The British consul in Alicante, has 150 active cases where people have been conned or have not complied with Spanish law. One of the most common pitfall in buying properties in Spain is to buy land that are owned by someone else than the seller or worse buy land where you can not built.

Did you know that if you want to buy land on the beach you need authorization from some authorities, the seller may not tell you that. They are regulation for rustic land and urban land, buying a plot in a rural area is particularly complicated process because it is up to you to make all the necessary controls. You have to go at the town hall and the Planning Department there you will find out all necessary information.

  • Does the seller has the right to sell this land ? (They are more than 50,000 houses built illegally on the Costa del Sol)
  • Boundaries mark of the plot.
  • Risk of flood near river
  • Check for future development in the area around the plot; such as of roads, train or others.
  • Building Permission