Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: BernieTeyze on March 15, 2016, 12:52:18 PM
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I am looking at spending summer in UK and winter abroad. Any ideas where to go, that is cheap enough to rent a place and live, with a warmer climate.Saying that, I, m sure any changes come the referendum will impact on my decision..
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Spain, particularly away from the main tourist areas on the east coast is a good bet just now. The south west, Jerez, Cadiz, Sevilla areas are all decent for rentals and the temp is good over the winter - Sevilla a bit cooler, Jerez & Cadiz 13-15c in January. Flights dirt cheap to Malaga, a couple of hours away but a bit pricier to Sevilla itself.
Its likely we'll be renting a house in the old quarter of Jerez this coming Winter, €400 per month for 160m2 townhouse with parking. Depends what you're looking for - houses with pools and gardens will be more expensive but, as usual, the further out you go the cheaper it becomes.
Portugal is also good for climate and day to day stuff, but rentals in decent areas tend to be a bit pricey. Decent places tend to go to locals first, leaving the dregs for foreigners - unless you're happy living in a semi deserted complex in the Algarve over the Winter.
Best advice, wherever you go, is to avoid the ex pat ghettos where all the foreigners live - an imbalance of foreigners/locals always drive prices up.
JF
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Sri Lanka - lovely.
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Thanks John, thought of Cadiz before, sounds good. Rental at that price is ok, impressed you got a house for that. Don't think there is a car in the budget, so near to some local transport. Not bothered about a pool, but near a beach would be good. Any recommendations for where to rent from would be appreciated. Lots to think about. Bernie
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Sri Lanka..perhaps not that far. so what are the pluses for there then Scorcher? I watched a programme of celebs retiring to India recently, not sure I am that adventurous.
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Fair enough - just a thought. Cadiz is a good choice.
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Rental at that price is ok, impressed you got a house for that.
We were lucky. We've got friends from Istanbul now living in Cadiz - when they found out we were looking to rent they pointed us towards friend of theirs who rents out a house in Jerez. It's a townhouse - only a small internal courtyard, no garden. Biggest plus for us is that it has parking!
Saying that, its not under market value by much and Jerez is a lot cheaper than Cadiz. Stick "se alquila cadiz" into Google and you'll get an idea of whats about. Se alquila means for rent so just change the town name if you want to search elsewhere.
JF
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Thats great thanks
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We are also looking for a four month winter let Jan - April 2017. We spent a month at Conil de la frontera and enjoyed the area and the mild winter weather. If anybody can recommend an agent or such like in the Jerez area it would be appreciated. We would drive down from Bilbao so we have to car.
Our Turkish RP's expire in December 2016 so we plan to come to Kaya for 90 days (Oct to Dec) on a tourist visa.
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If anybody can recommend an agent or such like in the Jerez area it would be appreciated.
Can't recommend one as we sorted ourselves out privately - however, do as I suggested in the post above, stick "se alquila Jerez" into Google and you'll get plenty of starting points. English isn't as widely spoken in this area as it is on the Costas or in a big city, but any agent who sees a potential let will no doubt find someone who speaks English if they don't.
Its likely we'll also be there at some point between now and December, I'll PM you if we are as I don't mind making some enquiries for you locally or looking at anything you've found online - as long as it isn't miles away!
JF
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Thanks for that John.
I have a problem doing searches on google as I suffer with blurred vision after 20-30 minutes on the computer.
I've found a place on the western Algarve near Lagos which is ideal for us but the rent is £800 per month. Would like something a bit cheaper if possible.
If you or anybody else founds a link to any agents in the Jerez area I would appreciate it.
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What type of place you after, apartment, house? Need a garden? Inner city or rural?
I'll see what I can find, my OH has a few agents sites bookmarked.
JF
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Thanks John,
Ideally Rural, twin beds, bungalow no stairs, parking for car, wifi
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Prices should be negotiable, I'd probably look to getting a 5-10% discount on the advertised prices.
Heres a nice one to give you a start. Its a bit further east but Jimena is nice, stopped off there for a lazy lunch a while back and liked what I could see. Its a typical Andalucian hilltop village - not sure what its like in Winter though!
http://www.thinkspain.com/spanish-property/2816527&ra=sfp (http://www.thinkspain.com/spanish-property/2816527&ra=sfp)
There doesn't appear to be many rural properties advertised by the agents in Jerez - maybe you need to decide on an area and see what agents there are in that area. Some nice apartments listed with these ones, many having lifts. Just look for "ascensor". I found plenty I'd be happy with, but they're not exactly rural - you could just email them as they may point you in the direction of someone with rural properties.
http://www.jerezsur.com/gb/ (http://www.jerezsur.com/gb/)
http://mistercasa.net/index.php#buscador (http://mistercasa.net/index.php#buscador)
http://www.fonkal.es/p/viviendas-alquiler-cadiz_jerez_de_la_frontera/__2__6541__11/ (http://www.fonkal.es/p/viviendas-alquiler-cadiz_jerez_de_la_frontera/__2__6541__11/)
http://www.josemariapantoja.com/alquiler.php#buscador (http://www.josemariapantoja.com/alquiler.php#buscador) (I think this is same company as mistercasa.net)
http://www.tradicasa.es/resultados.aspx (http://www.tradicasa.es/resultados.aspx)
JF
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Thanks for the links John. It will take me some time to browse that lot.
Don
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Why bother Don, just email them - you've got a good idea about what you want so rather than plough through a lot of properties that'll be of little interest, let the agents do the work.
JF