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Lanzarote Villas What It s Like To Live In One



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o youīve bought your             the 3 main reasons for returning  
beautiful Lanzarote villa       home, this is the hardest one to  
in the sun and are planning     be able to predict and do         
to move there to stay. But is         something about. You often donīt  
living abroad really for you? Is      know if youīll like something     
your new life going to be any         until you try it. For this        
better than what youīve been used     reason, sometimes it may be       
to in the UK?                         better to rent a villa for 6      
                                      months or so to start with to     
As a contributor to internet          find out if you like living in    
forums on Lanzarote and UK            Lanzarote before you fully commit 
Expats, the most commonly asked       to buying your own property. You  
question I receive is “What is it     tend to find that itīs the        
like to live in Lanzarote?" There     females who will miss their       
are many people who move to           families most, and as the UK is   
Lanzarote from the UK to fulfill      just 4 hours or less in a plane   
their dream of living in the sun,     from Lanzarote, the odd trip home 
but end up going back home after      can help in that respect.         
just a few months disillusioned.                                        
There are 3 main reasons for          Secondly, itīs very easy to       
this.                                 choose the wrong place to live.   
                                      If you donīt speak Spanish and    
The first is that they find out       enjoy socializing with other      
that once the novelty of the sun      expats, then it wouldnīt be a     
shining each day has worn off,        good idea to live in a Lanzarote  
life in another country isnīt         village where there are no expats 
really any better than it was         as you will feel very lonely and  
back in the UK. They miss their       isolated and very easily          
family, and decide that living        homesick. There are many          
abroad isnīt really for them. Of      urbanizations which have plenty   



of expats living there and where      turns sour. Try to bring out      
it will be very easy to integrate     enough money to last at least     
and make friends. On the other        your first year and learn the     
hand, if you donīt want to mix        language as soon as possible.     
with expats but to live with the      There are also opportunities to   
locals and learn the language         set up your own business, as      
quickly, then Lanzarote village       Lanzarote is still a developing   
life will be for you. You need to     island with new villas needing    
know exactly what you want. Bear      managing etc. Despite what a lot  
in mind too that Lanzarote is a       of people might think, the cost   
year-round tourist resort, and if     of living in Lanzarote is not     
you want a quiet and peaceful         that much different from the UK.  
lifestyle donīt choose to live in     Petrol and council tax are lower, 
the centre of Puerto del Carmen,      and there are minimal if any      
the busiest resort!                   heating bills, but most other     
                                      costs are much the same as in the 
Thirdly, and probably the main        UK. Itīs easy to think you can    
reason why things donīt work out,     live a different, cheaper         
is financial. Many people move to     lifestyle but when you are used   
Lanzarote with little money and       to a certain standard of living,  
no jobs, and soon find they just      that is not so easy in practice.  
canīt make ends meet. Itīs very                                         
difficult getting a well paid job     So before you come to live in     
in Lanzarote unless you speak         Lanzarote, do your homework, save 
Spanish fluently and have some        up some money, and learn the      
in-demand skills to offer. If you     language. If you can get off to a 
donīt, youīll end up in a low         good start, itīs a great place to 
paid job with long unsocial           stay!                             
hours, and all too soon the dream     




About the Author:

Bob Dickie lives in Lanzarote and runs Luxury Villas Lanzarote who offer a wide range of private luxury holiday villas across the island to suit every budget. Visit http://www.luxuryvillaslanzarote.com/


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