Real Estate area
For many, purchasing a home is the most important investment of their lives – it’s a good idea to get legal advice before starting any process. Our law firm specialises in the real estate sector and we want to help you purchase your home with the fullest assurances.
Real Estate consulting throughout the entire process
We will provide you with exclusive support throughout the whole purchasing process. Every legal transaction and real estate operation requires experience and specialisation. For this, we offer a wide variety of services in the real estate sector for both businesses and individuals. Our lawyers will guide you through every step towards purchasing a home with the greatest assurances. If you aren’t from Spain, we can advise you in English, French, German, Russian, Portuguese, Italian and Mandarin
Initial steps and procedures

Initial steps and procedures
- We will advise you on the necessary steps and procedures to take before starting your real estate endeavour
- Reviewing running costs: tax, fees, registration, and notary expenses
- Assistance in the reservation contract with option to purchase process
- Checking the planning and legal conditions of the building, reviewing the town-planning and structural situation
Preliminary procedures for the deed of sale before a Spanish notary
- Filing NIE application
- Assistance in opening bank account for foreign clients
- Applying and filing for Occupancy Certificate
- Requesting energy certification through an architect
- Preliminary surveyor & expert reports
- Technical Building Inspection (IT) report
- Information on charges, owner’s association status and by-laws
- Reviewing town-planning, real estate and property tax register status
- Reviewing possibilities for external financing – mortgages, personal loans, etc. with banking institutions
- Applying for Certificate of No Infraction (certificado no infracciones urbanísticas) from local authorities
- Requirements for legal entities making a purchase (identifying a beneficial owner)
- Preparing necessary documentation to issue the public deed of sale before a Spanish notary
Preliminary procedures for the deed of sale before a Spanish notary

Signing the public deed of sale

Signing the public deed of sale
- Assistance in signing the deed (with language interpreting services for foreign clients)
Subsequent procedures to signing the public deed before a Spanish notary
- Payment/settlement of charges and expenses from the sale (IBI, tax declarations, capital gains tax on the sale of property, etc.)
- Registering the deed in the land registry
- Transferring utility contracts to a new name (electricity, water, gas, etc.)
- Direct debit payments for charges or expenses associated to the purchased property (community fees, IBI, waste incinerator fee, etc.)
Subsequent procedures to signing the public deed before a Spanish notary

Customer service

Customer service
- Direct debit payments for charges or expenses associated to the purchased property (community fees, IBI, waste incinerator fee, etc.)
- House rental contracts
- Commercialisation of real estate assets in vacation rental sector
- Procurement of utilities and services
- Payment/settlement of taxes, expenses and utilities