Rent from owners direct in Spain

Hello, my name is Rafael and I have been renting the house for the past 8 years now on a short term basis .Book a week and see whether you like the area and surroundings to buy or rent long term. Special price for long term rentals could be offered in the spring, autumn and winter.

We both live and work in the North east of England. In 2006 we visited friends in Spain and fell in love with the place. Villa Megan felt like an extension of our own home in England and over the last 11 years we have shared our "2nd" home with over 470 guests. I'm very pleased to say that the majority of them said they felt it was their home from home. Unlike some owners we stay in the property ourselves so are constantly maintaining and upgrading it, to ensure our guests have a pleasant and enjoyable holiday.

I have owned and rented two properties through this website for many years and the properties have proved very popular. The properties are second homes and are treated and furnished as such, but with an eye to being practical for our guests, so that they can enjoy their holiday with some home comforts, like DVDs and CDs. Central to the provision of a great holiday is a great local representative and we are fortunate to have two excellent local property managers. You always have access to the owner by email in any event. All emails are notified to me by text message through the system and I try to respond as soon as I reasonably can. This means a more prompt reply is usually provided than it would be if you were booking with a large company. We are not renting the properties to build a big business, but to cover expenses, which is more difficult to achieve than most people imagine. I am a lawyer and work rather long hours, but I am usually able to respond to emails quickly, albeit often late in the day. I have done my best to provide all the information you need on the website, so do try to look for an answer there before asking a question. Don't forget that people make bookings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so if in doubt reserve the dates you want (without obligation), and ask a question when making your booking reservation. This gives you a day or so to sort out flights and get answers to any questions you could not find answers to on the website.

We bought the Spanish property is 2004 and have used it ourselves many times since. I worked as an IT Project Manager in London with a well known High Street Bank, until retiring in May 2011. My partner still works as a Care Home Manager. We now own and run a coffee/food shop in Southampton. I have rented the property to several guests and family and have a good relationship with our local agents for the rare occasion when things do not go to plan !

I run a small training company in England specialising in working with footwear brands. This has given me the opportunity of working with most of the major footwear brands throughout the world. My wife Suzi also works in the footwear industry as a designer. We both love Spain and actually rented our villa on a number of occasions before having the opportunity to buy it!

Lydia has 3 properties including a 2 bedroom apartment with shared pool in Hacienda Riquelme Golf Resort, Spain and a 2 bedroom caravan in Wells-Next-The-Sea, United Kingdom.