Buying in Lo Crispin

We're seriously thinking of buying a holiday home (to be a retirement home longer term) in Lo Crispin and would be interested to hear from current owners on the pluses and minuses of buying there. We have two youngish children and from our visits Lo Crispin it seems welcoming and safe, quiet but not too far from the main amenities. It would be really helpful to here from current owners with their thoughts. One specific question we have thought about is - is it realistic to walk in to Quesada or any of the commercial centres or is a car a 'must have'? Thanks in advance for any comments.

We considered Lo Crispin 6 years ago, when the estate agent promised a shopping centre, doctors etc within a couple of years, still not there. We have friends who are happy there, but they say it is extremely quiet in the Winter and they get quite lonely. Personally if you have young children you need to be near all amenities, especially as they get older and can just walk to see their friends etc. You will need a car to get into Quesada otherwise you have to negotiate the roads etc. Why not rent first, see areas different times of the year to see if it works for you. Hope you get lots of advice from people who live on Lo Crispin and best of luck.

Our neighbours have a twelve year old girl they were renting in Lo Crispen, lasted 7 months said it was far too quiet and needed car to go everywhere. Good Luck

Yes, very quiet but as we came from La Zenia that's fine. No tourists to talk of and no drunks and noise. But maybe with young children a bit too quiet. We walk into Quesada, takes around 20 minutes. There's good and bad everywhere, depends what you need. Good luck.

Hola , Lo Crispin is nice but if you are thinking long term there is nothing there maybe two bars at the most ok if you are there for two weeks.
If you are going to live there all the time you have to think what happens if i can't drive! it's along walk to the shops, taxis are not cheap to use on a regular basis , i would say no but for holidays it;s ok.
i am sorry to say this but they have been promising a centro commercial for about 13 years and it never comes.

We bought our holiday home in Lo Crispin 5 years ago , back then our 2 youngest children were 9 and 11. Our plan too is to retire there but currently come out every school holiday with my husband doing very short breaks in between to keep an eye on the place and to do work on the house that's impossible to do in the hot summer months.

PLUS POINTS FOR US.
The weather is lovely almost ALL year round. It is generally quiet all of the time but obviously August is very busy with tourists either renting or staying with family. The two bars are enough for us to enjoy drinks , a limited menu of meals and all the sports TV channels for all to enjoy. Our neighbours are lovely very welcoming and hospitable when we are there and keep an eye on the house when we aren't . Mostly English but some French, Belgians and Germans close to us and all the children have fun together. A car is a must , we manage to buy a small Spanish car relatively cheap ...we walked into Quesada once taking us 40 minutes and we wouldn't do it again !!! But car running costs are cheap so well worth buying. Only a 5 minute drive into Quesada so not a great problem to us. We have absolutely no regrets buying in Lo Crispin but if you are able to rent before you buy then do consider it.

NEGATIVE POINTS.
For us am really struggling to think of them !!!
The whole Urbanisation is perhaps too far from amenities for some. Loads of Bars Restaurants Supermarkets in Quesada so that's why a lot of people prefer it there. Apparently regarding the Commercial Centre planning permission has been granted for flats and a swimming pool but remember this is Spain though ,the famous saying being 'Manana' !!! But we manage without.
Urbanisation Rules and Regulations are very strict.....so perhaps something to look into rather than buying and not wanting to adhere to them.

We really have no regrets buying there and would be happy to give you more advice as we were lucky to have sound advice when we bought, So PM for any other help. Maggie and Chris.

On the plus side some very nice people live there and because it is a little bit further away you can get good value for your cash and the big plus it is in the sun.

Totally agree Scubydoo. Everybody is lovely and our house was a bargain .

We looked at a couple of properties in Lo Crispin when we were house hunting at the end of last year.
We eventually bought a property that's 5 minutes drive from both Villamartin plaza and La Fuente commercial centre, and which was better value for money than the ones we saw in Lo Crispin.

Looking back, I don't think that Lo Crispin inspired as much as the area where we are now, and whenever we drive past Lo Crispin we know we made the right decision.

Pete.