Cucador habitation certificate

Hello. As regards having permission for a pool and a garage, your lawyer should have seen this in the paperwork ….  After your solicitor seeing this they would apply for “retrospective planning permission” which is not that expensive.  €2/300 from memory.  This charge would be set against the seller of the property at the time of forming the sale/payment of the property.  The Town Hall in Zurgena is the place to find out about habitation certificates etc.  Best to make an appointment before hand and ask for Jose Manual from the Town Hall to be present for translation etc.

it's not the habitation certificates that have to worry you it's the legality of the properties.  Lots of places in that area and in Zugena and Arboleas were built without planning permission on rural land and are still not legal 16 years on.  check with the councils as they know what properties are involved and the costs vary depending on the situation with each area.  Remember that the debts pass with the property so buyer beware.

Thank you for your help awaiting solicitors response good to get this 

Thank you I would have thought that no habitation certificate means it’s illegal albeit I thought the town halls are in the process of rectifying this problem. I wonder how they have sold so many houses if they are il

some properties have the certificate but are still not legal it's a minefield of bad mishandling in the past.

If you bought a new build by which I mean, you are the first owners of a house and it doesn't have a first occupation certificate, it is illegal and legally speaking, shouldn't have been connected to utilities.  It also means that you are not on the catastro and can't be until your house is legalized.  As regards your pool and garage,  even if you have permission they still ought to be registered with the house in the catastral office in Almeria when the house is legal.  It is true that you can have a pool and garage (as in the case of the Priors in Vera) which are competely legal with permission, if the land is in your name even though the house may not be have its first habitation certificate and therefore would certainly be  'illegal'. 

The most important document is the certificate of first occupancy. If it doesn't have this then it doesn't matter about permission for pools or anything else as occupancy will be technically illegal. There are many properties in the area without those certificates which are going through the lengthy and expensive business of trying to obtain them but it is a minefield of difficulties and obstacles. Be very careful.

If the land is legally yours, even if it is rustic land there is no reason why you can't have permission from the ayuntamiento for a pool or a garage, or an almacen or you can put a static caravan on it.  You can sell this legally also as a rustic parcela.

However, building a house depends on whether the land is urbanizable or not which does not necessarily coincide with the former and needs planning permission, permission from the town hall and a first occupation certificate to be able to catatastrate and register the property. 

Look at the Priors in Vera who had a house demolished but the pool and garage were untouched.   

Thank you for your help much app