benitachell
Monday 11th December 2006
It all started with a ‘Welcome’ letter we found in our post box from Jaume, a young man from Benitachell village. He stated in the letter that he would like to start a forum for people new to the area. Jaume and his business partner Miguel Angel would assist new residents with tax, NIE applications, public health care and educational issues, etc. From this introdution letter, we contacted Jaume and he invited us and some of his friends to a traditional Valencian style bbq.
We all met in the Mas y Mas car park at 12.00h on a sunny Sunday in Benitachell. We were introduced to Keith and Sheila, Rolf and Erika and also our party of six, Ian & Diane, Hilary & Nick, Dawn & Steve. The drive to Jaume’s casa de campo was only 2 minutes away and we were all soon sampling the home made sweet wine made by Jaume’s father and the raisins, made from their own grapes and dried in the summer sun.
It was a mixture of 70% sweet muscatell wine and 30% red wine. Jaume pointed out that everything we were going to eat was made with organic produce, chuletas de cordero (lamp chops) home baked bread and locally made chorizos, morcilla or botifarra in Valenciano, (liver and blood sausages). A wheel barrow was loaded in the front garden with wood from grape vines, orange trees and the protected carob tree. Normally there is a hole in the ground, where a wood fire is prepared and a large calderon (pot) is placed filled with lamb, chicken or pork. Left for many hours to cook slowly over the fire and to absorb the smokey flavours.
Another oven in the casa, was also filled with the same types of wood and then both of the fires were lit. We sat in the warm December sun as Miguel Angel arrived to assist Jaume in the preparation and cooking.
The lamb was rubbed with salt and the onions, artichokes and chorizos were cooked in home made olive oil. When the fires were glowing nicely, the food was cooked to perfection. The home made bread was broken into pieces and the feast began. Large slices of onion were filled with anchovies and olive oil, cooked over the fire, perfect dunking the chunks of bread into, a Benitachell specaility. The artichokes hearts were flavoured by the smoke and the taste and texture was wonderful.
As we enjoyed the food and wine with Jaume and Miguel Angel, we chatted about the various topics on the Valencian culture, diet and laungage. Many people living in Benitachell were forced to speak Castellano during Franco’s dictatorship and they are now unable to read or write in their mother tongue. Benitachell or Benitatxell, spelt the Valenciano way, used to be in the region of Javea, however some 300 years ago, the villagers decided to create their own region and town so they founded the ‘Poble Nou de Benitatxell.’ We retreated to the large family casa’s naya room, as the winter sun lost it’s warmth, to end our enjoyable day with melon, desserts and glasses of Baileys.
May we all say a big thank you to Jaume and Miguel Angel, for their hospitality and for giving us the opportunity to sample and taste the flavours of Valenciano life. If you would like more information on the services provided by these two enterprising men, you can contact them by telephone, email or go to their offices in Benitachell.
MG Economistes.
Miguel Angel Garcia Buigues,
Assesorament comptable, fiscal i laboral.
Avda Lepanto, 34 2.n-4
El Poble Nou de Benitatxell
03726
Alacant
Tel-fax: 96 649 3061
Miguel Angel’s mobile: 653 067 401
Email:miquel_gb@hotmail.com
Jaume’s mobile: 636 541 817
Jaume’s email: jpedros81@hotmail.com
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Sunday 22nd July 2018
The leading Spanish valuation company Tinsa has published
their latest report on Tuesday 17 July 2018, relating to residential property values. The average price of housing in Spain
increased by 6.4% year-on-year in the month of June 2018, driven by the "capitals
and large cities" and by the "Mediterranean coast", which show an increase of 10.2% and 7.4% respectively.
While the latest average price is still calculated to be
35.7% lower than the peak reached during the boom in 2007, it now 12% higher
than when the market bottomed out in February 2015.
After the first 6 months of 2018, Tinsa describe the increase
in property values as "dynamic”.
Here is a link to the Tinsa report. You can download the report by clicking on "descargar informe" or scroll down the page on the link below, to see the figures for the Mediterranean coast under the section "Variación interanual en los últimos 12 meses" (interannual variation for the last 12 months):
https://www.tinsa.es/servicio-de-estudios/imie/general/junio-2018/
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Tinsa
IMIE junio 2018: + 6,4%. 17 julio,
2018
Las
capitales y grandes ciudades toman impulso y se encarecen más de un 10% en tasa
interanual en junio 2018.
