Valencia Property Blog

We are back! It's September and we are back working full on after the summer hiatus. We hope you enjoyed the long hot summer, it passed me by a bit as I was mostly away in the North of Spain where it was warm but not too hot. Our team spent time away mostly to the four corners of Europe and North Africa not to mention various different parts of Spain. More about that in our next podcast.

One of the most important things we did carry on doing during the summer were our initial Valencia Property consultation calls. We have written about them before here but today we are going to discuss how to set one up now and what we should be talking about on the call. We find that the initial consultation call is probably the most important first step for those who eventually get to buy successfully here in Valencia. We get to know you, you get to know us and you can ask any questions whether they are simple, complicated or even at first glance they may seem stupid to you. Remember you are in a safe space.

How To Arrange Your Initial Consultation Call With Valencia Property

Simply put contact us and ask for a chat. You can contact via mail, via whatsapp (0034 657994311 - Graham/Valencia Property), on any of our socials or even through smoke signals if directed in the right way. What we need is the following information:

Your Full Name
How you want the call, Whatsapp, Zoom, in person...
What you would like to discuss
Best times and days for the chat (Timezone etc...)

Once we have the information we will contact you with details of the meeting and... let's chat. Depending on the information given then you may be chatting with me, Graham, or you may be put in contact with David, Paul, Gavin, Jess, Cath or Julie, especially if you are already in contact with one of them for your eventual property search.

To get the most from the meeting you might want to note down some questions beforehand and the following are the things you may want to bear in mind when noting down your questions.

Timelines
Property Questions
Market Situation
Areas
Financing
Taxes
Family Situation
Schooling
Visas
Legal Issues
Special Requirements
Contacts

We will look at them individually below but we suggest that you should fill in the following form with your information so we can have something more to discuss on the call. This form will help you to clarify your ideas of what you are looking for. The more information the better and if you can fill in the "Anything to add" part at the bottom with details about yourself and your reasons for moving along with when you want to have a call then we have a solid base for chatting.

Timelines

Simply put when are you looking to come over, what are your ideas about when you are looking to buy and how long have we got to work with you before and during your visit?

Property Questions

Do you know what type of property you want? Are there other types of property that would interest you? What's the price range you want to look at?

Market Situation

Based on the answers to the previous questions about the property we will be able to look into the market situation. Is what you are looking for likely to be available? What sort of choices are you likely to have? Will your price range allow you to find what you want in the current market and even the projected market next year or in six months time if it's quite a time in the future before you are coming over.

Areas

In this part we want to know if you are clear about where you want to be and if not we will be able to suggest places that may work based on your requirements, budget and family situation. There are so many areas both in and outside the city that could work so the answer is never the same for everyone.

Financing

In this part we discuss how much money you have available for your purchase, whether you are ready to buy because you have sold a property in your home country or you have savings or if you want to look into financing through a mortgage, interest rates, terms and conditions of mortgages. We go through the costs of buying and what to expect in terms of costs.

Taxes

This area is a little more broad as everybody's individual circumstances are different. So we caveat this with "I'm not a tax expert and you should definitely be talking with someone about..." but general points about taxes on purchase, ongoing property taxes, and what people usually find can be chatted about.

Family Situation

Here we chat about who is coming, ages of children, your interests, their interests, who will be visiting regularly and a long etcetera as this could be almost anything. And of course allied to this part if applicable is...

Schooling

This is the most important part if you are coming with kids. What type of schooling are you looking at and are there places available. We chat in this part about their ages, their attitude to school, their school record and more. We know a lot about the international school system and state provision to be able to guide you but this is also a part where we might have a second call specifically about this. As an intial point of contact take a look at the following post about international and bilingual schools in Valencia.

Visas

When you are buying to live here or to spend extended periods here, over three months, then you need to look into which visa might suit you best and how to get them. In this part of the chat we can give you recommendations as to the best for your situation and where is potentially best to apply for the visa. Also it's important to know when to apply in order to make the right moves at the right time.

Legal Issues

This is a bit nebulous as everyone has different needs but if you have any legal issues either upcoming or ongoing then in this bit we can discuss them. There may not be any in your particular situation but it's best to think about what legal help you may need so we can recommend potential lawyers that may be able to help out.

Special Requirements

This is when you tell us anything else we may need to know that makes your case a bit different. Maybe you have a 50 kilo devil dog, perhaps your idea is to come with the whole extended family including adopted grandparents and half the population of your current hometown, or alternatively you may be just worried about the place you are coming to being diverse, gay friendly, welcoming, having hundreds of paddle courts, maybe about the practicalities of bringing a Hummer with you (DON'T) or any other thing you care about. It's here where we dig a bit deeper into your needs and get to know you more.

Contacts

Based on all of the above we will also be sending you, during the conversation or directly after, contacts of lawyers, mortgage brokers, currency brokers, handymen, people who do paperwork, renovation companies, in fact giving you access to Valencia Property's extended network of contacts to make the process of moving here smooth and ready to go.

Book Your Call With Valencia Property

Contact us and arrange your call. We will start working with you immediately to get the process started even if you are some time out yet from your visit. The truth is that you'll need to have time before your visit to get the most out of both the call and our services. If you are already on the ground here in Valencia the likelihood is that we are already booked up.

Property of the Week

Here's a property that fits into the "Best of all worlds" category. Located pretty much halfway between the city and the beach (20 odd minute walk both ways), excellent public transport connections that will get you to every part of the city, the Túria park a 15 minute saunter down the road and you will pass shopping centres, restaurants, bars and even an opera house as you get there.

But it's not just the location, the apartment itself has undergone a renovation so no delays in moving in and sunning yourself on the 20sqm terrace.

Two en-suite bedrooms, one upstairs and one off the living room, a laundry room and tons of storage space here, this is a bright and modern duplex that really is worth a look.

Check out the virtual tour here.

Stepping Stone Rental Of The Week

Our 1.5 bedroom Russafa property will be ready for a end-September entry!

Lovely 2 bedroom apartment overlooking the high demand district of Russafa. 4 exterior balconies, wooden beam ceilings, lift, quiet corner of a vibrant neighborhood, and just a few minutes walk to the North Station (train station) and Plaza Ayuntamiento.

1 master bedroom and 1 small individual room or office, 4 balconies that give a great view over a corner of trees and Russafa