Things I won't miss

[Tony Gillam]

Having now sold after fourteen and a half years, I shan't miss
Dog mess on the pavements
The school's music choice
Painting the balcony railings
Cleaning the Sahara dust off the shutters
Queueing at the car rental desk

I will miss most of the other stuff though

[John H]

Best wishes Tony, I remember you as one of the original forum posters, it must be 12 years since I met you at one of the "forum gatherings"
I hope your sale completed in the last few days to take advantage of the favourable exchange rate.
I'd appreciate any learnings you have from repatriating the proceeds of the sale as hopefully I will be in the same situation in the not too distance future

Regards

John


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[Maricia]

Having now sold after fourteen and a half years, I shan't miss
Dog mess on the pavements
The school's music choice
Painting the balcony railings
Cleaning the Sahara dust off the shutters
Queueing at the car rental desk

I will miss most of the other stuff though

Did you put this list together for your new buyers? Best of luck for the future!

Maricia

[puddy-woo]

Best of luck. It seems to have taken a while.  I hope you were happy with your sale price


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[Duncan S]

All the best, Tony.  Back on the Solent, or other plans?
I share your sentiments [ we sold our place on Med II last year ].

For John - we used transferwise to repatriate our proceeds. No problems at all.
https://transferwise.com/      I know people have spoken about them to get money to Spain and in our experience, it's just as easy in the opposite direction, with very reasonable charges.

Once you have decided to 'move on', I hope you are able to sell soon.

Regards
Duncan S

[Tony Gillam]

Caveat Emptor, Maricia. Caveat Emptor. 

A little disappointed with the final sale price but it still seems a buyer's market atm. I have to view it against the overall uncertainty of Brexit and the ongoing cost of ownership. Overall, we've had fourteen years of cheap holidays. Just left trying to guess what the exchange rate is going to do over the next month or so.

[John H]

Cheers Duncan, TransferWise was on my shortlist
I had a chat in Sabadell about their rate and charges, they offered commercial rate at a very low cost of transfer

Regards all

John



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[Spurs]

I have heard all kinds of stories of how to get the cash back here including carrying it in a suitcase . The main issue is you have to pay UK capital gains tax which is quite a big chunk.

[Tony Gillam]

The Solent does beckon, Duncan, particularly today with the sun shining and a pleasant breeze. The idea of blowing it all on my dream catamaran does cross my mind but realistically, I will probably stick with the caravan as it doesn't require scrubbing off and antifouling and I'm not getting any younger. Might be tempted to switch to a motorhome but that is about as far as it goes.

[John H]

I have heard all kinds of stories of how to get the cash back here including carrying it in a suitcase . The main issue is you have to pay UK capital gains tax which is quite a big chunk.

I had someone wanting to buy our place a few weeks ago Spurs, he wanted to pay a huge chunk in cash and the rest by bank transfer.
No mention of the cash part was to be mentioned anywhere!!
On the advice of the estate agent, solicitor and bank I refused his offer, a suitcase full of euros is neither use nor ornament to me!!

Regards all

John


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[Spurs]

So they old grey money still exists it used to be the norm the notary looked the other way as cash was handed over.

The person I knew who carried some cash back about €60000 had a real nightmare changing it or banking it due to the money laundering laws here that are now even tougher

[Corporal Jones]

The rate is the best its been for a long time. You pays your money and takes a chance. Best of luck for the future Tony, like you we bought in 2002 it appears not many of us left now.

[dleafy]

Having now sold after fourteen and a half years, I shan't miss
Dog mess on the pavements
The school's music choice
Painting the balcony railings
Cleaning the Sahara dust off the shutters
Queueing at the car rental desk

I will miss most of the other stuff though

Good luck Tony,we're currently about 100 yards from you & about40 yards from the school. We like their music .
Enjoy your retirement.
Cheers
Dave


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[John H]

We do as well Dave, the Mrs and I play "I'll name that tune in....."
Whoever picks the music has a great and varied taste, they play some good music

Regards all

John


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[Stan]

I have heard all kinds of stories of how to get the cash back here including carrying it in a suitcase . The main issue is you have to pay UK capital gains tax which is quite a big chunk.

For those lucky enough to make a capital gain!