Innovation 14

Alicia 11 wrote on Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:20am:

we sold our villa in INN14 to someone who did not worry about the time it might take to get the legal papers intending to spend the rest of their lives here.  it was by a legal contract as you can't go through a notary as there are no papers.  you need to be sure that the property has n...

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...o debts on it and if it has like IBI sort out if you are taking it on or work out a monetary solution with the seller.  Best to consult with the townhall what the situation is as well some people are going for AFOs as they are fed up waiting for INN14 to happen.  In Calle Sherezade they have a fund of money in a bank account to cover costs so that helps but there are still others to consider.  You should also make sure they own the land the property has been built on.  If they have paperwork for that you can buy that and change ownership at the notary.

there are bargains out there (Ours was) but take care. 

Good luck     

Donnawez wrote on Fri Jul 15, 2022 5:14pm:

Hi there.  Can I ask is innovation 14 applied to all property in Spain, only rustic land and property or only in Arboleas?   We are looking at rustic property in Albox and Oria.  Cheers. 

Alicia 11 wrote on Fri Jul 15, 2022 5:15pm:

inn 14 is only in Arboleas

John1844 wrote on Sat Jul 16, 2022 10:21am:

INN14 only applies to Arboleas - true, i own and rent out an INN14 property. There are lots of illegal properties in the area. These are properties that were illegally built on rural land, the equivalent of building in the green belt in the UK, so it is not a priority of the authorities to make them...

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... legal anytime soon…. It may happen, it may not! An AFO is a way of making a property legal without waiting for INN14, or any other edict from the authorities. But again care needs to be taken with this process.When an AFO is applied for the authorities can force the property to be returned to its “as built” state, but they may not. They use google earth to check, and there is no arguing. If the property gets an AFO it will be legal, and will be given deeds. Downside, no alterations will be allowed to the property (pool, extensions, cortejos etc.) If changes are made and found out you can be forced to demolish, you can however erect non-permanent structures (car port, gazebo etc.) The reason all this came about was the builders were unable to split the fields into parcels of land as they were illegal and the district authorities had woken up to what was happening. On a lot of contracts parcelisation triggered the final payment sometimes of many thousand pounds. In most cases the builder still owns the land and will come knocking for the final payment! As you can see this process may not be straight forward and may test you resolve… It is not that the authorities are bad or harsh here, it was the corruption and greedy farmers and builders that caused all the problems. Again if you consider the UK and your local farmer sold half his land and build loads of houses on it, when found think how the UK authorities would react?! Spain is no different, just back in control. When they took control at a district level there were a lot of prosecutions resulting in jail terms for both builders and officials, including some Mayors! There is a wealth of information on here from people involved, some positive and some negative. best advice is to get a highly recommended solicitor and listen to what he tells you! Hope this helps