| The option is presented to busy couples to take a | | | | extended family to stay. Conversely it also offers |
| short refreshing weekend break or for extended | | | | the opportunity for individual family members to |
| lengthy stays for those people with time on their | | | | spend quality time in separate groups. |
| hands. | | | | Of course there are many weeks of the year when |
| Spending extensive periods of time or making | | | | the property is not being used; choosing to rent the |
| frequent visits to a holiday home, facilitates | | | | property for several weeks can generate sufficient |
| extensive knowledge of the locality. That knowledge | | | | income to cover any mortgage costs for the year, |
| allows the owner to find the best bars and | | | | Over the past 20 years property values have risen |
| restaurants, great beaches and other leisure facilities, | | | | substantially, so that acquiring a new Spanish home |
| and for many people enables a significant level of | | | | has brought significant asset growth to homeowners. |
| integration into the community from which long | | | | A Spanish family tradition has been to acquire a |
| lasting friendships can evolve. | | | | second property which then gets passed down |
| Owning your own home in Spain alleviates the need | | | | through family generations. Purchasing a Spanish |
| to incur cost on holiday, stays in expensive hotels, | | | | property as a holiday home provides the same |
| and with the advent of low cost airlines, the cost of | | | | opportunity for UK and Ireland residents. After all..... it |
| getting there is now relatively low. | | | | is yours. |
| Doing initial research and getting to know an area | | | | Choosing a Spanish Property Agent to conduct you |
| beforehand enables the acquisition of a property in | | | | around the area is important. An agent can guide you |
| the chosen targeted area. Properties abound close to | | | | to the sort of area and property that you desire; a |
| the beach for families, in quiet locations to suit a | | | | good agent will know the area, understand the local |
| gentle lifestyle or inland in mountainous areas for | | | | culture, be familiar with services and be aware of the |
| those determined walkers. | | | | facilities available both local and in the surrounding |
| Dependent upon the size of property, a second | | | | area. Benefits come from liaising with an agent who |
| home in Spain provides the opportunity to invite the | | | | resides in the chosen target part of Spain. |