Traditional Townhouses in Spain - Spanish Townhouses
Spanish Town Houses
In many areas of inland Spain the countryside is sparsely populated with large estancias or farms. Landowners were granted these lands after successful military campaigns whether against the Moors or the Communists. So the farmworkers lived in the towns. Bearing in mind the security of living in town this made perfect sense and many are built on a hill with it’s own castle.
Old Spanish Town House Construction
Built largely of stone and mud with cane and mud floors these houses often resemble a “tardis” set in a rabbit warren. Old townhouses are built for comfort and nothing is cooler in the summer nor cosier in the winter than a traditional town house. The older parts of the towns are very reminiscent of their smaller cousin the white village, with their narrow winding and generally climbing alleyways they are a romantics dream.
Spanish Neighbours
Neighbourliness is a way of life in inland Spain and do not expect to go unnoticed in your new town it will not happen. Your neighbours will know all about you in days of you shaking hands to buy your new home and what they do not know they will invent. The positive side of this is everyone will want to know you and help you.
Learn Spanish!
If you make an effort to learn the language then you’re in and an avalanche of home made sausages, fresh fruit and veg will make it’s way to your door, alongside a friendly Spaniard with a bottle of the local wine from his finca. I tell people this often and I am sure no-one ever believes me until they arrive. One of my pleasures is weeks after they have arrived bumping into clients who have recently moved and have them tell me how friendly the neighbours are as if I had never mentioned it.
One of the things you should be wary of though is noise, the Spanish are not the quietest neighbours except during the famous siesta and the youngsters do love to rev up their scooters and mini motorbikes, try and avoid busy thoroughfares where the youngsters like to race their bikes, a good agent knows where they are and will warn you a bad agent neither knows nor cares. So ask.
Spanish Town Houses are Good Value
Cost wise town houses are very good value. We have houses in throughout Spain from as little as £20,000 completely habitable, and with all the paperwork in place. Most older town houses will require some work with new bathrooms and kitchens being number one on the list. However these items are not as expensive as in the UK and many houses needing little more than a repaint.
