Tranio.com’s client describes buying a Spanish property to obtain a Golden Visa residence permit.
This buyer chose a foreclosed flat in Spain’s upmarket Marbella. She tells us why she decided on this property that didn’t even make it to her shortlist.
Dmitry, an entrepreneur from Moscow, bought a holiday home in Alicante on the Costa Blanca in 2014 with Tranio. One year later, we met with him to see how things were going.
It's easier to buy property abroad when your family is behind you. This is how three sisters in their early sixties, Irina and Marina and Irina bought a holiday home in Torrevieja.
Eugene, chief executive of a major Russian company, first considered buying property abroad when he took up yachting. We talked to him after he bought a villa in Catalonia near a marina.
Steve, an English expat in Moscow, Russia, bought a flat in Spain. Two years on, we asked him for the British perspective on Spain’s real estate, buyer’s remorse and bureaucracy.