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Turre may not be the most beautiful town in Almería - actually, come to think of it, it's probably one of the least attractive of the lo...

The parking lot by the office is far too small. There’s nothing new about that in Spain, where the nation’s last architect died in 1922, run...

Mojácar is famous for its chiringuitos - its beach bars. The playa has been scattered with them since the first ones opened in the early s...

Language is power. If you can communicate with someone you are in a far better situation than if you can’t. Both socially and commercially. ...

I recently wrote a piece about knocking down a billboard and, today, found this picture on the web.

The first meeting on the fledgling association AULAN was held on Friday 6th June at the Hotel Continental with about fifty people present....

When things go bad – rather than face the crisis, I like to settle down for an agreeable moment in front of the computer; to conquer the wor...

They were the first billboards for Mojácar. One was a construction company, another advertised the Tío Edy (a small German hotel run by an e...

From the Costa del Sol Action Group: '...of especial concern are the Equity Release schemes which have been peddled on the Coast in rece...

The wiring is a bit wonky in our house, no doubt thanks to the age of our establishment. The sockets come in two different sizes, necessitat...

Levante Almeriense: AULAN Covering the municipalities of: Mojacar, Carboneras, Garrucha, Los Gallardos, Cuevas, Bédar, Huercal Overa, Pulpi,...

I receive by email a daily average of two copies of articles from the British media that are critical of Spain, its housing problems, the Ve...

The Cabras Rugby Club from Carboneras On a slightly wet Saturday, what could be better than a ...

There was a meeting last Saturday in the Best Hotel on Mojácar Playa regarding the problems of property in Spain - from demolitions to expro...

The following has been creating something of a stir in the Real Estate world in Andalucía : The Junta de Andalucía has recently been fining ...

There’s nothing like a few days away from home. Last week I went to Henley-on-Thames, an excruciatingly English town located midway between ...

Me parece muy mal momento para hablar de “casas ilegales” en Zurgena y demás pueblos del interior de Almería donde residen - sobre todo - j...

In Algorfa - an obscure village south of Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca - a British home owner has made a few too many complaints about his ...

The ‘building crisis’ is affecting Spain. From a country that apparently built more houses in the past few years than Britain, France and Ge...

Pamplona is the capital city of Navarra, in the north of Spain. The province is also an autonomy. Navarra was once a larger area, stretching...