The extras on top of our legal fees are:

• A fee is paid to the Notary for the preparation of the Escritura.
• A fee is payable to the Land Registry.
• Plusvalía- a sort of municipal capital gains tax – has to be paid on the transfer of a property. It is usually paid by the seller.
• A transfer tax or VAT and Stamp Duty.
• When appropriate, we can prepare a Power of Attorney.
• You will also need to be registered with the Spanish authorities and to have a foreigner’s identification number (NIE). We can help you obtain one.
• We also believe that it saves agreat deal of time and effort later on if you now review your English Will and make a separate Spanish Will.
If you spend less than 183 days a year in Spain then you are generally speaking classed as a non-resident and you must:
• Name a fiscal representative in Spain
• Pay your local rates
• Make a Spanish income tax declaration and pay income tax on any income deriving from your activities in Spain.
• You must pay your electricity, water and other bills. It is usual to do this by arranging for your bank to pay the accounts directly to the suppliers but you are responsible for ensuring that this is done and payments are made.
If you would like further advice, please contact us.

We are used to acting for clients from all over the world and , generally, find that it is not necessary to meet in order to deal with the purchase of a property in Spain. Of course we are delighted to meet to discuss matters personally if that is convenient for you.

• We can also offer advice, administration and management of any construction or refurbishing work to be done, mainly on villas and country properties.
• Drawing up a contract with the architect and construction company, previously chosen by the client. This enables us to be objective in our involvement during the work .
• A continuous flow of information. This way they can be fully aware at all times of the progress of the work being undertaken.
• Part-payment for work done. Upon receipt of the relevant documentation from the architect, we can represent our client at the end of each work phase to pay amounts due.
• We also provide defence in the case of hidden defects in construction.
• Administration of all legal aspects of the work in hand, including the Building Licence, Certification that a building is inhabitable, first occupiers licence, preparation of Title Deeds for the registration of a new building, settlement of taxes, registration with the Real Estate Registry, inclusion at Land Registry, activation of water and electricity supplies.
• To summarise – all supervisory, administrative and management functions which ensure all construction work carried out be to the entire satisfaction of our clients.