Build or reform your home on the Spanish Costa Blanca
Visualize your dream home on the Costa Blanca…… We take care of coordinating the legal, technical and economic aspects.
Every homeowner’s dream is to live comfortably in a custom-made home. This is the main reason why our European clients decide to buy a plot of land in Spain and build a house there.
It is also possible that you may want to buy a piece of land and build a house, or a hotel to sell it or manage it to get a financial profit from the operation.
Perhaps you are the manager or owner of a European construction company, developer or real estate investor. What we have to tell you here is interesting for you whether you want to create your home or if you are a company related to the Spanish real estate market.
Whatever the reason, if you buy land in Spain you must comply with a very exhaustive legal, urban planning and tax control.
Our team of lawyers will carry out the legal, urban planning and tax control
This legal control in Spain is essential if you want the illusion, with which a construction or renovation begins, to become a palpable reality free of uncertainty.
The Spanish legislation that regulates construction is effective and guarantees for the developer, who is the one who will receive the finished house from the builder.
The construction company and all the technicians involved in the work have to comply with Spanish urban planning regulations.
It is important that the building is guaranteed with adequate insurances to protect the person ordering the construction.
And, most importantly, to have a construction contract in Spain guaranteeing the building’s safety.
Why is it essential to sign a construction contract in Spain?
Constructions in Spain must be controlled from the beginning and the construction contract is the basis on which the work is carried out day by day.
It is necessary to establish the way in which the construction will be carried out, whether it is a new construction or a reform.
For a correct control of the technical and legal documentation from the beginning of the work to its completion, this contract regulates the relations between the parties: builder, developer, technical management, architects, property and all the technicians involved.
This contract also regulates the quality assessment of the construction in Spain.
Therefore, it is an essential contract to ensure that both technical and legal documentation are coordinated.
The same happens when it comes to renovating an old house on the Costa Blanca.
It is common to think that a reform does not require such a thorough technical and legal control as may be the case with building from scratch, however, it is a mistake to think so.
The renovation of a home is not a simple facelift.
To reform is to improve not only aesthetically but also technically the existing construction and quality controls and new and modern materials are needed, and this also requires Spanish regulatory compliance.
What else should you consider when building or renovating a property in Spain?
Once we are clear about the bases of the construction contract in Spain, you must take into account the importance of declaring the New Construction and registering it in the Spanish Land Registry.
The deed of new construction will be registered in the Land Registry in Spain, which is a document that is signed before a Notary. In this document the new build is described as well as any reform or new configuration of the property
In order for this deed to be registered in the Spanish Land Registry and to become final, mandatory legal and technical documents must be provided.
The Land Registry ensures that all properties comply with the technical and legal requirements in Spain.
We register in the Land Registry:
- The description of the property’s identification.
- Its annexes.
- The value of the investment.
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Nowadays there is a greater demand for documentation in order for the construction to be considered legal, therefore it is very convenient that the construction is supervised by the necessary technicians and lawyers.
