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When Sally-Ann Crane and Sean Lummis went on their first date, they decided there and then that would leave the UK and try and live in Spain. It was after visiting Galera to view properties that they found Spanish Inland Properties, who they ultimately bought their un-renovated cave home from - and who they now both work for.

Sean had always fancied living in Andalucía and on a four-day visit to look at cave homes in Galera, the couple fell in love with the area and the idea of owning their own cave house - so much so that they bought the second cave they saw, from Spanish Inland Properties.

“It was the quickest sale Craig at Spanish Inland Properties has ever had!”, Sean explained. “We paid 59,500 euros for the cave in its un-renovated state, and have spent another 30,000 euros renovating it. For seven months we had to live in the outhouse and at one point we were down to our last twenty euros but it has all been worth it. We have no regrets about coming and living here.”  

With help and advice from Spanish Inland Properties, Sean and Sally did most of the renovation work themselves; a far cry from the jobs they had previously, Where Sally worked as a legal secretary in the City of London and Sean worked for a shipping company in Barking. It took three weeks just to lay the floor tiles and three coats of plaster on the interior walls to stop them flaking, but now almost a year since they first moved to Spain the cave is completed and sold; Sean and Sally are on the move again. Selling their cave for 110,000 euros, their original purchase has also proven to be a wise investment for the couple who have just bought a new cave home in the same area…naturally from Spanish Inland Properties.

Sean continued: "Part of the integration is learning how to do things ourselves. We have stood on our own two feet and made our home. We had Craig and Spanish Inland Properties who have helped us when we needed it and that was very reassuring. Obviously they’re good people and very professional or we wouldn’t have sold our cave through them or bought from them again, and we certainly wouldn’t be both working for them now.”   

Well and truly settled in the area and fully embracing the traditional Spanish way of life Galera offers, Sean and Sally both now work as key members of the Spanish Inland Properties staff. Sean is out and about showing and selling the cave homes while Sally works in the offices as a property consultant based in the village.

For more information Spanish Inland Properties, logon to the website at www.spanish-inland-properties.com