain in living memory. The dams are full of water. It has rained and even snowed loads during the winter and the heating bill on electric made me long to move closer to the equator.

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Paramount Studios have agreed in principle to build Europe's largest theme park in Murcia and it should be ready in two years from when they start. See the story here. (Update Sept 14th 2010. Now Confirmed Planning in Place)