Renting Land in Spain and Full timing?

VWBubble

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Can anyone advise me of where I can find long term land to rent in Spain please?
Or a quiet residential caravan site that don't pump out tunes or welcome beer heads on two week benders!
We are looking to spend a peaceful year in the sun.
Or do we even need to rent somewhere to park our van?
How easy is getting water in Spain for example?
Thanks.
 
for me there's too many people doing spain and it's too big. I find Portugal a lot easier to get my head round and I feel it's more MH friendly. go to Silves on the Algarve,park opposite the Modelo supermarket and have a chat with the other MHers.we managed 8 years down there no prob
 
n brown said:
for me there's too many people doing spain and it's too big. I find Portugal a lot easier to get my head round and I feel it's more MH friendly. go to Silves on the Algarve,park opposite the Modelo supermarket and have a chat with the other MHers.we managed 8 years down there no prob
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How did you manage 8 years in terms of insurance mot tax ect?
How easy is it to get water and what kind of places did you park at?
Naturally we would rather ask on here before having a chat with a motor homer in Portugal itself.
Thanks.
 
water is not a big problem,every garage has water and there are lots of public springs .also in Messines there is an Aire with free water . I parked at many beaches all along the south and west coasts and inland reservoirs [barragems]. sometimes we got moved on,but not a big deal. a local bar will give you water for a small fee. as for all the legal stuff it's all changed now so you'll have to check it out
 
VWBubble said:
Can anyone advise me of where I can find long term land to rent in Spain please?
Or a quiet residential caravan site that don't pump out tunes or welcome beer heads on two week benders!
We are looking to spend a peaceful year in the sun.
Or do we even need to rent somewhere to park our van?
How easy is getting water in Spain for example?
Thanks.
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Hi,We spent 7 years living in Spain, the first year in our m/h. Most of this time was around the Almeria area and up in the sierra Nevada. There are many wild beaches around there, so we spent the days on the beach, then went into the small towns at night to sleep in the car parks by the hotels. Up in the sierra they are lots of lovely small villages, the people are lovely and normally make you very welcome, but not a place for the winter, can get very cold especially at night. We would spend a night or 2 in a camp site to do washing, most of the sites down there have a lot of English people on them for the winter. I must say that along that coast we never found any of the so called beer heads, if you go Benidorm ect then you will. Water was never a problem lots of the garages have air and water machines, put a euro in and fill up. Roquetas de Mar, we found very good in the winter, parked down by the see. A few places are not so accommodating now, mainly because some of our European friends took the pi.. a bit by setting up camp and staying to long and making it look like slum. Do go for it ,we hade a great time and met some lovely people. DSCF4334.jpgDSCF4274.jpgDSCF0351.jpg :drive: :drive:
 
dave and mary said:
Hi,We spent 7 years living in Spain, the first year in our m/h. Most of this time was around the Almeria area and up in the sierra Nevada. There are many wild beaches around there, so we spent the days on the beach, then went into the small towns at night to sleep in the car parks by the hotels. Up in the sierra they are lots of lovely small villages, the people are lovely and normally make you very welcome, but not a place for the winter, can get very cold especially at night. We would spend a night or 2 in a camp site to do washing, most of the sites down there have a lot of English people on them for the winter. I must say that along that coast we never found any of the so called beer heads, if you go Benidorm ect then you will. Water was never a problem lots of the garages have air and water machines, put a euro in and fill up. Roquetas de Mar, we found very good in the winter, parked down by the see. A few places are not so accommodating now, mainly because some of our European friends took the pi.. a bit by setting up camp and staying to long and making it look like slum. Do go for it ,we hade a great time and met some lovely people.View attachment 15028View attachment 15033View attachment 15032 :drive: :drive:
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Hi may I ask why you didn't park near the beach at night and what did you live in after a year?
Thanks.
 
cops or customs can get a bit funny about actual parking on beaches anywhere a small boat from n.africa could drop off a few packages.! or as said if the locals had complained. there was a lovely beach up the west coast which got overrun by idiots from Germany and france mainly,in tents and vans,all over the beach and village,crap everywhere topless people,which in a small catholic village wasn't appreciated !
 
n brown said:
cops or customs can get a bit funny about actual parking on beaches anywhere a small boat from n.africa could drop off a few packages.! or as said if the locals had complained. there was a lovely beach up the west coast which got overrun by idiots from Germany and france mainly,in tents and vans,all over the beach and village,crap everywhere topless people,which in a small catholic village wasn't appreciated !
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Yes I can appreciate that spoiling things.
 
