Richard & Sandra… Reviewed Hondon Villas

Short Stories by Richard Seal

Maureen, director of Hondón Villas, often gets praise from her clients. One of the best we ever got was from Richard and Sandra Seal who bought a villa through Hondón Villas in 2014.

“always gives you a Rolls Royce service…”
Please see the full text below.

We checked with them and they are so well settled in the Hondón Valley and Spanish life, both content with a place in the sun. A true expat success story.

Sandra loves cats and gardening and couldn’t be more happy away from the stressful life of the UK. And Richard, a teacher is working in the area. He has also used the experience to restart a new “life” as an author of short stories which he publishes on Amazon [link]. He is already on his eighth book “Familiar” (see cover image). Most of his stories are inspired by his observations and lifestyle in Spain. They are very amusing and a recommended holiday read.

They kindly wrote a very nice 5* testimonial and recommendation. Thank you.

“My wife and I will never forget how helpful, positive and supportive Maureen and everyone at Hondon Villas were when we moved to Spain in 2014. They have always been there to help with any queries ever since.

Mo’s customer service skills are excellent, she works incredibly hard for all her clients, and always gives you a Rolls Royce service without ever making you feel under pressure.

We were so pleased when Hondon Villas received Costa Blanca People’s Pride of Spain Award for Business of the Year – this recognition was so well deserved.

We highly recommend Hondon Villas. Maureen and her wonderful team will ensure that all your questions and concerns are addressed and take the time to find a property which meets all your needs.”

: Richard & Sandra Seal
Map for Hondon Villas. Google Map, Hondon de los Frailes.

CONTACT US: The Local Agent with Local Knowledge for Local People.
TEL: +34 622 314 244
OFFICE: Central Plaza in Frailes (Mon-Fri 10 til 5 or Appointments on weekends)

Sold! Sold! Sold!

Well… we’ve SOLD a few Hondón Valley houses in our time… and we sell more houses in this area than any other agent. We’ve lived and worked in the area for about 15 years… that longevity and experience is for you to take advantage of… Please let us help you buy or sell your Hondón Home. :-)

Hondon Villas property sales in the Hondón Valley, Costa Blanca Spain. Real Estate Agent / Inmobilaria
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  • We are honoured to have served so many people and lasted so long … over 10 years now!
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  • Thanks Again .. The Hondon Villas Team.

Hondón Villas in Nieves…

A few people have enquired if our office in Nieves is closed now… here is our response:

 Office: Hondon Villas Real Estate
  • The main Hondón Villas Office will continue to be in the main Frailes Plaza (Next to 28 Restaurant). Having had continued success there, we are looking to improve this facility over the next 6 months.
  • Now, having test-run a second office in Nieves for a year at a very low-cost lease we have struggled to staff this new office as we would have liked, due to being so busy in the-field, holiday cover and staff illness. However it more than paid for itself and we are pleased we tried the location whilst we had the chance. Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
  • However, we now feel our resources and marketing budget is better spent improving the Hondón de los Frailes office as it is by far the most buoyant plaza of the two villages. Footfall is always good in Frailes.
  • Our Nieves landlord had another service provider interested so we have agreed to let it go and move forward with the Frailes office. Hence, Hondón Villas are no longer using this Nieves office for real estate.
  • Of course we appreciate and thank you as always for supporting all local businesses and Hondón Villas SL as you have for many years now. We hope to be here for a lot longer… so we Hondón Traders need your custom!
    Regards
    Maureen Cook and the Team

    Business of the Year and nearly 15 years of success in the area. If you wish to buy sell or rent in the Hondón Valley area always come to see us, call us or email us. Easy and hassle-free!

Perfecto! 100% Score on Google!

Yippee… Google says our main website WWW.HONDONVILLAS.NET is faster than all our competitors! In fact our HOME PAGE scored a perfect 100 for desktop and 95 for mobile today with Google! *

*Why does this ‘page speed’ matter?
Well, we want the end-user to get the most out of the website and ensure that potential buyers don’t drift off to the competition. Google tell us that faster websites get more enquiries and conversions – and 90% of people use Google to make informed choices of products and services! Now how fast a website loads varies from minute to minute as there are many external factors that influence a website’s speed. But page speed is a critical factor to end-users! If a site is too slow users soon get fed up and move on, (we’ve all done that right?). Indeed Google deems it a very important ranking and search factor these days, it’s part of their legendary algorithm.

In-House Web Development
Hondón Villas host and manage a few property and blog websites to help promote our client’s homes for sale or rent. As we have our own in-house web developer we have full control, speed and design flexibility in how we present, optimise and manage our websites…. down to the core coding.

