The Cadastral Certification (Certificado Catastral) is an extract from the Land Registry (Oficina del Catastro). It is a report of the property’s physical characteristics. The measurements of the building are described and the borders of the plot. There is also a description of such property in...
1) The responsibility of ten years obliges the builder, or any of the agents that intervened in the work (builder, architect, surveyor, contractor, etc.) and requires the necessary concurrence of two requirements, in such a way that the absence of one of them would impede...
In the task of buying a property in Spain the lawyer is your most important team member. It is sensible to ensure that they are on your side and have no financial connection with the estate agent or developer. This can be easier said...
The official valuations of property in Spain are perfectly predictable. There is even official websites like this one where for example, if you indicate your property’s cadastral value and your municipality, it will tell you what the official valuation is. Obviously every lawyer or estate agent...
No, you cannot. As a Juridical person (i.e. a Mercantile Company) your company does not have the profile of a consumer according to the law. Consumers or users according to the law are the natural persons who act with a purpose outside their business, commercial...
Practically the whole financial sector is subject to trial in front of the judge in what refers to the controversial “ground clauses, or cláusulas suelo”, that prevented numerous mortgaged Spaniards or Spanish residents to benefit from the strong slope of the interest rates experienced from end of 2008. At...
A: This is true, however be careful and be aware of the following particularities:
The law of urban planning of Andalusia (LOUA) does not absolutely prohibit building on undeveloped land, but does establish certain limits to preserve the land adjoining or related to urban development. For this purpose the law focuses on designation or intended use of the building, so that the LOUA authorizes three types of construction on undeveloped land.
Two of these are working buildings and facilities of specific necessity for agricultural, livestock, forestry, hunting or analogous uses for the land, and the third is buildings, structures, works and facilities in which such necessity for the agricultural holding is absent, but where they are expressly provided for in the Municipal General Urban Plan for a special Development Plan; a typical example would be detached houses or villas.
Therefore, it would be necessary that such buildings are not only authorized by the General Plan of Urban Planning, or a special Development Plan, but also that the housing is linked to the agricultural, forestry or livestock-related designation or purpose.
Old buildings eligible to be legalized include the ones finished prior to the entry into force of law 19/1975, of May 2, 1975. These ones having no license, shall be treated as the buildings having urban license, provided that they continue today with the same...
Capital gains obtained as a result of selling a property are subject to tax. This income shall be deemed to be accrued when the property is transferred. In general, net gains shall be calculated based on the difference between the cost price and transmission value of...