Preparing to live in Tossa de mar

TnD wrote on Sun Feb 26, 2023 11:35am:

Hola JJ and Camille,

We are an English retired couple that bought our property overlooking the castle and bay around ten years ago. We stay at various times throughout the year up to a total of around three-four months.

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We used Finques Soms as our agent and can’t recommend them highly enough. They sorted everything for us from the Notary, to electric and water accounts. They also removed the need for a separate solicitor as they included it in there service, however, totally understand if you do your own thing.

You will definitely need to consider heating as it’s very cold during winter nights. We have electric wall heaters and they wouldn’t be suitable if we lived permanently.

Happy to answer any further questions. We love Tossa and you will too!

Kenroberge wrote on Sun Feb 26, 2023 2:12pm:

We are an American couple who purchased an apartment in Tossa last fall. We have spent long vacations in several costal towns near Barcelona and fell in love with Tossa. We could recommend Cristina Freixa from the firm Sales and Rental Spain as an agent.We could also recommend Cristian Balcells G...

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...roup in Barcelona for your legal and tax services. We plan on staying in Tossa about six months each year.  To answer your questions: yes you will need heat during the the winter months especially at night, wood burning fire places are nice. Electrical costs are reasonable but we don’t have enough experience yet to give you data. Cellphone service in town is fine, but cellphone data is relatively slow (around 20Mbytes). None of the larger providers could provide fiber-optical cable to our 1975 apartment building. Consider an alarm service to protect your investment as squatters do exist and are difficult to remove. 

JJ Jeffries wrote on Mon Feb 27, 2023 4:35pm:

So nice of you to reply. Your information was very helpful.

We plan on visiting the area in September to look.We will let you know when we arrive and if you would like to meet we would love to take you out for a meal.

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Jerry Jeffries

PatLloret wrote on Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:40am:

Bonjour. Nous vivons depuis 2 ans à Lloret de mar dans une urbanización. Nous avons choisi cette ville car c'est animé aussi l'hiver, contrairement à tossa de mar où les commerces ferment d'octobre à avril. Nous avons la fibre optique donc pas de problème pour internet et la TV. Pour les t...

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...el portables, nous avons gardé nos numéros français avec le même forfait, pas de problème pour le réseau. Pour le chauffage, il est utile l'hiver car les températures baissent à zéro degré la nuit, et pour enlever l'humidité car proche de la mer. Nous avons un poêle à pellets qui chauffe bien, et moins cher que le chauffage électrique. Si vous aimez le calme le jour et la nuit, il est préférable d'habiter dans une urbanización que dans un centre ville car les espagnols sont assez bruyants. Si vous voulez plus de renseignements, n'hésitez pas pour discuter par la messagerie ou vous aider dans votre recherche. 

Pour acheter nous sommes passés dans l'agence Myhome de Lloret, qui parle plusieurs langues et s'occupe de tous les contrats (eau, électricité, internet, impôts...)

UNu plaisir de vous rencontrer

patrick & Brigitte 

jhayward wrote on Sun Mar 12, 2023 12:52pm:

Hello JJ and Camille,

We have had our place just outside of Tossa for six years now and also found it through Sales and Rental Spain, with Paul Williams. Can't recommend them enough and they've stayed in touch ever since (they were especially kind and helpful during the pandemic when we couldn't get to Spain, for...

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... example Paul recommended that we install an alarm service to avoid "okupas" as a previous poster mentioned, and went personally to oversee the installation).

We can recommend a wonderful solicitor in Girona, Carlos Moret Llosas, who did an independent title search etc. for us. I am not sure whether he speaks English, though, as we speak Spanish (still working on Catalan!).

Fiber-optic cable doesn't reach our neighborhood so we've had to go with a slower wireless internet system through Movistar, but it's been fine even for remote work meetings. We do have electric heat but the cost has been lower than expected.

We love Tossa and the entire region, and are looking forward to spending about six months a year there in a few years' time! We will be there in early October, but not September unfortunately. Happy to answer any other questions as they come up, though.

Best regards, Jennifer