The Basics Four bedrooms, three bathrooms, 264m² of house on a 784m² plot, and a view that does most of the selling for us. This is La Drova, a green valley in the mountains behind Gandia, fifteen minutes from the beach and about as far from the tourist strip as you can get while still being able to walk to a decent coffee shopund...

Apparently, there’s a heatwave across Europe, including Spain although to be honest Valencia being by the coast means we don’t get the extremes you might see on the news headlines, and anyway we’re used to a bit of heat in the summer. Especially if you live somewhere that has been well adaptedrnised...

"Go get the guitar" or maybe sit down and tickle a few ivories. This house doesn't have to be a hotbed of musical creativity but it could be. There's plenty of space. Enough space to get away from the kids learning "Chopsticks" and enough garden to send them packing while not worrying about where they are. Yes, this is a family home for those who want it all and have the money to pay for itnerous...

Well maybe not isolation as such, you do have neighbours around you in this urbanization nestling in the foothills of the Sierra Calderona, but you do get the feeling of being all alone in nature here but you have the comfort of knowing that the towns of Betera, Olocau, and Naquera all just a short drive from here so you don’t have far to travel for your day to day needsmaintenance...

You know the song. Living in a Box, by Living in a Box (Great extended thinking there peeps). Released in 1987, it made Richard Darbyshire briefly famous and permanently part of pub quiz folklore. What fewer people know is that Darbyshire was married to Sonia Jones, the woman who sang the opening title theme to Monty Python's Life of Brian. One cultural touchstone, one slightly annoying 80s one hit wonders...

If you don't mind being surrounded by unfinished business, let's be honest here, a bit of ugliness on the edge of Náquera but still with glorious views of the Sierra Calderona mountains, then this could be for you. A bit of history first though. The financial crisis of 2008 hit hard and plans were abandoned leaving skeleton builds, ghost areas and foiled dreams...

A fantastic top-floor apartment right in the heart of Náquera, with a spectacular 65m² terrace that every room in the property opens out onto. It sits on the top floor of a three-storey building but... there is no lift. That's worth knowing because that's a dealbreaker for some people. People with bad knees, people worried about their old age or just people with an aversion to any form of exercise. Howeverce...

Detached Villa in L'Eliana Zone – Quiet Urbanisation, Walk to Schools & Metro This is a proper family home in one of those established urbanisations where people actually live year-round – not a ghost town of weekend houses. Around 350 m² built across three split levels plus a semi-basement, giving you five double bedrooms and four bathroomsa...

This is a pretty standard terraced house just outside Naquera but you shouldn't ignore it just because it lacks a bit of character. Who wants a character that can't be relied on when the going gets tough. Solid, dependability is what we sometimes all need in life and this place has that in spades. So without further ado let's get onto a, shall we say, pretty boring description for a changein...