Finding a home
Viewing flats, talking to landlords and estate agents, understanding the basics of a contract and setting up utilities.
Spanish for Expats
Moving to Spain or Latin America? Learn the Spanish you need for everyday life from day one.
For people planning a move to a Spanish-speaking country, or who have recently arrived. Practical, personalised lessons to help you build an independent life there and feel at home.
- Before and after your move
- Spain and Latin America
- Beginner to advanced
- Individuals, couples & families
Excited to move, worried about the language?
Moving abroad is one of the most exciting decisions you can make. It can also be unsettling to depend on others for every phone call, form or conversation with a landlord.
This programme gives you the Spanish for the situations you will face in your first weeks and months, so you can rely on yourself instead of English or translation apps, and start to feel at home.
Moving on your own?
Preparing in advance can make your first weeks feel much more manageable. Practise the Spanish you will need for housing, appointments, phone calls and everyday interactions, so you can rely on yourself from the start.
The Spanish you will actually use
Every plan is adapted to your level, your timing and your destination.
Banks and money
Opening an account, paying bills and handling everyday financial situations.
Health
Booking appointments, describing symptoms, and understanding doctors and pharmacists.
Shopping and errands
Markets, shops, cafés and the small daily exchanges that make a place feel like home.
Services and repairs
Explaining a problem to a plumber, an internet provider or a building manager, and handling the phone calls many newcomers find hardest.
Admin situations
Forms, offices and appointments: the language of everyday administration in your new country.
Neighbours and new friends
Meeting neighbours, making friends and joining in socially, so your new city feels like home.
Local customs
Politeness, tú and usted, daily rhythms and the local expressions that help you fit in.
Spanish for expats in Spain or Latin America
Living in Spain
Peninsular vocabulary and pronunciation, vosotros, and the words you will meet on Spanish rental contracts, utility bills and everyday paperwork.
Living in Latin America
Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Argentina and beyond: regional vocabulary, ustedes, and the way people really speak in your new country.
Two ways to prepare
Take either on its own, or combine both.
Language tuition
Spanish for Expats
Personalised Spanish lessons for daily life in your new country.
The Spanish you will useResearch and organisation
Personalised Relocation Roadmap
Official information for your move, researched and organised into a clear plan.
Discover the RoadmapPersonalised Relocation Roadmap
Turn a complicated move into a clear plan.
We research your destination and circumstances and organise the relevant official information into a personalised step-by-step roadmap.
Know what to prepare, when to do it and where to find the official information.
Every roadmap is researched individually and based on current official sources, with links to each source included.
Available as an optional add-on to your Spanish for Expats programme, or as a standalone service.
Request your Personalised Relocation RoadmapYour roadmap may include
- Key stages of your move
- Relevant official immigration routes and requirements
- Personalised document and preparation checklist
- Document translation, apostille and legalisation information
- Important deadlines and a suggested order of steps
- A suggested timeline for your move
- What to organise before departure
- What to organise after arrival
- Links to the official sources used
- Questions or points that may need confirmation with the relevant authority
- Spanish vocabulary for the administrative situations you are likely to encounter
How your Roadmap works
Tell us about your move
Complete a short questionnaire about your destination, circumstances, timing and plans.
We research
We review current official sources relevant to your move and organise the information around your circumstances.
Receive your personalised Roadmap
Get your organised step-by-step plan, preparation checklist, suggested timeline and official source links.
Arrive better prepared
Use your Roadmap to organise your move, and add Spanish for Expats lessons if you also want to prepare for the conversations and situations you will face.
Sample
Personalised Relocation Roadmap
Your move to Colombia
12–8 weeks before moving
- Review relevant official immigration route information
- Check passport validity
- Identify documents that may require apostille or legalisation
6–4 weeks before moving
- Prepare required documentation
- Check translation requirements
- Organise practical pre-departure tasks
Before departure
- Complete remaining preparations
- Review arrival requirements
- Prepare essential administrative Spanish
On arrival
- Complete relevant local administrative steps
- Set up essential services
First weeks after arrival
- Follow up on any outstanding steps
- Use your Spanish preparation for everyday situations
Illustrative example. Every roadmap, including its timeline, depends on your destination and circumstances.
Learn the Spanish. Understand the move. Arrive prepared.
Request your Roadmap
Tell us about your move. We will reply by email to confirm the details, timing and next steps.
Whether you are moving on your own, with a partner or with your family, every roadmap is built around your situation.
The Roadmap provides research and practical organisation. It does not include completing or submitting visa applications, representing you before immigration authorities, or regulated legal or immigration advice.
When to start
Ideally, start a few months before your move so the essentials are in place when you arrive. Lessons can continue after you have moved, adapted to the real situations you meet.
Want help organising the move itself? Our Personalised Relocation Roadmap brings the official steps for your destination together in one clear plan.
Lessons and prices
Start with a 25-minute assessment, then continue with 50-minute lessons online, one-to-one or in a private small group.
- Initial assessment, 25 minutes£10
- Single lesson, 50 minutes£35
- 10-Lesson Programme£320
- Small-group lessons, per personfrom £15
Questions
Do you help with visas or the relocation process?
We offer personalised relocation research to help you understand and organise the process of moving abroad.
Your Relocation Roadmap can bring together relevant official requirements, documents to prepare, key steps, useful resources and practical considerations for your destination.
We use current official sources and clearly reference them in your roadmap. The service provides research and practical relocation guidance; it does not include completing or submitting visa applications, representing you before immigration authorities, or regulated legal or immigration advice where this is required.
Can I keep taking lessons after I move?
Yes. Many learners find lessons most useful once they have arrived, because we can work on the real situations they are meeting each week.
My partner or family is moving too. Can we learn together?
Yes. You can form a private small group, follow the same programme and pay a lower price per person.
I am a complete beginner. Is that a problem?
Not at all. We start with the situations you will need first and build from there.
Start with an initial assessment
25 minutes for £10. We check your level, understand your plans and recommend a programme.
Book your £10 assessment