Conveyancing in Spain
As solicitors specialised in Real Estate, the first recommendation for our foreign clients is to search legal advice when buying or selling a property in Spain. It is important to choose a Firm independent from any other services that you are using, to ensure that they are working in your best interest.
The solicitor will guide you through every step of your transaction. First of all, it is of the greatest importance to ask your solicitor to review any form of contract or agreement before signing it, either with the agent, the builder or the developer, in order to avoid unnecessary commissions, to lose any amounts paid and to prevent eventual problems with the legality of the property.
In general terms, we offer the following services related to conveyancing:
1. Comprehensive advice
2. Contract
3. Checks regarding the property
- We obtain an extract from the Land Registry, to make sure that there are no charges or debts attached to the property.
- We contact the local authorities and obtain a certificate of building infractions, to make sure that there are no pending infractions.
- We check that there are no debts related to the property: local taxes, previous owner’s bills, community charges
- We obtain the Habitation Certificate (Cédula de habitabilidad in Spanish). This is a certificate that confirms that the property complies with the Council’s habitation requirements. This certificate is compulsory in Spain, it is sometimes required by the utility companies or for example if you wish to register your property for touristic rentals.