Almost 50% of our clients are from the US these days, and so we have become very familiar with what they would like in a property. Big bedrooms, big living areas, big showers. Just big in general really. Some spend most of their time visiting properties just plain mystified by how we Europeans can possibly live in these dinky little apartments.
 

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Conspiracy Theorists have a lot to answer for, Flat Earthers, Paedo Pizza Parlours, Paul is Dead, Chemtrails, 5G, Vaccines, Birds aren't Real and “People who think theres a lot of properties for sale in Valencia but just not on the portals, the agents are probably keeping quiet about those ones and sitting on them for their friends”. Wrong , wrong, wrong, I don’t have any friends and people I know already own a home anyway, so the jokes on you.
 

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It's highly unusual to find a villa in L'Eliana/Ribarroja that's ready to move into at under 400k. When that villa also has a decent sized yet manageable plot, is pretty modern and allows you to exercise by choosing whether to walk to either of the mentioned towns just 1 mile from both for your morning coffee, bread or even newspaper for those of us still wanting to find out what happened yesterday today then the choice is even more limited.

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Like Clockwork, it's that time of the year when Valencia explodes, literally, the Fallas Festival is once again upon us and newcomers arrive from all corners of the globe to stare in wonder at the Caloret del Foc i la Flama whilst the old hands will be looking to roll up their sleeves, have a couple of drinks and lose a few fingers. Those of a more sensitive disposition who don’t want to be Up All Night will be running for the hills, Lookin’ After Number 1 and getting back to normal, I Don’t usually Like Mondays unless its the week after Fallas.

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A fully refurbished flat in Riba Roja de Turia.

The flat is centrally located in the village, an 8-minute walk away from the metro (in just over 30 minutes you can be in Valencia) and supermarkets, bars, shops etc can all be found around the corner. And if you love nature, the Turia River, where you can go for a nice walk, bike ride or just chill out is within walking distance.

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Year on year we get more American clients coming to Valencia (We get a lot of Canadians too). The system for buying a property in the States and Canada is very different to Spain so expectations have to be managed before and during a property search. Not only about the process of buying a property though, also about money transfers, where to find information, who and what to trust online and a whole lot more. As a result we find ourselves explaining the same things over and over so thought it was time to put these things into a post which we can refer people to right from the start. 

Some of these things are important for everyone coming to live in Spain though, especially the first point, so it's worth a read for everyone. Oh and there are eleven not ten... and a bonus ball extra for all of you Facebook fans out there.

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Today we are talking about lawyers. We have written before about choosing a lawyer for your Valencia Property purchase and you can read the article at the link. Within that article we talked about how to choose your lawyer and the whole process of doing that. What we didn't talk about is what they do and this is important because you don't get to see it. 

All the work is done in the background and the only communication you may have with the lawyer is them telling you "It's Ok to pay the deposit now" and "Final date for the notary can be set now" or in some cases simply a thumbs up to any questions you may have We maybe should have called this article "What your Valencia Property lawyer ACTUALLY does" but we thought that maybe that was a bit on the nose as most people's impression is contained in the picture above.

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We have been collecting a few Facebook Facepalms recently. What's a Facebook Facepalm I hear you ask? Well, it's that moment where someone asks a question that defies any explanation or makes a statement intended to show their intense knowledge that is so markedly wrong that it gets our Facepalm emoji finger hot. If you would like us to share some more of them then just let us know but here's the first one, the result of some really, really extensive research.

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