Some Useful Tips
Sun Search Acquisitions and its sister company Sun Search Recruitment has chosen to be based in the Port of Soller on Mallorca’s North West coast. From our offices we overlook both the sea and the mountains and pinch ourselves that we have landed in such a beautiful place. All but one of our employees lives here either in Soller town or the port. We all made a choice to live here and have built our working and social lives in this wonderful location. Our children attend local and international schools and we have all been through the process of buying houses and apartments here. Our offices were obtained using the same methods you will use to buy or rent your business. We have formed relationships with The Project Engineer to get our opening licence and we know the town hall officials as if they were family. That’s the way it has worked for us and the way we can help it work for you.


Location for us was easy because we had holiday history here over the past twenty years. You may have already started your love affair with a particular Mallorcan area and location for living might be your motivating factor. Always remember that Majorca is a very small Island despite its 50 mile length. You may want to give up commuting but whatever you do will never be as much as you did the UK. Many English people have settled in the Calvia region which is home to the well known British resorts of Magaluf and Palmanova. Pollensa and Andratx at opposite ends of the Island have a huge British following and English people crop up even in the tiniest inland villages of Mallorca. Your ultimate destination will be decided by work and business opportunities, schooling and family life and of course price. You may be content to live in a very Spanish place like we do or your choice might be to live in one of the ‘little England’ areas in the south of the Island.

So point No 1 for family thoughts and discussion is Location.


There is a myth that abounds that everyone in Mallorca speaks English so we don’t need to speak Spanish. You can certainly get by without speaking Spanish and you can always pay someone to translate and accompany you on official visits to Hospitals or other Spanish speaking institutions. It is a mistake to close your mind to the notion of learning Spanish and embracing the new experiences that it brings. There may be time before you relocate to get some Spanish lessons in – you will not regret it. The language issue for children is very different and you need to understand what you are going to expect of your little ones. If you send them to a local state school anywhere on the island they will be taught in Mallorquin which is a dialect of Catalan. If you send them to a fee paying International school they will be taught in English and be taught Castilian and Mallorquin as subjects. International schools are full of Mallorcan children whose parents want to give them the advantage of being taught in English. There are government initiatives to adopt a trilingual approach to language whereby eventually all state schools will teach in Catalan, Castilian and English in equal measures This is not with us yet owing to the logistical difficulties in training all Mallorcan teachers to be fluent in all three.

So point 2 is to think through all the language issues and how they affect you and your family.

There are many other subjects we could pick out to lecture you on but we will resist the temptation because so much satisfaction is gained by discovering everything first hand. We are however always available to answer any question you might have and if we don’t know the answer we will find out for you.











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