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Costs

Your Neighbours Had Us Check Their Electricity Bills. That Most Were Fine Is the Verdict Nobody Sells.

Jul 17, 2026

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3 min read

Your Neighbours Had Us Check Their Electricity Bills. That Most Were Fine Is the Verdict Nobody Sells.

Fear on the Costa has a supply side: resold citas, phantom add-ons, oversized fixes.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

The Costa Property Market Is a Game of Chicken. One Town Just Blinked.

Jul 16, 2026

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4 min read

The Costa Property Market Is a Game of Chicken. One Town Just Blinked.

Sales down a third, asking prices at records, and Estepona's closing prices sagging 6.9%.

Andrew Lawrence

family

The EES Queues Are Probably Shorter Than You Heard, the Loopholes Are Mostly Folklore, and the 90-Day Clock Is Very Real

Jul 15, 2026

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4 min read

The EES Queues Are Probably Shorter Than You Heard, the Loopholes Are Mostly Folklore, and the 90-Day Clock Is Very Real

EES's first summer at Málaga, the border that opened today, and the paperwork that turns out to be yours.

Andrew Lawrence

Healthcare

You Finally Had the Doctors' Strikes Figured Out. So They Took Away the End Date.

Jul 14, 2026

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4 min read

You Finally Had the Doctors' Strikes Figured Out. So They Took Away the End Date.

No sixth strike week; an open-ended one from September instead. July is for starting your clocks.

Andrew Lawrence

Language

The Almería Fire Victims Were Told to Stay Inside. The Alert Never Reached Their Phones.

Jul 13, 2026

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3 min read

The Almería Fire Victims Were Told to Stay Inside. The Alert Never Reached Their Phones.

The three instructions Spain can give you in a wildfire, in English, before August.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

A Mijas Reader Was Quietly Paying an Extra €300 a Year on One Bill

Jul 10, 2026

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3 min read

A Mijas Reader Was Quietly Paying an Extra €300 a Year on One Bill

A free one-minute check caught it. It told almost everyone else to stay put.

Andrew Lawrence

Archive

Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

Your Neighbours Had Us Check Their Electricity Bills. That Most Were Fine Is the Verdict Nobody Sells.

The Costa Property Market Is a Game of Chicken. One Town Just Blinked.

The EES Queues Are Probably Shorter Than You Heard, the Loopholes Are Mostly Folklore, and the 90-Day Clock Is Very Real

You Finally Had the Doctors' Strikes Figured Out. So They Took Away the End Date.

The Almería Fire Victims Were Told to Stay Inside. The Alert Never Reached Their Phones.

A Mijas Reader Was Quietly Paying an Extra €300 a Year on One Bill

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