Relocation Costs

The costs both expected and unexpected should be taken into account when relocating to another country. Here is a list you should check out and bear in mind when working out your budget.

While in the UK:

Estate agents fee
Money laundering check
Official searches
Archive charge
Funds transfer fee
Professional legal fees
VAT
Royal mail redirection (we needed it for 6 months)

Ready to move:

Collection cost by removal firm
European removal cost
Storage rental fee

If you are renting for a while as you seek out your new home:

Rent per month
Electricity bills
Water bills

House purchase in Mallorca:

Estate agent fee, if necessary
Legal fees
Notario fee
Tax bill for purchase of house (ours was 8% for a resale property)

To handle the immense amount of bureaucracy while continuing to work it was necessary to employ a company that took over the organising of it all. The total amount that was paid for arranging the following came to €3,160.24 which I have stated so that you can have an idea of the costing. Bear in mind this is for two people. A lot of work was done for this including the following:

Change of UK plates on car to Spanish plates
Licensed copies of passports that were needed to register at different places
NIE administration
TASA local fee
Tax office administration
S1 pensioner social security number
Health cards
Health card local charge
Town Hall registration
Residencia
Local residencia charge
Change driving licences to Spanish licences (handy as they have your NIE number on it as well as your photo so serve as ID as well)
Driving licence local charge
Marriage certificate translation
Translation of S1 and collection fee

We have now needed to use their services again to find out the amount due for the equivalent of the council tax and car road tax and set up the direct debit for future years. This has cost a further €199.65 therefore: