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A bit more detail....Gandia is a truly Spanish working town. And that's why I moved here. No tourist in the town (the beach is 3 km away). With regard to rent, well it's falling all over Spain, with the biggest drops in the larger cities (where rents were outrageously overpriced over the last few years). Lots of building, now no-ones buying, so peeps have to try and rent, hence the falling prices. Where-ever you lay your hat, you'll need to pony up around 3,000 - 6,000 Euro deposit (don't worry, it sits in your bank getting interest but you can't touch it). I have a 3 bedroom 166m2/1710sq ft flat and pay 550 Euro per month including 2 parking spaces under the building. Make sure the flat/house you're looking at has a working phone already installed (actually pick it up and listen for a tone). If not, walk away. If you need a fast internet connection, then you'll need to get hooked up yourself. To do anything official in Spain, including getting your internet, you'll first need to cue up at the police station and get you official NIE number. This is nothing to do with tax, it's just an official ID number. I don't know if you speak Spanish. If so, then like me, you can pop into any bar and within 5 minutes you'll be chatting with all and sundry (the Spanish like to chat!). If not, then Gandia might be a bit too quiet for you. I have my little boy at school here, and so a lot of our socializing revolves around other parents. On the plus side, even though he's at one of the most exclusive schools in the Valencian region, I still manage to score chocolate off one of the parents (private banker's wife!). So it's not all bad.
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