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Firstly thank you for responding to our e-mail, secondly it appears that we really didn’t explain ourselves very well probably because the situation we’re in would take far too long! so for those who have the time here goes….
18 months ago the company which Andy works for requested that any experienced managers wishing to move to Spain in order to manage a store there to express their interest, so we eagerly did. We then sought out a Spanish tutor and had weekly lessons over a 10 month period, which sadly became too expensive so we had to quit.
Over the months we have spoken to the company HR in Spain, Andy has also had an interview in Barcelona which all went very well. E-mails have always been very encouraging but we could never seem to hold them to a time period when things may start to happen.
Just recently we’ve learnt that the company isn’t doing as well as once thought, so having been strung along and kept in the dark for many months we’ve come to realize that this avenue may sadly be closed, and therefore are looking at selling up and moving on our own.
The company move was a safe and less expensive option, they would help locate us pay moving costs, we planned on renting our uk property which would then fund renting property in Spain, so really everything was taken care of.
So really we are starting from scratch and doing everything on our own, hence the basic questions we posed in our first e-mail.
So the plan is to develop our language skills, put our house on the market, seek employment in Spain, rent for maybe 6 months in Spain then hopefully put a deposit down on a house.
We have two small children 5 and 2, so it is important we find the right area for them possibly somewhere in Valencia or a little further north. Our little boy is due to start his second year at primary school and is already establishing roots, this wasn’t meant to happen we anticipated being in Spain by now.
So that’s it in a nutshell. Again if anyone has any advice on moving to Spain (on a budget) we would be really grateful.
Lorna and Andy