Lay My Hat

Having changed my property from a holiday rental to a long-term rental some years ago I´ve had little to contribute in recent times. Now I´m back! I´ve joined up with a friend of mine who runs a small business managing the bookings and running of a number of holiday villas in our area. I´m glad to s...

I'm no expert but every time I've had a problem similar to yours, it has been down to a leak.

Many thanks CB. Just juggling with all that stuff right now!

Gorgeous apartment with fabulous views over the port to Gibraltar. In excellent condition throughout. Vacation rental licence in place. Local agent in place. Good income stream 52 weeks a year. Low community charges.

If you´re interested, please pm me.

I think you should really question whether buying a second property is the best use of your money. I had 2 properties, an apartment and a villa, which I ran as vacation rentals for years. They were very successful and gave me a good income stream. I´ll admit that the income was not all declared to t...

I´ve been renting to Scandinavian (Swedish & Danish) golfers during the winter months for a number of years with no real problems - just minor damage and rather excessive electricity bills. This changed in 2017. A broken tumble dryer which had to be dumped, a soiled bed which had to be replaced ...

Roundabouts are optional or for when you want to take the scenic route. I met a determined chap head on on our big (and in fairness to the other driver) fairly pointless roundabout recently.

I find that the worst drivers are men of a certain age in old dark green cars!

Presuming that your property is habitable then it´s easy enough to rent it out long term. The regulations which apply to vacation rentals do not apply and I´m presuming that this isn´t a shed in your back garden. What you should be aware of is the rights of tenants. While eased recently the laws hea...

I changed to Saga after advice from LMH. I was resident in Spain which wasn´t an issue.

I can´t say anything about their performance when a claim is made (the only real way to judge an insurance co. IMHO) but they were the most competitively priced.

new car battery this morning.....item no 4 and all in time for this month's credit card bill....grrrrr!

Helen - that´s the mop I was talking about above. It´s excellent and beats anything else I´ve invested in hands down including some outrageously priced steam cleaner. It looks and actually is pretty flimsy but our shiny brown Spanish tiled floor has come up a treat and is even getting better. No str...

My sympathies. In the last week I´ve had to replace 2 fridges and a telly. Hoping that´s the ´these things come in 3s´bit out of the way.

There is a downside to the new sparkling kitchen worktops; everytime I lay down a glass or cup I get told off and there´s a rush for the ecloth!

http://www.e-cloth.com/whole-range

Knock yerself´out!

Blimey...I´m not an expert but this is what I bought. The mop which comes with a duster head and a mophead. I´ve tried those steam cleaners and God knows what else. Living in Spain with brown ceramic tiles on the floors is a giant PITA. No sooner are they cleaned than there are footprints all over t...