01 Aug 2016 11:04 PM:

Hello folks,

We are intending selling up our holiday property in Spain. Looking at costs of Soloicitors, what they need to do and what you could do yourself. We only have a small token payment left on out mortgage with Sabadel bank.

Can anyone inform me of the expected costs that will be incurred by a seller for:-

• Solicitors fees
• Notary fees
• Bank charges & how easy to complete mortgage etc
• Any tax for a owner selling?
• Any other fees?
• Agent fees are going to be 5% on propety that is probably going to be selling at around 80,000euros. There is always the potential of a private sale - would that be a lot more hassle than selling through the agent?

The options for solicitors are to delegate power of attorney to them and pay the respective fees for that or do as much as you can yourself to keep the costs down. How much time would we need to spend in Spain to try and complete the necessary stuff in one visit? Obviously more visits mean more cost as does a longer visit if we were able to complete everything in one go. 

Any advice, particularly from someone who has recently been through the process, would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Will.

Forum thread: Selling property in Spain.

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01 Mar 2016 8:22 PM:

So much for this 'living the dream' nonsense eh! There is so much out of your control and reading other people's stories about horrendous utility bills being debited from their accounts you are just left thinking are you the next one to have your own account emptied. 😡Oh to be able to turn the clock back - I wouldn't touch Spain with a barge pole.

 

This message was last edited by Billbo on 02/03/2016.
Community thread: Iberdrola standing charges.

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20 Feb 2016 7:04 PM:

Can anyone tell me what the standing charges should be now for a 3 bed apartment that is not occupied and therefore should not be using any electricity as long as we are switched off at the mains box. Reason I ask is that our last 3 bi-monthly bills have been around the 75 euros mark. This is approx double what we were paying not so long ago.

Cheers,

Will.

 

This message was last edited by Billbo on 20/02/2016.
Community thread: Iberdrola standing charges.

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02 Jul 2015 9:13 PM:

Dickmans took £780.33 off my credit card on 17th May when I picked the car up and returned £701.42 on 12th June (26 days they had my money). This means they charged me £78.91 for the fuel for a 50 litre car and they got a third of a tank back!! The exchange rate may have been slightly less.

Bandits...........there is no way the money should be taken from your card, it should just be blocked. Avoid any car hire company that debits your card instead of applying a block.

Regards,

Community thread: Has anyone hired a car from centauro at airport using paper driving license issued prior to 1998

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15 Jun 2015 10:48 PM:

I had a booking with inter rent for July but I have just cancelled it having read a review on main forum about their tricks. Shabby smelly cars and like jarvi's post, looking to point out false damage. The post was by Roy Howitt (who lives locally and is well up to speed on what is going on generally) on the main forum. I looked for the post again the other day but could not find it. I am really wary now about some of these companies and am going to stick with a company I have used in the past and been happy with.

Regards,

Community thread: Car hire

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