If you would like to live on the outskirts of the city or in the countryside, in a house with a garden and pool, but not a farmhouse, you’ll probably be looking at urbanizations. Some urbanizations also have apartment buildings and townhomes, others are only chalets/casas.
Self-contained Urbanizations
Urbanizations that are self-contained usually only have one or two entrances to the area. They are similar to an American gated (or non-gated) community where a whole community was built during a short timeframe and therefore all the fibre network, electricity and water was put in at the same time, so houses in urbanizations are fully equipped unlike what one might find with a stand-alone farm house [link to farm houses]. It is possible with the older urbanizations that you might still have a septic tank for your house, but you would now have access to convert to the public sewage that would have since been added to the urbanization.
Town Urbanizations
Some urbanizations are blended with the town they are in and really only delineate an area of the town that was built at one time. They are less likely to have facilities as they are usually within walking or biking distance to the towns facilities.
Facilities
Urbanizations can have an array of facilities, or none.
- Their own security company on site
- A few are gated (this is more rare)
- A public, outdoor kids play area with a concrete football area is pretty common
- Tennis courts
- Restaurant
- Full club with restaurant, tennis, rec area, pool
- Central mail area
- Central recycling area
Examples
Alfinach/Monastarios in Puzol: This is technically two urbanizations but they appear as one if you’re driving around it. While the urbanization is not gated, it does have a private security company on site. There is a club in each section, each with it’s own restaurant, pools, tennis courts, padel courts, kids playground and more. In Monasterios is it required to have a membership at their club if you live there, that is not the case in Alfinach.
San Miguel in Naquera: Restaurant, tennis courts, kids playground and football area.
Torre en Conill in Betera: this urbanization is built around the Club de Golf Escorpión – there are apartments, townhomes and houses along with many restaurants and of course, the golf course!
Don’t forget to ask about the monthly urbanization fees, because they are different in each urbanization and some even don’t have them.
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