Where to Buy

Hi. Did you ever get to velez? We are hoping to visit velez in january, looking to buy. Did you like what you saw??

Hi Mandalou.

We did spend a couple of mornings in Velez Malaga.

It really depends on what you want. It is a busy bustling city. For us it is a great place to spend time and there is everything you would need for day to day life. It is very Spanish which for us was good and all of our private medical facilities are available there which is important if you don't qualify for the state system. It is also quite hilly in places a factor to consider as you get older. But if you like an apartment in a bustling city you should like Velez Malaga.

Just a word on your plans. Is your visit in January to buy to live permanently now or in the future ?

Regards

Mark

I really do not know how Velez Malaga could in any definition be a "bustling city" as described by a previous correspondent. 

It is a very traditional village, now town in size, but still very Spanish and fiercely retaining its traditions so anyone moving there must be ready to accept Spanish ways. If not, better look to live on the coast.

It has the best street market in the area, nationally televised Easter processions, is surrounded by agricultural activities, with the bonus of the small private airfield complete with flying school and recently added spectacular annual flying Festival. Unexpectedly, it also has the most brilliant dog park.

The locals are following the trend of other white washed villages and tending to move into blocks of new flats built around the town, selling their old traditional houses to incomers, quite a few of whom are British.

These older, typically Spanish town houses are largely built on the hill around the old castle, with views across their roofs both back to the mountains and down to Torre del Mar and the coast. The new flats are down on the plain. 

It is within reach of all the amenities of the coastal developments but still retains the feel of a mountain village. 

I hope this paints a picture. I love Velez Malaga, although I have never lived there because a) I prefer the space of the campo b) I could not cope with all the busy-ness of the narrow streets and the climbing to get anywhere at my age.