09 March 2012:

Can anyone clarify the treatment of Capital gains on the sale of a non-residents property in Spain. I have just sold my property and am prepared to pay the Plusvalia tax as well CGT at 21% of the gain to the Spanish local and national tax authorities. God knows they need it ! A friend of mine paid his plusvalia but then returned to the UK without paying his CGT ! Risky ?

However, how will the UK inland rev treat the proceeds of this sale, given the reciprocity which is supposed to exist ? Am I liable to pay  any tax in the UK ?

Thread: CGT double payment in Spain and UK

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20 Mar 2011 19:39:

Many thanks for your thoughts. Next time we're out I'll risk licking the mould !

By process of elimination it looks like its my roof or my neighbours overhead terrace.  Onwards and upwards !

Thread: Damp Problem; Advice needed...quickly!

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20 Mar 2011 15:39:

Every winter, the room below our neighbours terrace suffers from flaking-off paint and the appearance of a fluffy white 'mould' in exposed areas of wall, re-appearing every day after being brushed off ! There is no evidence of wetness inside but I imagine that its damp which mkes the paint flake off on the 2 affected walls. After a sustained period of rain in Estepona earlier in March, the lawn butting up to the building was saturated for days, and I began to wonder if the damp issue is top-down or bottom-up ! Would value an opinion on how to determine this . The building is over 50 years old with no damp-proofing

Thread: Damp Problem; Advice needed...quickly!

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20 March 2011:

Can anyone suggest insurance companies who will offer group building and 3rd party insurance to a community of villas ? Our urbanisation consists of 36 60's built villas, some interconnected. Owners currently insure independently, but at our recent AGM I was asked to research group insurnace. brokers in the UK like Schofields and Intasure are not interested.

 

Thread: Community insurance

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