Category: Property Renovation

We’re often asked about the buying costs when purchasing a property in Spain. The single biggest cost is the purchase tax which on a second-hand property varies from around 7% to 11%. In our region, of Andalusia, it is 7% but remember, this is the registered or catastral value, not necessarily the price you...

There is an almost unlimited supply of old houses to renovate in Spain, particularly in small towns, villages, and rural areas. This is partly because of de-population, young people gravitating to big cities looking for jobs and partly because of complications bought-on by inheritance laws. The result, a glut of cheap property. This potentially...

Any builder or serious DIYer will testify that property in southern Spain has very little in common with property in the UK and other northern European countries. The weather plays a large part in this, as the priority here in Spain relates largely to the sun and to heat, retaining heat in winter whilst...

The first time you venture inside an old Andalusian village house you may be shocked by how old fashioned it looks. More like the 1950’s than the 21st century. And the wiring (wow!), often no more than bell wire tacked to the walls. Certainly, here is Almeria, mains electricity is still a relatively modern...