Four weeks in and we are still taking stock because.....

The teased view from our front driveway!

We now have signed for our new home here in Bedar, Spain! We have kept this fairly closely under wraps as we wanted to wait until we had signed the contract and paid the initial deposit fee to take the house off the market so we knew it was ours!  Over here now if we backed out - not a chance! - we'd lose our deposit. If the seller did then they would have to pay us! The sellers are already making initial preperation to pack so we know things are moving along!


When we began our house search a few months ago we looked through hundreds of properties online and gradually whittled them down as we applied our own agreed search criteria to the list. We eventually had about 23 properties that we wanted to see in person as they had stood up to our reasonably strict criteria. Some houses we looked at look great on the web but left a lot to be desired in person. After we'd done a week of house viewings on our second week there we were with two clear front runners. One house in Los Gallardos was bigger, came with furniture, had a bigger pool but it lacked kerb appeal and had less than stellar views. Stuart has always been spoilt with homes with amazing views while being a Brit I was more used to smaller plots being closer to other houses so the decision for me wasn't as emotional. I would have been quite happy with the bigger house as it was cheaper too! 


As it was we plumped for the house we viewed on Day 5, it has views to die for on close to 360 degrees around the property. It sits on a 10,000 sq meter plot but a lot of that is based on the hill it is built on but it has lovely landscaped gardens with some fruit trees. It has some amazing features but I'll post lots of pictures now and then write more further down the page!

Our new home in Bedar - wonderful kerb appeal! No the dog doesn't come as part of the deal!

Family/Guest Bathroom.

The completely private pool.

Covered decking area to the pool side of the house with views to Mojácar Playa and the valley below.

Main lounge area with log burning fire.

The main kitchen, a second large utility area with all white goods and half bathroom is off to the left.

Current guest room -  note hot & cold air conditioning in all rooms (all furniture on pictures is vendors own)

Second guest bedroom.

En suite master bedroom with walk in "wet room" type shower.

Existing dining area off the lounge.

Another view of the master bedroom with built in wardrobes - one of the guestrooms has them too.

The front patio area showing the views to the coast.

One of the rear landscaped garden areas

The master bathroom walk in shower with dual shower heads.

Another view of the lounge looking back towards the entrance door from the hallway.

Another view of the covered patio area showing more of the 360 degree views above and beyond the house.

Another dog not included in the sale....the entrance currently called Casa Laurel but soon to change!

The house is everything we could wish for.  It has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a big kitchen with added big utility area able to accomodate an American sized fridge freezer and all the rest of the white goods, granite work surfaces throughout the kitchen/utility room, a large L shaped lounge dining room, big covered patio area with fly screens and amazing views and a large garage/workshop and parking outside for about 5 cars! Landscaped garden areas to the front and rear frame all the vistas and not to forget the Roman stepped pool for us and out friends to relax in and around! 


We love this house and can't wait to be living in it! We are completing on May 21st and that gives us 10 days grace to move out of our rented apartment and move our possessions up to Bedar. We have lots of furniture already on order. When Stuart returns from Los Angeles next week we are going to be getting more needed home supplies and checking out electrical stores up the motorway in Lorca!


We have to thank our wonderful solicitor/lawyer Maria Maroto who we can't praise enough for her help and patience through this process.


Here's to our new life and our new home together in Bedar, Spain!