The Town hall refused to grant the occupation license and habitability certificate for my house and we cannot get water and electricity supply. What can we do?

CONSULTATION: Dear lawyers, We have built a property in La Marina Alta (Alicante) in accordance with the building or construction license granted by the Town Hall. But now, this same city council refuses to give us the occupation license or habitability certificate, saying that we should have paid or transferred to them some land as […]

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SPANISH INHERITANCE TAX LAW. INHERITANCE AND SUCCESSION IN SPAIN: THE HABITUAL OR MAIN RESIDENCE REDUCTION.

Consultation: Dear Sir, My mother, who lived in Javea (Alicante) passed away recently, and my sister and I, will inherit her Spanish house. The value of the property is high and as we are Non Tax Residents in Spain (we live in England), we have been informed that we will need to pay a huge […]

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Spanish Real Estate Law: Different ways of transfer of a property in Spain to a family member.

Dear Sir, My husband and I, aged 64 and 62 respectively, intend to transfer our whole property in Costa Blanca , to our daughter. Could you please inform us how we can put her on our Spanish property Deed? Dear reader, thank you for your consultation about transfer of a property between members of the […]

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