{"id":2271,"date":"2021-08-30T19:17:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T17:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2024-09-25T10:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T08:14:45","slug":"madrid-businesses-recommended-by-expat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/madrid-businesses-recommended-by-expat\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Madrid Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am or was a client of all of the businesses listed below and recommend them to others. Services range from the short-term (at the century-old Peluquer\u00eda Moderna, which cut hair I no longer have) to the life-transforming (at ICUA, which relieved me of 117 grams of prostate<\/a> tissue).<\/p>\n

I receive no compensation from any of these businesses, and recommend only what I know first hand. That chulo<\/em><\/a> new novelty shop in Carabanchel might offer a great deal on Potty Putters<\/a>, but I haven’t visited the shop yet, and must omit it. Sorry. Maybe when the grass frays on my current Potty Putter.<\/p>\n

Can an expat negotiate meaning at these businesses in English? At Jardines de Sabatini, Sanitas Expat, Spainwide and Lexidy, certainly; at the Sanitas health plan, if willing to endure a longer wait to reach English-speaking CSRs; and when communicating directly with notary Blanca Valenzuela or with the brothers G\u00f3mez Sancha at ICUA. (Partly thanks to the brothers’ childhood regimen of Star Trek<\/em> re-runs.)<\/p>\n

Elsewhere: maybe. It depends. To a point. Don’t count on it. You’re in Madrid, not Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

I should have posted this list a long time ago. I’m sorry I didn’t. I hope to occasionally update it in the months and years to come. (At least if the extranjer\u00eda<\/em> doesn’t first THROW ME OUT OF SPAIN<\/strong><\/span>, a no-longer unreasonable worry, given the Kafkaesque limbo I now endure while awaiting approval of my EU Permanent Residence.) \u00b9<\/p>\n

I still use the fallible, flawed techniques described in Scouting Honest Reviews Online<\/a> when forced to wade through the endless screens of nakedly bogus reviews at Google Maps, TripAdvisor and other big league sites.<\/p>\n

In alphabetical order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Name\/Link<\/th>Business Type<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Centro Optico Urquijo<\/a><\/td>Optometrist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cl\u00ednica Waksman<\/a><\/td>Dentist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decoraciones Tarduchy<\/td>Home remodel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Euromof<\/a><\/td>Office furniture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ICUA<\/a><\/td>Urological surgery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jardines de Sabatini<\/a><\/td>Hotel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La Costurera de Mam\u00e1<\/a><\/td>Seamstress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lexidy Law Boutique<\/a><\/td>Legal services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Notar\u00eda Blanca Valenzuela<\/a><\/td>Notary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Opci\u00f3n Conta<\/a><\/td>Tax and accounting management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Panel 2000<\/td>Office furniture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pelayo Cl\u00ednica Dental<\/a><\/td>Dental clinic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peluquer\u00eda Moderna<\/a><\/td>Barber<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sanitas<\/a><\/td>Health plan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sanitas Expat<\/a><\/td>Health plan service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Servicio T\u00e9cnico Relojero<\/a><\/td>Watch repair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SIT Spain<\/a><\/td>Moving services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sombrerer\u00eda Yoqs<\/a><\/td>Hat shop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spainwide<\/a><\/td>English business services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trasteros y Almacenes<\/a><\/td>Storage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ventaclima<\/a><\/td>HVAC systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ventanas Miramadrid<\/a><\/td>Windows<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

\u00b9 Update, 9\/17\/2021<\/span>:<\/strong> Kafkaesque limbo endured no longer!\u00a0 My EU permanent residence just came through.<\/p>\n

9\/25\/2024<\/strong><\/span>: Latest edit of listed businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am or was a client of all of the businesses listed below and recommend them to others. Services range from the short-term (at the century-old Peluquer\u00eda Moderna, which cut hair I no longer have) to the life-transforming (at ICUA, which relieved me of 117 grams of prostate tissue). I receive no compensation from any… <\/p>\n

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