Certificate of habitation question, Alicante

HI. We have just received a price on obtaining a Certificate of habitation of 2,450 Euro, which i think is very high, he is also looking at 1.5 % from the sale. He did say that it will 100% guaranteed  in obtaining the Certificate but we are hearing of people that are getting refused this?.

Can anyone shed some light on this please?

Kind regards, Paul

Hi Paul,

Absolute rubbish, its free from the Council, speak to your Lawyer.

regards,

J.

Price for obtaining a certificate of habitation? What is that?

Certificates of habitation need to be provided by Town Halls on a free basis.

Dear Paulron,

We would need a bit more of information.

As Maria says, the issue of the certificate should be free, but maybe your Solicitor has quoted you a fee for something different.

I will explain myself. If your property is second hand, or an old house, or a new construction built by an individual, and there is no certificate in place; it may be that the Lawyer needs an Architect to produce a report on the house, then pay Architects fees and fees for the Architect School, etc.

This is quite common in old town house in Alicante region.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,

Hello Abolex.... very nice to see you around.

Best,

Maria