22 Jan 2018 5:26 PM:

Hola Amigos -  I have just purchased a small apartment in Torrevieja and intend to spend time there during the low season.  I'd very much like to make contact with anyone of similar interests to me who might like to meet up from time to time for a coffee/glass of wine and some stimulating  conversation!  I am a retired lecturer in history but I am  interested in most things including languages  (French, Spanish and Russian), literature, politics,  theatre, music (singing and recorder playing),  TV, health,  theology, etc. A few contacts would make it easier to settle in and feel at home quickly and, of course, it would be splendid to be able to benefit from the experience of others who have a good working knowledge of how a Spanish town operates.    Thank you for reading this.

Graham

Thread: Winter in Torrevieja

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21 Nov 2015 4:58 PM:

Hello All

I have been an EoS member for some time but have not signed on for quite a lomg time and cannot remember whether this is my first post or not!  Thank you for reading this anyway and I shall be grateful for any response.

Recently, I purchased a mobile home on a park inland from Malaga and was told at the time, that IBI was not levied on mobile homes as they were classed differently. Since then, I have received a letter from the park owner to the effect that we are now liable due to a legal decision.  As I understand it, the park owner will collect the tax and then remit it to the authorities.  Is there anyone else in this position?  It seems to me a rather odd and egregious decision considering that a mobile home is not freehold and is the subject of a licence to occupy and not  a lease or a title deed.  Having said that, might paying the IBI give the home owners a more secure position and greater recognition given that park owners currently have a great deal of control over disposal of the homes and can make arbitrary decisions without there being any apparent recourse to mediation?  Finally, ought the mobile home owner to be paying this tax directly to the authorities rather than via a third party?

Thank you

 

Graham

Thread: IBI on static caravans

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