Posted: Sun Oct 3, 2021 8:27pm
Hi. I’m just buying now in the centre of ‘old’ Fuengirola and signing a reservation contract tomorrow …. with a move-in date during December. I have done all my due diligence and have an English-speaking lawyer and discovered all the costs both at purchase and running costs. I am getting the lawyer to apply for a NIE and bank account - not because of anything other than it’s simpler for me and I budgeted this into my costs. NIE necessary to pay direct debits for water, electricity, community fees, local rates and broadband. I could save a few hundred €‘s applying for NIE and bank accounts etc but, from the UK, it’s not worth the hassle. Like you, it’ll be a base to come back and forth and I particularly chose Fuengirola since it is at the end of the present Malaga airport-Fuengirola railway run and my place is in the middle of the city, about eight minutes walk from the station.