14 Mar 2013 12:25 PM:

I bought a top floor apartment knowing that 40 years ago the previous owner closed the terrace (you wouldn´t ever know that there was a terrace in the past) - now it is just a large living room. Upon visiting the planning dept recently the technical architect told me that it is not legal to close terraces and that they have no license request on file for this work that was undertaken 40 years ago. I then checked the desciption of the property in the nota simple and realize that while the sq m correspond to what we measured, the nota simple refers to a "terrace" and we don´t have one!!!!!!

My question: as this was done over 40 years ago (when I imagine that the planning laws were different), I am wondering if we could be asked some day to remove half of our living room and make it back into a terrace?

Chloe

 

Thread: Closed terrace of an apartment

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02 Nov 2012 3:28 PM:

Hello,

This may seem like a basic question and I hope I am not repeating this question.

I have made a verbal offer on a second hand apt and it has been accepted. Before signing a contrato de arras I want to check that everything is in order.

The nota simple indicates that the current owner has a mortgage on the property. How does this work moving forward?

Also, there is a phrase that I just don´t understand:

- Affecion: afecta la posible revision por la autoliquidacion del Impuesto de Transmisions Patrimoniales y Actos Juridicos Documentados por el plazo de CINCO años, a partir del 19 de Octubre de 2012. Habiéndose Liberado la cantidad de TRESCIENTS TREINTA y OCHO CON SESENTA Y CUARTO euros. Does anyone know what this means?

Thanks for your help!

Chloe

Thread: Nota Simple - okay if a current mortgage shows up??

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