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	Needing info on Utilities.
miss_pamela	Posted: 30.11.2004, 14:08
75 registered: Nov. 2004 Posts: 0 Status: offline last visit: 09.11.05	Hi Guys, I am finding it really hard to get information on Utility pricing for Spain. Would like to be able to compare prices to home before making a big move. Do u pay things monthly? Who are the main carriers? What are the averages for: Gas: Electricity: Telephone: Internet/Cable: Home Insurance: Health Insurance: then... few more questions while i have your attention :P what is the average price for a taxi ride? how much do u spend on groceries a week? what do u pay for a regular night out in Spain for dinner (2 meals and a bottle of wine)? Would appreciate any help on these questions. Thanks. U can email me if its easier on miss_pamelah@hotmail.com 8-) Pamela


John Ross	Posted: 02.12.2004, 11:21
registered: Apr. 2004 Posts: 39 Status: offline last visit: 25.08.08	Whoa, that's a lot of questions - one thing at a time in future, please. To answer your first question, utility bills in Spain tend to fall due every month or two months: every month for electricity, two months for the phone (though different schemes like DSL may involve paying more frequently), and I don't know what for gas, never been able to figure it out. With regard to average pricing, I really haven't got time to do the breakdown you ask for, but I think you'll find things are pretty much the same as in Britain, except for your last three questions: taxis, groceries and eating out are all considerably cheaper in Spain.


Anonymous	Posted: 10.12.2004, 08:09
Unregistered User	Thanks John. Although, I have no idea what the prices in Britain are, as Im from Canada. Either way, I appreciate the help, and I will look into it. Thanks again. 8-) Pamela


John Ross	Posted: 10.12.2004, 10:30
registered: Apr. 2004 Posts: 39 Status: offline last visit: 25.08.08	Ah, of course, sorry - I just thought, "native-level English, no weird US spellings, must be British." You probably do need considerably more information, then - so here's a bit more. The main Spanish utility companies are: Gas: Gas Natural Enagas Electricity: Iberdrola UniÃ³n Fenosa Many more, often partly owned by one of these two. Water: Very localized, e.g., Madrid - Canal de Isabel II Telephone: TelefÃ³nica Keep the questions coming, just not too many at once, please. 8-)


Anonymous	Posted: 11.12.2004, 08:57
Unregistered User	Hi John, Your quick on the replies! (great to see!) We had planned to be in Valencia this week, but due to the bombings, we cancelled our flights and headed to Dubrovnik, Croatia. How is the situation in Spain now? Would you say its safe? Hate to say it, but it doesnt sound it at the moment... These bombings have thrown our plans upside down!!! We started selling our things and looking at property already!! I would have to say that safety was our TOP priority when it came to relocating... :( Thank you for the info though... have had Portugal in top 3 list, might go in that direction, so on your toes mister....there are more questions to come!! ;) Pamela ps. (no funny american language coz this girl is australian!)


John Ross	Posted: 11.12.2004, 11:01
registered: Apr. 2004 Posts: 39 Status: offline last visit: 25.08.08	A Canadian from Australia? <<... How is the situation in Spain now? Would you say its safe? Hate to say it, but it doesnt sound it at the moment...>> Safe enough for me. I suppose you're talking about the recent petrol station attacks, which have really been no more than a reminder by ETA that it is still around. The Guardian said: "Thirteen bombs in nine Spanish cities in four days. It sounds like the sort of bombing campaign that even the IRA, in its worst days, could not match, yet the reappearance of armed Basque separatist group Eta is not worrying Spaniards as much as it might seem in newspaper headlines. To start with, the bombs that exploded were small and the damage minimal. They left a blown-up cafeteria bathroom here, a hole in the ground there, a slightly damaged petrol station somewhere else or, even, just some shattered municipal flower tubs. The owners of one cafeteria, having previously been evacuated by police, reportedly did not even notice something had exploded until..." Full article here. <<These bombings have thrown our plans upside down!!! We started selling our things and looking at property already!! I would have to say that safety was our TOP priority when it came to relocating...>> Fair enough, but I certainly wouldn't rule Spain out on those grounds. I admit to having a different perspective, having lived in Britain through the worst of what the IRA had to offer and in Bilbao when ETA was very much in charge, but there are things that scare me a lot more than terrorism - tetanus is pretty terrifying, for example, or falling off a tall building, or all those carniverous things you can't see when you swim in the sea. Seriously, terrorism is considered a problem here at the moment, but almost no-one is actually scared of it. Compare the traffic accident rate in Portugal with that in Spain (and the standard of health care you are likely to get if you survive), and Portugal looks a lot more dodgy (not that I want to put you off Portugal). How was Croatia? You might like to have a look at another site of mine, badly needs updating, I admit, but you should find some things of interest: Mediterranean Blue.

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