El
precio medio de la vivienda terminada en España se incrementó un 6,4%
interanual en el mes de junio, impulsado por las "Capitales y grandes ciudades”
y por la "Costa mediterránea”, que se revalorizaron un 10,2% y un 7,4%,
respectivamente.
Descargar
informe:
https://www.tinsa.es/servicio-de-estudios/imie/general/junio-2018/
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Monday 23rd March 2020
We are however
continuing to work remotely from home, dedicating our time to answering any
queries you may have and we will be pleased to provide further information for
any properties on our website which you think might be of interest.
I have
lived in Javea for 26 years and our Javea Casas website has been established
for over 20 years. Our website includes directly listed properties and in
addition we have listings from approximately 25 collaborating estate
agencies, whose
properties are sent automatically and every day, directly to our website. We therefore have a large selection of
properties to offer you, in local towns such as in Javea, Moraira, Benitachell
and Jesus Pobre. Please do not hesitate
to contact us, we will be delighted to hear from you. Keep safe and well. Many best wishes, from Dawn Nott.
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Wednesday 1st April 2020
The leading Spanish property valuation company Tinsa has
published their analysis of the property market for the Alicante coastal region
of the "Comunidad Valenciana”, reporting an on-going recovery of prices, with
an increase of 2.7 % during 2019.
This is an overall increase of 14.4 % since the lowest prices
were recorded after the financial crisis of 2007 – 2008.
The current prices remain 37.8 % lower than when they
were at an all-time high before the market crashed. Prices are still relatively low, however they are slowly rising, which creates an opportunity for an excellent financial investment during 2020.
Please click on the link below to see the official Tinsa report, showing the
table of figures and full details. Scroll down to the section headed "Tinsa IMIE Mercados Locales” (page
10) to see details for the Alicante coastal region.
https://www.tinsa.es/servicio-de-estudios/imie/mercados-locales/cuarto-trimestre-2019/
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Saturday 2nd May 2020
Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish prime minister, has announced a four stage plan which will gradually ease our confinement and if all goes well this will take us to a "new normality" by the end of June 2020. Great news.
For further information please take a look at The Citizens Advice Bureau Spain website by clicking on the following link. https://www.citizensadvice.org.es/faq/coronavirus-way-forward-to-new-normality/
Another good source of information in English is the Spanish newspaper El Pais. https://english.elpais.com/
I have
lived in Javea for 26 years and our Javea Casas website has been established
for over 20 years. Our website includes directly listed properties and in
addition we have listings from approximately 25 collaborating estate
agencies, whose
properties are sent automatically and every day, directly to our website. We therefore have a large selection of
properties to offer you, in local towns such as in Javea, Moraira, Benitachell
and Jesus Pobre. Please do not hesitate
to contact us, we will be delighted to hear from you. Keep safe and well. Many best wishes, from Dawn Nott.
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Friday 9th June 2023
NEW LAW REQUIRING REGISTRATION OF ALL REAL ESTATE AGENTS IN THE VALENCIA
COMMUNITY
We are pleased to confirm our compliance with a new law (Decree 98/2022), which includes a number of obligations affecting all individuals or legal entities who are
dedicated to providing advice and intermediation in real estate operations
within the Comunidad Valenciana.
From the 16 October 2023, all agents must be registered in the Register
of Real Estate Agents of the Valencia Community (el Registro de Agentes de Intermediación Inmobiliaria de la Comunidad
Valenciana), and they must fulfill a number
of requirements in order to register, including the following.
1) Agents must be the holders
of a surety insurance (seguro de caución) and professional civil responsibility
insurance.
2) Provide proof
of accreditation, to demonstrate agents are qualified to perform the real estate activity.
WE ARE PLEASED TO PROVIDE
DETAILS OF OUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW LAW:
(In the name of Dawn Patricia Nott
on behalf of Javea Casas)
GENERALITAT VALENCIANA
REGISTRATION NUMBER: RAICV 1230
MEMBER OF A.N.P.I.F.F. Asociación
Nacional de Profesionales Inmobiliarios Financieros y Fiscales: Reg. Nº 1.964
INSURANCE POLICIES:
Company: AXA: Civil responsibility insurance, policy number 85114094.
Company: INTERCAUCIÓN AGENCIA DE SUSCRIPCIÓN S.L.: Surety insurance. Certificado de seguro de caución número 62736804.
ACCREDITATION: Dawn Patricia Nott is the holder of
the following qualification:
"DIPLOMA DE TITULACIÓN AGENTE PROFESIONAL INMOBILIARIO”.
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