alright every 1 just wanted to know if anyone could give me some advice or bend me on to somthing or someone out in spain sick of the rain wanna feel the sun on my back lol thanks

hi stelfc, been living here over a year now, and coming bk to uk to do a tiling course to work self employed here..spoke to a few guys who r tiling here..rate is nowhere near as good as can get in uk, but then everything else costs less as well..

think once i do the course there should be enough brittish here to be able to make a decent living..any questions u want us to check out for u, drop us a line..

cheers

div

hi where about in spain are you is their much work their im looking to work near murcia ways do you know any english firms or people who are looking for tilers over their

i'm about 20 mins from murcia,, there aint many large english/british firms here... most are small 2-3 guys advertising as ''general'' bulders.
loads of cowboys, the british are the worst.
there is tons of new building work going on but these are mainly spanish companies who would expect you to speak spanish.
lots of russians, morrocans and eastern europeans doing cheap site work ( quality ainy great but they are cheap and speak the language.
what i intend to do is get the training, then post cards in all the brirish bars and drop leaflets in the car window wipers at the different local markets the british use.( you can always spot the british cars easy ) Almost everyone here that buys a house starts doing work right away, extensions , terraces, extra bathrooms, shower outside etc.
just going to concentrate on private work.
the thing is most british here are so lazy they don't speak a word of spanish so have to use the british tradesmen.
Just spoke to a guy last week i met in a bar ( normal guy,normal bar!!!!!!!!! ) he was 60 and had come over to retire and had been a tiler for years in england, he said to me he had done 2 jobs that week and been asked to do 2 others and that is people coming to him because they heard he was a tiler.
Said he used to work on £30+ a metre in u.k. with material ( not tiles ) here he only gets about 25 - 30 euros a metre here but all the materials cost much less and the cost of living etc. is a lot lower.
If you want i will try and get some websites for some of the builders advertising in the local papers and send them to you.
cheers, off for a floodlight dip in pool and a cold beer.
divcelt

hello thanks for replying where exactly are you in spain we have a place in (torravija) its about 20 mins from murcia airport . as you can tell i cant speak or spell spanish at all lol but am probally going to learn it i thought their would of been a bit more going on round those ways cos theirs alot of building work going on . have you not done a tiling cours yet ? where are you going to do it at ? we will have to keep intouch you never know we might team up together in sunny spain my e mail is soh79@hotmail.co.uk speak to you soon

my parents have had a place in La Zenia/cabaroig for around 8 or 9 yrs..used to use for a holiday home, sold up a few yrs ago, and had a place built up in Ciudad Quesada, and they decided to move over around 18 months ago, and i came with them..

really hard to try and find any decent work, and decided to do a tiling course as this seems a good option..should be doing the course over the next month to 6 weeks hopefully with NETT..

who did you do your course with?..what area in torrevieja is your property in?..if your coming over, give us a line at Divcelt@yahoo.co.uk..and we can get a chance to speak..

Welcome to the forums mate

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Originally Posted by divcelt

hi stelfc, been living here over a year now, and coming bk to uk to do a tiling course to work self employed here..spoke to a few guys who r tiling here..rate is nowhere near as good as can get in uk, but then everything else costs less as well..

think once i do the course there should be enough brittish here to be able to make a decent living..any questions u want us to check out for u, drop us a line..

cheers

div

I speak spanish and english and would train you if you get the work in and you would not have to move back so let me know if there is work out there. have 25 years experience with all materials ceramic marble granite.