Habitation Licence

We have just come back from Calahonda and reviewed the licence situation. We have been advised not to complete the purchase until the habitation licence has been granted. Many people in Spain do go ahead with completion but we are not in a situation where we need to complete but everyone's situation is different. There must be some things which need to be in place on the development before the licence can be granted. Our solicitor said there was an issue with the fire doors opening the wrong way but the developers say that is now rectified. We are very please with what we have seen on the development and hopefully the licence will be issued soon. The town hall have to make sure the building regulations have been followed correctly by law and if there was a problem with the development it would be us that would be left with to deal with it once we had completed

I have just received a letter from the developer asking us to complete in advance of the occupation licence being issued by Mijas Town Hall.  The letter states that 95% of purchasers have completed on this basis.  Our lawyer is strongly advising that we wait for the licence to be issued.  It worries me that the more people that do complete, the less incentive the developer has to obtain the licence.

We have also received a similar letter and our solicitor also said not to sign. I will say that when we were there in August there were several people that had signed. When I asked why they said their solicitor had said it was ok.

I have just been informed that the licence should be granted in the next 2 weeks. This came from our finacial adviser. Hopefully this is correct.

I have just been notified that the licence has been issued and we are now able to complete our purchase