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Notes on building, slowly

Long-form essays about startups, AI, investing, remote work and the parts of life in Marbella that don't make the brochure. Roughly one a month.

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Moving to Marbella

14 practical guides on relocating, where to live, buying, tax, schools and working from the coast — kept up to date rather than published once.

Buying a house in Marbella: the process, the real costs, and the mistakes Cost of living in Marbella: what a family actually spends Tax and residency in Spain for founders: what to sort out before you move Marbella vs Estepona vs Sotogrande vs Málaga: which one is actually for you Healthcare in Marbella: public, private, and what we actually use Moving to Marbella from Sweden: the Swedish-specific version

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Buying a house in Marbella: the process, the real costs, and the mistakes

How buying property here actually works, what it costs on top of the price, and what I learned taking a villa in Los Arqueros from plot to finished sale.

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Cost of living in Marbella: what a family actually spends

The honest budget — housing, schools, healthcare, cars, food and the fixed costs nobody mentions until the second month.

Marbella2 min read

Tax and residency in Spain for founders: what to sort out before you move

The 183-day rule, the Beckham regime, autónomo versus a Spanish company, and why your move date matters more than almost anything else.

Marbella2 min read

Marbella vs Estepona vs Sotogrande vs Málaga: which one is actually for you

Four very different places within an hour of each other. Who each one suits, what you give up, and how I would choose.

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Healthcare in Marbella: public, private, and what we actually use

How the Spanish system works for new arrivals, what private insurance costs, and the practical setup most families here end up with.

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Moving to Marbella from Sweden: the Swedish-specific version

Utflyttning, Skatteverket, the Swedish school, and the particular trap of landing inside a comfortable Nordic bubble.

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Your first 90 days in Marbella: a week-by-week checklist

The order to do things in so nothing blocks anything else, from the NIE appointment to actually having friends — and why I outsource almost all of the admin.

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Marbella for remote teams: offsites, visiting founders, and why it works

What makes the coast a genuinely good place to bring a distributed team, how to run an offsite here, and what to avoid.

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Moving to Marbella: what I'd tell a founder family arriving today

Test-live first, let the school and the area decide, and design your week so you are not stuck in a car. What I would do differently if I moved here again.

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Schools in Marbella: the options, and how I'd choose now

The private and international schools families here shortlist, what makes them different, and the one thing I got wrong: we picked the comfortable option before the Spanish one.

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Relocating to Marbella: the complete, honest guide

Everything I wish someone had written before we moved: paperwork, timing, areas, schools, cost of living, tax, healthcare, cars, and the mistakes that cost people the most.

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Coworking in Marbella: what actually works when you run a company from the coast

Why the home office fails by month three, what to look for in a workspace here, and why I ended up building The Pool with Christian Rasmussen and Andreas Mihalovits.

Marbella3 min read

Where to live in Marbella: the areas, compared honestly

Estepona to Elviria, Guadalmina to Puerto Banús — who each area actually suits, and what I would warn you about based on living here since 2018.

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