Almost exactly four months to the day since we moved here the Notary is booked!
We arrived here on Wednesday 28th November and we purchase our house on Wednesday 27th March.
It has been a long, and stressful, journey but we are nearing the end of the first stage.
We have our NIE numbers, our car has passed all its inspections and we now await the arrival of our Spanish plates.
I am registered for tax and everything else is in hand awaiting our permanent address so that we can receive our health cards, our residencia, registration at the town hall, the change of our driving licences to Spanish ones and anything else that I may have forgotten.
The assistance we have received from Mallorca Solutions has been invaluable as they have undertaken the minefield of paperwork and guided us in the right direction. It has been money well spent.
We now have an excellent abogado, know a great garage for our car’s needs, have my small private pension moved offshore and someone at the end of the phone to guide and assist us with any concerns that we may have.
While I have managed to maintain the standards of my workload from Mallorca without London barely noticing a change the next challenge will be to get satellite broadband to replace the Vodafone dongle that I am at present using.
But the worst is over.
With our purchase falling just before the Easter break it will give us time to go into our new home and give it a good clean through before our furniture can come out of storage and be delivered the following week.
We will have the time to check everything is in working order and start to get a ‘feel’ for our new home.
We bought our little house in the UK from new and remained living there for 29 years. The changes that we made over the years made it into the home that it was.
Now we have a new home. Built in 2001 this house has always been rented and so we will be the first to own and care for it. It may take some time but this little house can become the way we want it to be.
Our UK house had 29 years worth of memories, from our children at young ages to our grandchildren, now this new home will be filled with memories of our new life in this new stage of our lives.
Change is never easy and it takes some getting used to, but it is an essential ingredient in your life for avoiding stagnation and keeping you ‘alive’.
Just 3 more days and we move forward – wish us good luck on our journey 😉
Living In Mallorca 