Laura Leyshon: Gran Canaria Estate Agent
Professional and personal services for foreign buyers and sellers in Gran Canaria
The Las Palmas rooftop bar scene is taking off with new hotel bars and terraces opening regularly.
It’s because the law changed at the start of 2018 to allow restaurants and clubs to use their rooftops, albeit with restricted opening time to limit disturbance to neighbours.
Here’s my list of all the rooftop bars in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria city, starting by Las Canteras and moving south towards Vegueta and Triana. [Read more…]
The project to connect Las Palmas to Maspalomas in south Gran Canaria is almost ready to move into the build phase, according to local press reports.
All individual parts of the planning are complete and just need to be approved as a whole. The next phase involves buying the land needed for the 57km train track and 11 stations.
Parts of the track, where it overlaps with the GC1 motorway in Las Palmas, will have to run through tunnels
The total budget for the land purchases and construction of the track and stations is 1.500 million euros. However, none of this funding is yet in place and total spend so far, on viability studies and plans, is just 20 million euros.
The train, when it is completed, will connect Las Palmas to Maspalomas in 20 minutes. However, it is already running a little late: When the train was announced in 2009, it was expected to be running by 2015.
Despite what the headlines say, the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Town Hall is not planning to ban jogging along Las Canteras beach or the beachfront.
It has just has issued guidelines for new rules for Las Canteras beach and the beachfront boulevard. [Read more…]
Work on the pedestrianisation (I hope that is spelt right) of the La Cicer zone of Las Canteras has started. The 700,000 euro budget project is scheduled to be finished by summer 2019.
The project involves pedestrianising the sections of California, Perú, Salvador, Almansa, Lepanto, Párroco Francisco Rodríguez, Covadonga and Numancia that are adjacent to the beach. [Read more…]
If you plan to buy an investment property in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria city, there are two ways to generate high rental yields: Holiday rentals and residential buy-to-let.
But which of the two is the better long-term investment? [Read more…]
Now that Gran Canaria property prices have risen for several years, new build property in Las Palmas is becoming far more common.
You can’t walk for five minutes in the Puerto and Guanarteme districts without finding a new building site.
So far, the few new build properties that have hit the market sold fast at a premium to the second-hand property market. However, this could well change as the supply of new property increases. [Read more…]
I'm Laura Leyshon and I help foreign property buyers and sellers in Gran Canaria. I work with RE/MAX Cony Overseas, one of the island's oldest and most prestigious agencies, and I offer a complete, professional service with a personal touch. If you want to buy or sell property in Gran Canaria and want to work with one good agent, please get in touch. Read More…