Hello,…I am considering setting up a business in Barcelona, however I do not want to stay in the city, primarily due to the high cost of purchase or rental. Ideally I would like to investigate the possiblity of long term rental outside of the city….up to 1 hr travelling north or south. ( or inland ) I hope this would help in reducing the cost of the accomodation to a more reasonable figure. ……Is this a realistic expectation..??
Does anyone have any experience of this, or advice they could offer ?. I am reasonably familiar with the Renfe routes to Pineda de Mar / Calella / Santa Susana on the north side, and down to approx Sitges on the south side… As you can tell my knowledge is based around the typical resorts, and so I would be interested to hear of any ‘non resort’ locations.
I am not quite sure how helpful I can be re prices John but we have just bought a holiday home just outside Vilafranca del Penedes. I have noticed the new rail line although I haven’t actually used it yet. Vilafranca is at the side of the A7 so is convenient for the motorway it usually takes us about 1 hour to get to the centre of Barcelona. It is about half an hour from the coast. There is alot of new building going on here and I can tell you not many Brits buy here so it is mainly for Spanish purchasers. However again it is not what I would call cheap!!!
You might want to consider Terrassa. I visit my friends often at their flat there; it is a small city about 45 minutes inland from Barcelona. Everywhere in Terrassa is within walking distance of either RENFE or FGC lines into Barcelona. It is a classic small non-touristed, totally Spanish city. It has a pretty el centro, pedestrians-only, and lots of nice shops. Some good restaurants too. My friends got their 90 m2 flat with 3 bedrooms & 3 terraces & 2 baths for slightly over $200K euros, in a nice convenient area 18 months ago. It’s not cheap, but it’s certainly not Barcelona prices. Good luck!
I’ve been lurking on the site a while, soaking up info since my husband and I are planning to purchase a finca in inland Castellon province in about 4 years or so. That is, if the dollar ever recovers . . . I’m a US attorney and find all the legal problems here unbelievable. It does look like intensive research, checklisting, etc. are key. Thanks for all your good posts!
As you say you are an Attorney, that means naturally you are going to research/collect facts.
While no research is enough. I feel you ought to realise your research would have a sell by date as in any Country things change in the case of Spain the local, regional, provincial laws could change.
Absolutely right Shakeel, lots of info becomes quickly out of date and thus actually misleading. We do plan to move from the US so it’s a huge project and I don’t want to blow it with lazy planning. I wish my US legal training was helpful here but it’s not really. Thanks for all your good posts I’ve been reading. It’s an excellent forum.
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