Living here

The parts of moving that no checklist mentions: that a rental wants two months deposit plus an aval, that the electricity contract hinges on a potencia figure you must guess before you have lived there a day, that the bank charges you for the privilege of being a customer. This is the ordinary week-to-week machinery of living in Spain, written down before you have to learn it the expensive way.

Nothing published in this category yet. The reference section already covers the ground in summary.

What this covers

Renting

Contracts, deposits, avales, and your rights as a tenant

Utilities

Electricity, water, internet — setting up and choosing potencia

Healthcare

Public, private, and the gap while you wait for a card

Banking

Accounts that do not charge non-residents, and how to switch

Schools and family

Public, concertado, private; enrolment deadlines

Other categories

More categories are on the way.