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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2018 12:46:27 GMT
What is Hawaii like? Get the impression it can be a bit down market with variable weather?
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Post by WDB on Mar 25, 2018 13:31:15 GMT
Hawaii's too expensive - but Barbados isn't bad.
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Post by Rob on Mar 25, 2018 16:07:42 GMT
I have been to Hawaii (Maui) once. One day I got to the beach and it started raining so I went to a bar and and when someone came to server I asked: "How long does the rain shower normally last?". The answer was it doesn't normally rain
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2018 21:44:18 GMT
Never been to Hawaii but Mrs K keeps nagging me to take her to Bora Bora.
Went to Barbados years ago and vowed never to go back. The queue at passport control was over 90 minutes in stifling heat with no drinks machines and people were fainting. Never again.
Over the next few months we will be scouting for property around the Med as a holiday or even retirement home and then later it will be a couple of weeks in either Maldives or Cuba. In both locations we walk and swim alot so even though we eat well we usually come back fitter.
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Post by dixinormus on Mar 25, 2018 22:42:00 GMT
Hawaii's got it all... high-end hotels, restaurants and malls right down to the opposite end of the spectrum with $3 t-shirt shops and $12 buffet breakfasts. Honolulu is a bit hectic but overall it's quite rural in parts.
Weather depends on location - there's some big volcanoes and one side is usually dry whilst the other rainy!
Not much more expensive than mainland USA.
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Post by Rob on Mar 26, 2018 22:03:04 GMT
We want a place to move to and possibly retire - preference for us is Greece. Brexit... I hope it does not derail that. Apparently buying a €250k property in Greece can give you the right to live there anyway so Brexit may not be the issue if we spend a little more.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2018 23:01:26 GMT
Brexit won't prevent you, though it may make it less convenient.
I have residences in all sorts of places outside the EU. It's not very difficult.
So I cannot imagine that within a post Brexit EU will be very difficult either.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2018 23:39:53 GMT
Greece was our original intention and we will be visiting but we have widened our search (and budget) to other areas of the Med. We've found that property in Greece is relatively expensive when compared to other countries. You will be lucky to get somewhere for 250k, especially on the smaller islands.
If you are interested, there is an exhibition at London Olympia by the Channel 4 TV program "A Place in the Sun" between 11th and 13th May. Sign up on their website and you'll get free tickets and emails about their "Weekly Property Selection".
Unfortunately you've just missed the one in Manchester last week:
goo.gl/U9gJ1A
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Post by Rob on Mar 27, 2018 0:06:08 GMT
>> We've found that property in Greece is relatively expensive when compared to other countries.
So have we :-( In the South West of France you can get a lot more for your money for sure. We'd still prefer Greece. We've done some property visits but not found the right location/accommodation. Perhaps we can share notes, so to speak.
We'd not be looking at the smaller islands - for 250k we could get a place near to where we like with a pool and at least 2 bedrooms (enough for us)
We went to the Manchester G-MEX Place in the Sun event a few years ago. Not as useful as you'd hope.
Our Sky box is 'full' of a Place in the Sun episodes ;-)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 9:05:13 GMT
My 'home in the sun' is also a potential retirement home. The flight can be up to five hours there and longer on the return. However it's worth it for me for family and ancestral home reasons.
For those that do not have those reasons, I would choose somewhere not too hot in the summer but also with a mild winter. It rains everywhere at some point but places which have decent entertainment or a strong local community will be better than the back of beyond during a wet week.
Flight time is also important, so I would choose somewhere which has at least one daily flight to the UK from an airport within a hours drive of the property and the flight is not much longer than three hours. That way you can do the trip in just over half a day. For me, I lose a whole day (or a night) flying out.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 9:26:29 GMT
If it is a holiday home, or a second home, buy somewhere that you can afford not to rent out.
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Post by Alanović on Mar 27, 2018 9:42:24 GMT
I think I'll probably spend summer in the UK and winters somewhere around the Med in retirement. Should have my Maltese passport soon so anywhere in the EU will be OK. Malta, even. Mild winters there. Portugal and south of France also on the list. Not interested in Spain.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 9:51:12 GMT
Not interested in Spain?
Don't judge a country by the horrible tourist centres, there's some lovely places in Spain. I shall probably end up there one day. Probably around Cadiz somewhere.
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Post by Alanović on Mar 27, 2018 9:55:56 GMT
Oh I know, I am extensively travelled in Spain, but I find the climate in Portugal more to my liking and less plagued by mosquitos. Cadiz is a good shout though. I like Galicia and the Basque Country. Mum lived in Andalusia for a while, I found it too stifling down there most of the time. Prefer my landscape to a have a few more tress and undergrowth. I'm certainly not judging the whole country on its tourist centres. When I said not interested, I meant in terms of living there. I do enjoy short trips to Spain though.
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Post by dixinormus on Mar 27, 2018 16:21:23 GMT
Plenty of cheap houses in rural SW France. I've got one near Carcassonne. The region took off about 20 years ago with droves of expats buying holiday homes in decrepit villages. The Ryanair effect also helped too.
Then the GFC in 2008/9 brought the market to a crashing halt, and overstretched expats sold up in their droves. Long-term resident retirees also suffered with the sharp fall in the GBP exchange rate...
Climate isn't always that warm in southern France. Nice summers but winter can be very cold. Makes Spain a better option for the sedentary retiree.
Oh, and the rural economy in France is on its knees...
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