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Everyday life in Spain: housing, banking, cars and routines

The practical things nobody tells you in advance: rental contracts and running costs, banking, driving licences and cars, opening hours, public holidays and what a normal family week actually looks like.

Everyday life in Spain: housing, banking, cars and routines

What's included

  • Rental contracts: deposit, guarantees and what the contract should cover
  • Running costs: community fees, IBI, refuse charge, electricity and water
  • Banking, payments and direct debits (domiciliación)
  • Driving licences, cars, ITV and insurance
  • Electricity, internet and mobile plans
  • Daily rhythm, opening hours and public holidays in Andalusia
  • Budget items that tend to surprise people
  • Bringing the car: ITV, CO2-based registration tax, exemption and deadlines
  • Driving on foreign plates – the risks and how to put it right
  • Driving licences and the DGT for EU and non-EU holders

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