Hi All,
Regular readers will be familiar with my plans to relocate, en famille, to the Northern Costa Blanca in summer 2008 (and I hope not TOO fed up with my constant questions. I hope to be in a position to provide some reciprocal answers before too long!)
At the moment I am trying to get some ideas together for costs and logistics for the actual move itself and would love to hear about anyone’s success stories or otherwise - things you’re glad you did, things you wish you done differently, etc etc… We are planning to move personal effects only (renting furnished in Spain for the first year and letting our place here furnished, but for a family of 4 + cat we are surely going to be looking at 10-20 cubic metres of personal effects). The way I see it our options are:
1. We fly down, get cat transported separately (air or land) and stuff shifted by movers (this could be easiest logistically as we will be arriving late aug and need to rent a holiday appt for a couple of weeks whilst seeking a suitable long term let)
2. We drive down (in old banger of a people carrier to scrap after 6 months, not worth reregistering!), bring cat with us, and pay someone to shift our crates of stuff
3. We hire a van and pile everyone and everything in it, move in one go!
I would really welcome anybodys thoughts on the above… we are up for a family adventure self-driving if it makes sense, either ferry to Santander or down through France, but if its going to cost more that way then frankly it’d be easier to hop on a plane… my head is going round and round trying to work out which approach to take, and start to get costs together. I’d welcome commercial recommendations by PM if any readers offer suitable services to help us and can provide quotes etc.
The only thing I am completely sure about is that 2008 is the year we make the move… so I wish a happy Christmas and successful and peaceful 2008 to all on this forum, who have given me so many answers and ideas in recent months…!
thanks everyone!
Cazz xxx