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Are illegal properties in Arboleas

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:53am
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Mona

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I have been looking at off plan properties in Arboleas,how can I ensure they are legal builds.

Jackt

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:29am

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:29am

Take details into Town Hall in Arboleas. They will tell you. They speak English

Mona

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:30am

Mona

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:30am

Thank you for that information.

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:00am

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:00am

Mona wrote on Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:53am:

I have been looking at off plan properties in Arboleas,how can I ensure they are legal builds.

By asking for the document ' licencia de primera occupacion'

pepita

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:13pm

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:13pm

Having just bought here in July, you need a good Lawyer to make the required Search's and get a Survey done. Our buying went through without any problems at all. If you would like any details do get in touch. Cal and Dee

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Mona

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:31pm

Mona

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:31pm

Thank you so much Cal and Dee.We just might take you up on that when we get a property in Arboleas.

pepita

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:50pm

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:50pm

You are very welcome, good luck with you search. Our agent was also extremely good too. Cal

alant

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:28pm

alant

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:28pm

pepita wrote on Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:13pm:

Having just bought here in July, you need a good Lawyer to make the required Search's and get a Survey done. Our buying went through without any problems at all. If you would like any details do get in touch. Cal and Dee

Well it would go through if the property met all the criteria.

Rascalmate

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:16pm

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:16pm

Mona wrote on Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:53am:

I have been looking at off plan properties in Arboleas,how can I ensure they are legal builds.

Town Halls in the past have been in many cases the biggest culprits of allowing and licensing building on illegal land. 

Often misdescribed as legal or illegal builds.

A simple search on the internet will provide enough information of the number of " Lord Mayors' doing time for corruption- in English for taking backhanders and allowing building on land that would never ever get sanctioned from Central Goverment.

Vera is a big culprit. We all saw on tv the home being bulldozed flat, yet the garage stayed because according to Central Gov was situated on legal land.

When you look at village property you are more at risk than a large modern urbanization.

A ' habitation licence' is no guarantee that your property is on legal or illegal land. It could have been issued by the same " corrupt council".

How do you check? 

The only way to be sure is show a Spanish Abogado your intended purchase.

Most Abogados will tell you instantly whether its an area to avoid.

Other than that the Abogado will do the type of searches only a professional can do and then take responsibility for it

You need to be very careful.

 I have friends who fell into the same trap, thinking they had a legal property because  they had habitation licences issued by the council.

Now they are like thousands of innocent but misguided expats that live in fear of losing their homes because they found out their homes are built on illegal land.

Good luck.

Mona

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:13am

Mona

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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:13am

That is so scary. Its hard to believe that it can still happen.I think it is putting me off the idea of off plan.But thank you for all the information it is appreciated.

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