For some of the people that get in touch with us via mail, our social media channels or even phone Valencia City living is the be-all and end-all of their property search here. If they cannot get what they want in the city itself then they don’t want anything. That’s totally legit as a mindset but might be a bit limiting. After all you don’t know about something you don’t know about, what’s just around the corner may be as good or even better than what you are looking at and have set your heart on. Today therefore we are going to look at changing that mindset. What are the benefits of getting a place near to Valencia City as opposed to in the city itself, what are the downsides and where are the best places to look if you are interested in thinking outside the box. In order to do this we are going to take some examples and show what your money buys you in the city and look at comparable prices outside the city in what we can call the Valencia city suburbs.
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The Best Neighbourhoods in Valencia
We recently listed a property in Benimaclet and described it somewhat controversially as the best neighbourhood in Valencia. The author of the listing will now be called to account at our next meeting sometime in the dim and distant future and if they can’t justify that description they will be summararily executed of course. However, some people agree that Benimaclet is the best, or at least one of the best, neighbourhoods in Valencia, even though it is largely overlooked.
Today though we thought we would look at the candidates for that title, why they are popular, who they are popular for and where they are in the city so that you get more of an idea of the layout of Valencia and what surprises may lie in store for you around every corner.
When Perfect is the Enemy of Good or Great
I recently wrote an article about the Paradox of Choice, you can see it at the link. In it we talked about there being less choice in the market but that is not necessarily a bad thing. We talked about positive constraints and knowing what you want when you are buying property or, to put it bluntly, anything really. When you are sure about what your requirements are then it is a lot easier to find what you are looking for. However, this is a follow up, this is a warning and it’s important when looking for property or anything, sometimes perfect is your enemy because perfect doesn’t exist, sometimes good enough is great!
The Independence of Valencia
One of the things that surprises people on coming to Valencia is the variety of shops, cafes, restaurants and the rest. Only yesterday a client commented that it was so refreshing to not come upon a Starbucks on every corner. I had to admit there are four or five but told her that one had closed down because nobody ever went there. Years ago I remember a friend’s daughter being so excited that a Starbucks was going to open in Valencia because… well she couldn’t explain why exactly… it was just it was something different. She wasn’t even a coffee drinker.
Hot Valencia Property For Spring 2019
Spring has arrived in Valencia after what was not really a long gruelling winter, we are spoilt here by the climate to tell the truth. Spring arrived with overnight rain and 24 hours of the wet stuff is about as much as we have had in the past two months.Continue reading
Valencia’s New Central Park and Ruzafa Property
We have previously talked in these pages of why Ruzafa is the hottest property market in Valencia, and it continues to be so. For some people Ruzafa is now out of their budget and the alternatives we offered up in that article continue to be good options. However, for someContinue reading
2018 In Valencia Property
That has been a pretty spectacular year in Valencia Property. Both inside and outside the city there has been in increase in sales and the increase in prices that is pronounced in Valencia, 24% increase year on year in the city, is now starting to move to the more popularContinue reading
What Your Money Buys You Inside and Outside Valencia City
Over the last few years a huge percentage of our clients have bought apartments in Valencia city. The reasons were obvious, price, location and comparisons i.e, wherever you were coming from prices looked extremely attractive when comparing with your location whether that was within Spain, Madrid and Barcelona, or abroad,Continue reading
When Your Valencia Property Budget Isn’t Enough. What Are The Alternatives?
Prices have risen considerably in the last year or so on Valencia Property in the city. Therefore many people have found that the amount of money they have no longer buys them what they thought they could get when they first started looking in the city. It is often sixContinue reading
Why Americans Should Move to Valencia
We have put in the number one reason on these pages before, escaping from the Trumpfuhrer, but there are a myriad of reasons that Americans should move to Valencia in Spain before either Florida or California or any other place often compared with Valencia and Spain. The numbers of AmericansContinue reading
How Our Personal MLS Has Worked For Valencia Property Clients in 2017
We wrote a blog post a few weeks ago about how our personal Valencia Property MLS works for you. Today we are going to show you what it has meant for just some of our clients this year. What we have found for them in collaboration with other agents andContinue reading
Brexit Refugees, Trump Refugees and Now Catalan Refugees
Valencia is quite lucky in that it is a relatively stable part of the world with an enviable climate, excellent communications and a very high quality of life index. We have talked recently here of why Valencia is the right place at the right time and today it is time toContinue reading
Right Place, Right Time, Right Here, Right Now
Anything in life requires timing, you get the timing right and you benefit massively, you get it wrong and maybe a great idea doesn’t come to fruition because its time has not yet arrived or you are slightly too late. Buying your Valencia Property comes into that category. The SpanishContinue reading
Why Ruzafa Is The Hottest Property Market In Valencia and What Are The Alternatives
If you read the international press articles about visiting or moving to Valencia you could be forgiven for thinking that there is just one place to be, Ruzafa. Every article written in the last few years about the city of Valencia has mentioned Ruzafa as the place to be, toContinue reading
Valencia Property Specials For September
The main part of the summer is over, that bit where we have to put up with the kids every day. It will still be hot for the next couple of months here in Valencia and after that it will be lovely and warm still during the winter if previousContinue reading
Valencia Property in the Midsummer Lull… (or not)
Surprisingly Valencia has cooled down in the week since I got back from a wet, grey, cloudy and rather depressing Brexit obsessed UK. It’s around 28 degrees every day rather than the 30+ degrees that was common in July. The Mediterranean is warm and welcoming, the beach bars are ratherContinue reading
The A To Z Of Living In Valencia
It’s summertime and Valencia is looking gorgeous as it bakes in the sun. Luckily being on the coast we don’t get the extreme temperatures of inland Spain where temperatures of up to 47 degrees were recorded last week in Cordoba and Granada, we had a much more comfortable 31 degreesContinue reading
The Valencia Property Second Quarter Report
Three months ago I wrote this article about the first quarter of 2017 in Valencia Property land. http://valencia-property.com/new/2017/04/05/the-first-quarter-of-2017-in-valencia-property-brexit-trump-and-lifestyle/ It’s time now for the second quarter report and to let you know what is happening on the ground for foreign buyers in Valencia. Virtually everything I wrote in the first quarterContinue reading
112 Reasons To Move to Valencia – The Best Lifestyle Design For You
There are many reasons that a person decides to settle in a place to live. Family ties, inertia and work are three of the obvious ones. However over recent years Lifestyle Design has become much more important. As we become more mobile and the world is shrunk by better communications in terms of both the internet and transport connections we have greater choice in life. If you are able to make a choice and are not tied down to your traditional hometown or a life driven by work and commuting why would you choose Valencia? Well, we have put together a not so short list for you. Let’s present, just for you, 112 Reasons to move to Valencia.
Making Offers On Valencia Property. What To Do.
The market for property in Valencia city has gone a bit wild over the last month. There are so many buyers out there in the city, both Spanish and foreign buyers, and in certain areas a dearth of available properties for those buyers. So when you make an offer thatContinue reading
