A standalone digital guide
The Madrid Family Playbook
Everything a family needs to land, settle and feel at home in Madrid, in the order it actually needs to happen. From visas and schools to the details no website mentions.
The Playbook is sold separately. It isn't part of the service packages, and you don't need a package to buy it.
A practical orientation, not legal, immigration, medical or financial advice. Always re-check official sources before acting.
Made for families who prefer to work at their own pace
Planning a move in the next few months
Use it as your family's command center, from the first document to the first school day.
Already here and catching up
Find the step you missed, and the three it was quietly blocking.
Confident, but short on local knowledge
Get the Madrid-specific details that usually take newcomers months to piece together.
What's inside
Fifteen chapters, organized by sequence rather than topic. Some steps unlock several others, and doing things out of order is the most common cause of delays.
- Timeline from 90 days before arrival to 90 days after
- Checklists for every family member's documents
- School fit scorecard and grade equivalency chart
- Neighborhood scorecard and the commute test
- Guidance for your child's emotional transition
- 1Visas and legal status
- 2Your document vault
- 3ID numbers and town hall registration
- 4Healthcare setup
- 5School enrollment
- 6Housing
- 7Money and banking
- 8Daily life essentials
- 9Building your community
- 10The first 30 days with your child
- 11Spanish survival kit
- 1225 things families discover too late
- 13Pre-move and first 90 days checklist
- 14Printable working templates
- 15When Google isn't enough
The guide gives you the map. We can walk the road with you.
If you'd rather have someone handle the school search or come with you to appointments, our packages pick up where the Playbook leaves off.
Free download
The School Year Equivalency Chart
Compare American, British, IB and Spanish school years side by side, with the two surprises families most often miss.