BUYING? 3 TIPS TO PREPARE FOR THE DAY OF COMPLETION

REBECCA SERWOTKA ‐ “We sell houses! It’s what we do, it’s ALL we do!” Certified API Associate 00493. Your favourite local re‐sale property expert, of Inmobilaria Es‐tate Agents in Ciudad Quesada. Prestige Award WINNER for Real Estate Agency Of The Year 2021/22 & 2022/23. Luxury Lifestyle Awards WINNER, Ali‐cante Spain 2023.

‘Completion day’, means the day you pay the re‐maining balance, sign the new Title Deeds in front of a Notary, and receive the keys to move into your new home.

Here are three tips to prepare for your day of comple‐tion:

1. Ensure your funds are readily available in your Span‐ish bank account.

2. Request a statement of accounts from your Lawyer showing the exact amount you have outstanding to pay. It’ll also tell you how payment is to be made. Be aware: You’ll be making more than one payment.

Your outstanding amount will be di‐vided between your vendor, the Notary and Land registry fees, Property Transfer Tax and your Lawyer’s fees.

3. Schedule an early ap ‐pointment with your Spanish bank for the day of comple‐tion, in order to collect your requested pay ‐ments, ie Bank Cheques.

Remember you’ll need identification! Passport, TIE and/or NIE certificate.

Selling in the Ciudad Quesada or surrounding urbanisations? We have buyers! Contact me today on 966 718 392.

LAST weekend, we reported on our website, news of a massive fight onboard a plane travelling from Norway to Alicante in Spain. It appears that the fight was fuelled by the drunken behaviour of a number of passengers and when it arrived in Spain, no fewer than 15 people, all said to be Norwegian were arrested.

There was an unprecedented number of views of the stories and almost 100 readers felt that it would be help‐ful to make comments, for which we are grateful.

As often happens, some people simply read the title without taking in the content and rushed to blame boozy Brits abroad but on this occasion, they were completely wrong. It rather looks as if these idiots who are used to paying high prices for alcohol in their home country might have been taking advantage of cheaper in‐flight booze and overdid it!

No excuse and probably 50 per cent of the comments are calling for a ban on alcohol sales on all flights, 25 per cent want to see tougher checks before passengers are allowed on board or automatic travel bans if they are convicted of misbehaving on a flight. Roughly a quarter feel that it’s unfair to stop those who drink in modera‐tion from being allowed a beer or glass of wine to help them relax after the flight takes off but all want to see flight attendants try to refuse sales to drunks.

That may be easier said than done as the attendants themselves could leave themselves open to verbal abuse or physical attack, but it is clear that something needs to be done to ensure that the majority of trav‐ellers can enjoy (subject to leg room) their flight in peace.

BECAUSE we love our pets so much, many of us find it difficult to find a trusted and reputable place where we feel comfortable leaving them while we are busy or on holiday. But at Dirty and Happy, your dog won’t want to come home!

If you are looking for a doggy daycare for your furry best friend while you go to work or run errands, a pet hotel for when you go on vacation, or even training and socialising classes, Dirty and Happy in Alicante is the perfect place. The staff and trainers are genuine animal lovers who treat all of the pets like their own, so you can have the peace of mind that your pet will be very well­cared for, happy, and safe in the hands of experts.

The daycare service at Dirty and Happy begins at 9am until 8.30pm, where your furry friend will play and socialise with other animals under the care and supervision of expert profession­