 RURAL PROPERTY in Spain
A guide to buying rural property in Spain
Buying rural property in Spain
The number of British people buying rural property in Spain has surged in the last 5 years. High prices and over-crowding on the Spanish coasts have driven Spanish property buyers inland, whilst EU-funded improvements in infrastructure have made rural areas more viable as destinations. Numerous programmes on British TV that paint a picture of rural bliss on the cheap have also played their part in stimulating demand for Spanish country property, but at the same time ignoring many of the issues that can so easily sour the experience. Whilst a rural Spanish property is perfect for many people, for others it is a misguided fantasy of bucolic happiness that goes badly wrong. Owning rural Spanish property is very different from owning in a purpose-built urbanization on one of the Costas. Rural life, even just a few kilometres inland, has a rhythm all of its own, unchanged for generations. If you make the effort to join in and embrace their way of life, you can experience a quality of life that is virtually extinct in Britain and other northern European countries. Buyers need to be especially realistic about their reasons for buying rural Spanish property and decidedly cautious about how they buy.
© Mark Stucklin (Spanish Property Insight)
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