Faster. Full Stop!
We can react to issues faster, add new offers, banners, change the layout and add properties quicker than agents with off-the-shelf products. Our main websites are bespoke and optimised for speed and mobile devices. Our web technology and coding is checked for errors and standards. We write content and code that Google likes… yes there is a knack to all this and it’s not automatic that Google likes a website.

Visit our offices in Frailes or Nieves

Google Page 1 Ranking for Years!
All that extra work & web knowledge pays off as Hondón Villas have enjoyed 10 years of Page #1 search Ranking with Google. As we compare ourselves to local Real Estate competitors, most don’t have a clue on how to get listed or ranked by Google. And we get 1000’s of page hits every week. Even we are surprised at the interest in this “secret” we call the Hondón Valley!

Simply, having a fast and popular website is work work work! So it’s nice that Google recognise our sites as better than most.

The New Corvera Airport, Murcia

It’s OPEN! The “NEW” but late Corvera Airport (Murcia International) is about a 1 hour drive from the Hondon Valley. This now gives Hondón residents and local visitors more options for flights (see below), travel and indeed promises to open up the Spanish property and work market. (Note in April 2019 there is a proposed name change to Juan de la Cierva Airport – [ link ])

WEBSITE: https://www.corveraairporttravel.com/
GOOGLE MAPS: https://goo.gl/maps/YaswKLAnxHPN8v3R6

The village of Corvera is 25 minutes inland between the cities of Murcia, Costa Calida and Cartagena so tourists and homeowners on the coast like the Mar Menor and in Orihuela Costa will have a longer transfer time than they did from old airport atSan Javier. However, the increased choice of airlines and the frequency of flights should more than make up for this.

Of course it is still early days as to how this airport will impact on both tourism and the regional property market, but we are hopeful and excited as Hondón Villas have noticed over the last year or so, more property enquiries and listings towards that way.

Sadly, it has meant the small (military) San Javier airport has now ceased all commercial operations. And the promised Paramount theme park will not be built near-by, due to the long delays. Alicante Airport remains more convenient to our local area (about 35 minutes). However, Corvera airport still promises to become a major gateway to south east Spain (Murcia and Alicante regions). However the early signs are that Air services are slowly taking shape, as is the on-site facilities.

Having lived in Spain for about 15 years now we know Corvera was on the radar back then. But, sadly, Corvera has had a chequered history. Many businesses invested in the area on the strength of this important infrastructure and the proposed economic boost, particularly for the golf resorts, hospitality & entertainment industries. The airport started construction about 10 years ago and took 4 years to build. So sadly, it stood idle for 6 years despite many commercial and political attempts to get the airport up and running mush sooner.

The good news: in January 2019, the Murcia International Airport in Corvera was opened by King Felipe of Spain. The occasion was marked by the touch-down of its first commercial flight – a Ryanair service from the East Midlands.

It would seem for the immediate future the airport will cater for northern Europeans coming to Spain, their key market. Like Ryanair, EasyJet has also launched UK flights to Murcia International and other airlines due to start routes include TUI, Norwegian Air and Jet2. The frequency will be ramped up in time for the summer 2019. There are plans and capacity to take flights from other international links and further afield. Also the airport can take larger aircraft than San Javier which should mean more visitors to the area.

As for Corvera airport facilities, these are sparse at the time of writing but will increase as traffic improves. Covering 37,000 square metres, there are 24 check-in counters, 9 boarding gates, a few shops, cash machines, wi-fi, parking, taxis, bus services, car hire and hotel possibilities. [ Visit the Corvera website for up-to-date details of facilities and flights ] If you use the airport let us now what you think?

Airlines & Destinations (as of May 2019)

Airlines Operating From Corvera (RMU)
Air Nostrum : Easyjet : Norwegian Air : Ryanair : Jet2 : TUI : Volotea : Smartwings

2019 Destinations (check with your airline):
EasyJet:
London Gatwick & London Southend & Bristol
Ryanair:
London Stansted & London Luton
Manchester & East Midlands & Birmingham
Leeds Bradford & Bournemouth
Dublin & Glasgow Prestwick
Jet2:
Leeds Bradford & Manchester
Norwegian Air:
Oslo & Stavanger & Bergen & Trondheim
Tui: Antwerp & Charleroi
Volotea: Asturias
Smartwings: Prague

About 1 hours drive from the Hondón Valley.

You’ve Been Get Mugged!

It's Tea Time!Time for tea? We had some HV Mugs done…

Do you like them? They are limited editions and we have already shared them to many happy clients!

Interestingly, when we Googled this, we found this page: “You’ve Been Mugged” (see the link) … Not only are there so many interesting mugs, some of the mug designs on there are amazing?

We’d buy quite a few if we could but the snag is they’d be expensive to ship to España!

Remember don’t get mugged by the Real Estate sharks or T-Shirt printers in the area… choose Hondon Villas, the most experienced agent in the area.