Land in Spain

Hi, we have land in Spain, 20 mins inland of Altea & benidorm in small quiet Spanish village. We are going to see it next Sunday with a view to selling it or would possibly consider renting it out for a while. What vehicle do you have as there is a sharp bend on the access road?
VWBubble said:
Can anyone advise me of where I can find long term land to rent in Spain please?
Or a quiet residential caravan site that don't pump out tunes or welcome beer heads on two week benders!
We are looking to spend a peaceful year in the sun.
Or do we even need to rent somewhere to park our van?
How easy is getting water in Spain for example?
Thanks.
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VWBubble said:
Can anyone advise me of where I can find long term land to rent in Spain please?
Or a quiet residential caravan site that don't pump out tunes or welcome beer heads on two week benders!
We are looking to spend a peaceful year in the sun.
Or do we even need to rent somewhere to park our van?
How easy is getting water in Spain for example?
Thanks.
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You are only allowed to stay in Spain for 6 months [or any other Country for that matter ] without registering, and you must keep your vehicle taxed, insured and MOT ed too, having said that lots of people ignore this and stay forever, up to you, renting land is possible but not really necessary , wild camping is really easy in Spain and there are lots of Aires now,lots of Camp sites offer good reductions for longer stays so that is a good option if you want to stay put for long periods,there are also some private AIRES that people have set up on there own land and welcome long stayers, getting water is easy, beach showers , fuentes, springs etc it is very cheap to buy water from LIDL etc, about 65 cents for 5 litre bottles, see what other motorhomers are doing.Portugal is also very easy for wilding, we have just done 4 months there, again lots of new Aires, some of our favourite wilding spots are now Aires, one for example at Quarteira charges 2 Euros a night, 2 Euros for Water and 2 Euros if you want hook up, so max 6 Euros a night,2 Euros just to stay, you can't get cheaper than that unless proper wild.:have fun::have fun:
 
or you can go to a camping and negotiate a long term price,a lot of people do that. so they can keep their massive sat dishes up permanently and not miss any soaps I reckon !
 
VWBubble said:
Hi may I ask why you didn't park near the beach at night and what did you live in after a year?
Thanks.
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As some one said the police can get very funny about overnighting on the beach, but we found most of the police very helpful, and would often recommend a place to stay. After a year we bought a finker in a small village in the sierra Nevada, we were the only English there, and by living there we saw and lived life the Spanish way, so many people go to Spain just to the big holiday places on the coast but that is not the real Spain, that is the commercial side of it. :drive: :drive:
 
spain and portugal as loads driving around with no insurance mot or tax .been going on for years . once you get permanent then the authority try to get you .lots have been doing it for donkeys years . the tax can be a give away these days . plus they can compute your reg number . just return to uk get it all and go again .
 
So I suppose the bottom line is how much money should we budget a month for desiel just slowly moving from one place to another?
 
VWBubble said:
So I suppose the bottom line is how much money should we budget a month for desiel just slowly moving from one place to another?
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It depends what your circumstances are, do have a mortgage to pay, how much savings have you got, are you retired, could you rent out your house to give you an income, should I downsize my house and raise money. these are questions only you can answer., but if it something you really wont to do, you will find a way, so many people say I wish I had done this or that, go and do it , it was the best 7 years of my life. :drive: :drive:
 
dave and mary said:
It depends what your circumstances are, do have a mortgage to pay, how much savings have you got, are you retired, could you rent out your house to give you an income, should I downsize my house and raise money. these are questions only you can answer., but if it something you really wont to do, you will find a way, so many people say I wish I had done this or that, go and do it , it was the best 7 years of my life. :drive: :drive:
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I am trying to get a ball park figure for fuel costs for a year all the other stuff we have worked out.
Thanks.
 
driving ONE kilometre can give you enough of a change of scenery.the way we'd do it was find a nice spot,stay there for a while,2 days,2 weeks whatever,move on, find a bit of work,stay there a month or so, get a house sitting job,one lasted 2 years,stay there find more work,buy a banger,go to the beach a lot ! just bumble along with no plan at all.
 
n brown said:
driving ONE kilometre can give you enough of a change of scenery.the way we'd do it was find a nice spot,stay there for a while,2 days,2 weeks whatever,move on, find a bit of work,stay there a month or so, get a house sitting job,one lasted 2 years,stay there find more work,buy a banger,go to the beach a lot ! just bumble along with no plan at all.
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Sounds cool how did you get a house sitting job ?
 
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