Our goal was to invest in a property abroad, which we achieved last year after purchasing a property from Hans at the Mazarron Country Club. We intended to use this investment as our retirement fund as the property was certain to increase in value. Our first choice was to purchase a property in Portugal as we thought the property there was affordable and the people friendly. However, when we looked into it, we found that Portugal was very busy and expensive. Then a colleague told me that Hans Kortekaas - whom I knew from working in the flower bulbs; had started his own broker company specialising in Spain. I made an appointment with Hans and he asked what it was we were looking for, and he explained exactly what he did over in Spain. We discussed the ideas, read some brochures and looked for some information on the internet, and after some consideration we decided to go over and have a look.

The further we drove from Alicante the more we liked the area; from the beautiful bays and beaches to the Natural Park of Sierra Espuna close to the Mazarron Country Club. Caragena, Puerto de Mazarron and Bon Nuevo are all areas of interest and well worth a visit, even just for the typical Spanish cuisine at affordable prices. It is impossible to compare the Mazarron Country Club with other Spanish parks.

Two months later we paid another visit to the Mazarron Country Club with a friend of ours who had never visited the park before. This friend had wanted to buy a house in Spain for a long time but hadn’t found anything suitable. We were all so impressed that we both decided to buy a house in the Mazarron Park. We hoped to reduce the monthly costs by putting the house up for rental and it worked better than we expected. We have Dutch friends on the park who take care of our house, give the keys to the tenants etc. and also take care of the general cleaning of the house and the swimming pool. Residents are of mixed nationalities so don’t think only Dutch people live here.

Everything turned out better than we expected, especially after the stories you see on television or read in the newspapers. Some matters went differently to the way we had planned but nevertheless everything was arranged perfectly because of Hans. We feel that investing in a more expensive property in a beautiful park is more advantageous than just going for the cheapest option you can find. Unfortunately, these days there are still smooth talking people out there talking nonsense and offering ideal Spanish properties, which end up being a spare piece of land with very little potential.

Dunette, Jan Anne and Pieter de Kroon