You’ll see us around the Hondón Valley

Hondon Villas are out and about in the Hondon Valley nearly everyday.

Good news at HVHQ we decided to get our main company car emblazoned with our green & navy Hondon Villas insignia. Here it is!

Simple but effective. As you know we have been around for over 12 years now selling and renting homes in the Hondon Valley region. Now when we pick clients up they’ll see us coming!

Give us a wave if you spot us in the local caminos. Call our office in Frailes (number on the car) if you need help with Real Estate in Hondón.

Details are on our website : www.hondonvillas.net

Testimonials and Feedback for Hondon Villas

Happy Clients

Stacey Belcher says … “Choosing Hondón Villas for our property was the best decision EVER! They helped us loads, and just when we thought there was no hope – they saved the day, to which we will be always grateful ❤️ We’ve now owned our beautiful corner of Spain for almost 12 months and I’d say Hondón Villas are the BEST!

“We would both like to thank Maureen and all the team at Hondon Villas for their hard work and professional approach on the sale of our Hondón villa. Instead of working from home on an ad hoc basis they have invested in office facilities that include both land line and mobile contact telephone numbers. Therefore it was with more confidence that we felt our sale could be conducted with similar work ethos as found with the majority of agents in UK! Fully recommended ,thanks again. ” – Steve & Marilyn

Lizie Steward saysI would just like to say a massive thank you to the lovely Gina Perera (of Hondon Villas). All your hard work has eventually paid off and TJ and I are very grateful for all you have done for us is the sale of our property.
If you need someone to sell your property this Lady has sold 2 of mine  and would highly recommend her to anyone who is selling out there. ❤️❤️❤️”

Pauline Fairey says “I met Maureen (Hondon Villas) in my search for a home in Spain. The rest is really history!
I love her to bits but sometimes have to remind myself that she is not my personal recommender of restaurants, neither is she my personal secretary for printing boarding passes, nor is she my personal tour guide and come to that she’s not actually my PA for every other one of my needs!  In a nutshell she is a star and she takes her job to a different level to any other Estate Agent here and believe me I have dealt with many others. She deserves the title of Best Agent, 100%. Go Mo Girl xxx

Being a Real Estate agent can be quite stressful and full-on with red-tape, new laws, paperwork, the “mañana” culture and to be honest staying clear of the unscrupulous and greedy!

But the best part of this job is getting it right and seeing the delight and relief of matching the clients with their dream home in the Hondon Valley areas.

Professional Estate AgentAnd yes, we regularly get testimonials, posts, tweets, flowers and cards as a thank you. Many clients become friends and delightful dinner guests. It makes the hard work and stress worthwhile.

Everyone we receive is appreciated and tells us we are doing something right. Thank you to all the clients (buying, selling or renting) who recognise the Hondon Villas service standards and taking time to thank us. :-)

Here are just a few testimonials of the Hondon Villas service.

Thank you Len Ridgway May 2015:
We would like just like to say and let it be known that credit where credit is due! Mo (Maureen) and Saff of Hondon Villas have given us excellent service and been the most helpful and professional agents to us and we know many many other people as well. They have always gone the extra mile for us and its most appreciated. We would still and have recommended them to lots of people :-) … Said it before but if you want to sell your property professionally then go with Mo she’s the best :-)“.

 Gwenda Gallagher says:
“After months of trawling through websites, emailing agents and viewing trips without any success, I found www.hondonvillas.net and I’m so glad I did. Their website looked very professional and full of useful information so I thought I’d give them a try.  … The fantastic team at Hondon Villas have kept regular contact with me to make sure there are no problems and have always been willing to help and give advice on all aspects of moving abroad. I’m very happy with the service I’ve received from Hondon Villas.”

Thank you card from John & EmmaHi Mo. We wanted to thank you for the time and effort you put into finding us a villa to rent. I know that we had a number of specific requirements, things that are normally quite difficult to find in the rental sector but you succeeded. Not only did you find us a villa you also, through your many contacts, managed to organise a company to move us at very short notice. All this in the middle of your own house and office moves, so thank you very much. – Ian and Nerys

Maureen and her team are true professionals advising their customers how to achieve the best from their viewing … The whole team are pleasant and polite and treat their clients with the utmost respect at all times, nothing is too much trouble for them.” – Beryl, Hondon

Flowers from a satified customerVictoria Hext Grogan says: “Speaking from personal experience I would recommend Hondon Villas without hesitation. They are very helpful, professional and always go above and beyond.”

Mo (Maureen) clearly has a lot of experience not only in Spain but also the UK. Her caring attitude and excellent local knowledge will help any buyer rest at ease knowing they are being dealt with by the best.” – Lesley Taylor