Wild Geese: Conor Wilde, an estate agent from Skerries, settled in the Spanish city in 2000
Wilde married the Spanish girlfriend who first attracted him to the city and they have two children. He immersed himself in local culture, becoming fluent in Spanish, including the Valencian dialect. “I was getting screwed over by some of the locals on building sites, so I had to pick up on that very quickly to survive,” he says.
“Our money is made in selling or renovating real estate. What we have is an infrastructure where people can come from any country and get all the supports that they need, from accessing a gardener to an architect – in fact, anything they need to live here.” Many are coming from further afield. As well as clients from the rest of Europe, there has been a recent influx of buyers from the United States, especially from the west coast, Florida and Texas, with some indicating they want to escape political and cultural division there, as well as the increasingly high cost of living, he says. Healthcare costs in Spain, for example, are a fraction of what they are in the US.
There are also good opportunities for investors looking for rental returns of 5 per cent to 10 per cent on three-bedroom properties with large terraces, priced around €750,000 to €800,000, as well as in the student accommodation area, he adds.Wilde works long hours, often meeting clients and business associates for coffee or drinks in the evening, but feels he has a very good lifestyle. He lives alone in the small town of La Eliana, about a 25-minute drive inland from Valencia city.
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