Moving to spain

Member since 17 September 2018

Bennjy10New member03 October 2018 21:35:39

Can anyone out there answer some questions for me
I have been looking at old style apartments in northern alicante. Well here goes in the uk high rise flats are normally leasehold is it the same in spain who owns the building?do you own the property for life. Are you responsible for exterior repairs balconies windows outside paint etc the estate agents are being pretty vague about these questions please help

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Johncar Spain Expert

Member since 25 November 2013

JohncarSpain Expert04 October 2018 07:50:58

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In spain apartments are normally freehold and are governed by the Horizontal Property law. This is a different concept from that in the U.K.

In theory the structure of the building is the responsibility of the community.

However the windows I have always understood are the owners responsibly but any alterations to their appearance must be with the permission of the community and maybe also the town hall

That said. I have a large terrace which extends over an apartment on the floor below. When that apartment had water coming through the ceiling I was told it was my responsibilty to resolve it

Bennjy10 New member

Member since 17 September 2018

Bennjy10New member04 October 2018 08:21:10

Thankyou for your reply are you in an old apartment block and would you recommend it i love city life places of interest and the choice of walking the beach so any help is so useful thanks

Johncar Spain Expert

Member since 25 November 2013

JohncarSpain Expert04 October 2018 08:37:30

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I moved to my present home when it was new. I prefer new to old As for city life, having spent 48 Years living and working in London, if I never even see a city again it will make me even happier !

meekgr Member

Member since 29 September 2018

meekgrMember06 October 2018 10:24:43

Can anyone recommend a removal company to take my furniture from the UK to Spain please

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UBERLINGEN1972 New member

Member since 14 October 2018

UBERLINGEN1972New member16 October 2018 13:01:01

Hi we moved about six weeks ago from the UK to Spain and we choose BISHOPS INTERNATIONAL REMOVAL COMPANY. We were happy with their Service and the price was reasonable . We moved to Gandia and our villa is in a very narrow road.They reloaded our funiture and boxes to smaller Transit vans in order to get round the corners and it worked out very well. Hope I could help you. Regards Susanne