COMMON CASES IN COMMUNITIES OF OWNERS IN SPAIN. HORIZONTAL PROPERTY. We are inaugurating a section in which we are going to record the most frequent cases and questions that we are asked as well as cases that we have handled in this office and relevant sentences so that you can clear up or clarify doubts through this section. What to…
HORIZONTAL PROPERTY IN SPAIN (2ND PART) REPRESENTATIVE DEPARTMENTS IN SPAIN Law 49/1960 of 21 July 1960 on Horizontal Property establishes a series of minimum departments or organs that must exist in every Community, without prejudice to the possibility of establishing additional departments in the Community Statutes, but always of an obligatory nature, including those established by the Law. If you have…
HORIZONTAL PROPERTY Welcome to the first article in our series dedicated to a fundamental subject: horizontal property. In this series, we will explore in depth the various legal and practical aspects of horizontal property, starting with its context and development in Spain. Join us on this journey to better understand this crucial aspect of real estate law. HORIZONTAL PROPERTY IN…
CONVERSION OF PREMISES INTO RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS IN SPAIN The reality of many premises closing due to cessation of activity in Spain has led owners to convert them into residential dwellings, making the most of their premises, often without much of a commercial outlet. This is a reality that is becoming more and more common, and to explain this phenomenon from…
The rental contract is a legal relationship of great importance, perhaps the most important, together with the purchase and sale, within the field of real estate law, given the need for housing and which covers a large part of the real estate operations that are carried out on a daily basis, given the difficulty of access to home ownership. URBAN…
HOW TO EXTINGUISH A SITUATION OF COMMON PROPERTY OR CO-OWNERSHIP IN SPAIN Co-ownership of property in joint ownership, i.e. without assignment of a specific and individualised percentage, occurs in most cases, when acquiring property in inheritance; either by acquisition of property during marriage or by voluntary acquisition by the interested parties. The situation of community property generates a series of…
BARE PROPERTY There are legal terms that often remain within specialised legal circles until economic circumstances bring them to the centre of the debate and consumers start to become familiar with them. A notable case is the concept of Bare Property PROPERTY, of which we are going to offer a brief explanation in this article. WHY DO WE TALK…
TIMESHARE CLAIMS Once again, this law firm has obtained a favourable judgement for Dutch clients, who in 2004 entered into two contracts for timeshare rights on real estate for tourist use in a well-known real estate complex in Marbella, owned by a multinational hotel company from the USA. “Rights of use by turns of real estate for tourist use and…
Buying land is often the dream of many people. The motives can range from wanting to have a house tailored to your preferences to wanting to have it as a method of saving to build in the future. The truth is that, although it is an excellent idea and plan, the purchase of a plot of land must be approached…
Within Spain, the home insurance has the option of covering any type of damage due to deterioration or clogging of its own pipes. It is important that you identify these dampnesses so that an expert can come to your home on behalf of the insurance company. He will be in charge of determining where this moisture is coming from and…
