Question: Dear Lawyer, In recent years the local taxes we pay for our villa in Spain have multiplied. I have asked at the Town Hall, and they told me that it is because the property used to be classified as rustic, and is now considered as developable (possibility to be urbanised), but there are no […]
Are you an expatriate or foreigner, resident in Spain, but without a Will? Legal consequences.
Dear Readers, As we have informed in previous articles, the European Inheritance Regulation 650/2012 applies to all successions in relation to deaths that occurred from 17th of August 2015 onwards. Since the 17th of August last year, successions in Spain are in principle governed by the law of the country where the deceased has habitual […]
The importance of the wording on a Purchase and Sale contract.. Penalty clause vs “Arras Penitenciales” (Penitential Deposit).
Question : Dear lawyer, I signed a purchase deposit contract as a seller, on it was agreed that if I do not fulfil the contract I must return double the deposit received. Now, we have an appointment to go to the notary, but I do not want to sell. I have informed the buyer that […]