Moving to Chiclana - seeking advice

Roger66 wrote on Sun Jul 31, 2022 2:18pm:

Re aircon, our local installer (in Benalup) uses MundoClima brand. Medium size room, about 20m2 about €600 installed. Buying the same size unit from Leroy Merlin about the same  plus installation. You can pay more for a big name brand, Hitachi  etc. But I believe you get pretty much t...

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...he same unit, possibly with more fancy programs. Basic unit has remote, timed on/off etc. Lots of local installers, ask the neighbours for recommendations. 

Solar panels. This is a potentially wide subject. Grid tie, grid feed in, stand alone. How much room is there for the panels, do you want battery storage? Find someone in your home area to dicuss it with until you have a clear idea of what you want, then check it is available and legal in Andalucia. Good solar installers are harder to find than aircon guys.

Don't know that part of Chiclana, but the town has most things you need,  and good road connections. 

Best of luck.

Alexnova wrote on Fri Jul 29, 2022 11:35pm:

Hi all: We are an American couple who plan to retire to Chiclana by December/ January. While i am not new to the Costa de la Luz Forum, I am new to the Chiclana portion of the forum. We had been planning to retire to the Vejer area and i have posted there a few times. We just returned from the ar...

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...ea after searching for a house over the last few weeks. During that house search we checked out many areas and ending up finding a very nice place in the Soladad section of Chiclana. Chiclana seemed to be a better fit for us and we did meet a few very nice and helpful people during our stay. So we are looking forward to the move. We have hired a law firm (Temple Cambria) to help make sure that the house is legal and to help us with the process.

We will need to make a few changes to the house and i would like advice about a few things. First the house has no air conditioning. As for as our budget what should we expect to pay for a mid-grade system of splits a/cs. The house has four bedrooms (ideally we would want to put a/c in all four plus the living room, but depending on price we might cut the number.) any idea about costs, brands, installers etc would be great.

We are also considering adding solar panels (to help offset the costs of the a/c). Any advice?

Does anyone have any thoughts about the neighborhood?

Anyway, any advice will be appreciated.

Thanks 

loscanos wrote on Mon Aug 1, 2022 10:07am:

With the cost of air co, electricity and water I would tend to go for ceiling fans first and see if that works. Cheaper and better for the environment.

Solar panels, what a mine field finding someone decent and honest. But keep asking.

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Don't forget if you don't have mains water make sure you have a well or perforations. Plus a deposit as water is now beginning to be a huge issue. If possible have a cover for the swimming pool as water evaporates quickly here.