Hi all I think the link to building products is a great help I hope to see more suppliers  joining the list ,it will be a big help to me when I eventually get started on the finca.
Thanks again Nigel your doing a fantastic job for us all
Phil
Skipton
North Yorks

Thanks in general to Nigel and all others involved for an informative site.  Anyone who has clicked on our website will see what a ridiculously huge project we are undertaking   so the more info the better, especially as we are hoping to be entirely solar/wind powered eventually and will also want to bore a well!

When our planning consents are finally granted we are hoping to move out permanently and I would be interested to read anyone else's experiences.  Especially if you have lived on site in a caravan!

Penny

Hi Phil

What a nice thing to say  

When we came out last November we were determined that we were only going to look around the area and see if we felt that we could live there, we even refused to look in estate agents windows!  On our last morning we were taking a second look along the Mas de Barberans road as we liked the area at the foot of Els Ports and pulled off the road to let one of the quarry lorries thunder past.  Martin got out of the car to take 'one last photo' and wandered up the road to get a better view of the mountains and as he got over the crest of the road there it was!  He came back to the car to tell me and we drove down and stopped to get a better look.  As we wandered over the bridge we suddenly realised that there was a new(ish) hand painted 'En Vente' sign with a tel no.  And the rest, as they say, is history  .

We are determined to renovate it as beautifully as possible and will certainly be doing loads of research and using local craftsmen (if there are any!)

Is your finca a holiday home?  I managed to find matamoros on the map and you are certainly in beautiful area.

I hope too that we are able to meet up, we are hoping to move out in October but it is all dependant on planning permission being granted by a listed building committee that only meet once a month, but not in April (Easter) or June, July or August (summer)!!

We are very lucky that our vendors are a local family, with connections on the council, who are more than happy to hold off signing final contracts (we've only paid a 10% deposit)  until they have obtained all the permissions.  

Penny

(Henley on Thames - Oxfordshire)

hi penny,
just back from our finca in barranc de lloret
went on to the tortosa forum and noticed you had bought a place near us
when i clicked on to your website i couldn't believe it.
we noticed the bridge and thought we know that and low and behold you can see our little casita in the distance.
what a suprise.
if you travel along the road to the small bullring, on the left is a blue house right on the roadside directly opposite is our finca not as big as your project 16,500 square metres 150 olive trees pines,carrobs etc with a small house
oh sorry my name is norman my wife is julie and we have two sons one is 22 yrs he is staying in  england the other Ben is nearly 12 very important that nearly bit    and the three of us hope to live there one day !!! can,t wait it is a beautiful area very peaceful and quiet.
maybe we'll bump into each other one day
good luck with your project i hope everything goes weel for you
kind regards
norman

hi penny,
we just bought the finca in january we thought no brits either, but if there's only us two families that's not so bad is it?
we were out last summer and it was really hot.
beautiful for lazing around drinking red wine laying in the hammock (if we had one)
julie won't let me put one up until we live there 
back out again next month to try and get some more work done.
when are you next out there ? your place looks wonderful.
a lot of work though, but worth it don't you think
well bye for now hope to hear from you soon
regards
norman

Just wanted to say that we had a phone call today to say that planning permission has been granted on our renovation.

Yaaaayyyyyy!!!!!!!  

This has come as a bit of a shock as we were told we would be lucky to get it before September!

We will have to come out in the next couple of weeks to sign final contracts and would love to meet any of you guys who might be around.  I'll post dates when I know more.

Looks like we shall be needing the names of good architects, builders, project managers, builders merchants and therapists sooner than we thought  

"I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it.  I'm about to lose control and I think I like it"

PG