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Hi Angie,
We are buying in Huerta Nueva urbanisation, Los Gallardos and we are using a Spanish solicitor who is resident in London.
He is Javier de Juan :

Javier de Juan Spanish Solicitors
36 Greyhound Road
London  W6 8NX
tel. 0207 381 0470
fax. 0207 381 4155
email: london@spanishlaw.org.uk
www.spanishlaw.org.uk

So far we are happy with him - he has connections out in the area we are buying and goes out there regularly himself. His charges are £1500+VAT  (£1000 upfront and the rest on completion. He is also going to help with setting up Spanish wills and insurance.

I am surprised how much you had to pay for your NIE (150 euros ?). We paid around £22 when we applied through the Spanish Consulate in London.

Dave

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Hi Dave lawyers in Spain charge for taking clients to the police station or going on a clients behalf. I have known lawyers charge as much as 300€ for getting the NIE. They are issued free if you get them here (someone tell the UK Government and their ID card proposal) in person at the police station. The charge you incurred was a handling charge by the consulate for fowarding the application on your behalf - still a great deal cheaper than a lot of lawyers.

Angie, a client of mine has used Javier de Juan and no complaints. Be careful however if you do use a lawyer based in the UK. Ensure that they are handling everything in person as some of them liaise with a lawyer in Spain and you get charged double fees when all they are really doing is acting as a post office. Whoever you deal with, find out exactly how they work and get a firm quote on all costs - such as setting up utilities contracts etc.

If you want one based in Spain send a message to Spanish Inquisition on this site. Speaks excellent English, independent, charges very fairly, qualified lawyer (not all of them are) and member of the Law Society of Spain. 

Rgds

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The NIE is free - if you apply in Spain in person at the National Police Station in the area where you are staying all it costs you is your time. This can be considerable depending on where you apply. Marbella for example opens its doors at 9am but unless you are in the queue by about 8AM you will very likely not be seen until 1pm. The department closes at 2pm so one can find that they have queued for a few hours for no reason.

If you want a lawyer to get the NIE for you this they can do by Power of Attorney but understandably they will charge for it - each lawyer's fees vary. If you go to one of the UK Spanish Consulates you can apply there but depends on convenience for you. There is a handling charge of about £30 I think - check out the NIE threads. Clients of mine have had bad experiences with this but apparently the system is now working.

Notary fees relate to three things depending on what you are buying. If it is a resale with an existing mortgage there are Notary charges for cancelling the previous mortgage, there are also Notary fees relating to the property purchase and registration, if you are buying on a mortgage there will be Notary fees relating to the registration of the mortgage.

What you should expect to pay depends very much on what you are buying and how you are buying it so too general a question to answer.

Notaries are the wealthiest people in Spain. A poor one earns in excess of 1,000,000€ a year and that is without the under the table deals that get put their way. Such as bank repossessions and goods seized by the State under proceeds of crime etc. Little bit like a liquidator or receiver they are there to disperse goods and chattels.

Rgds

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