28 Oct 2025 4:28 PM:

Maybe you should be speaking to a different sollicitor? It sounds to me as if they are either out of their depth on this matter or just not interested.

Of course you can stipulate that you wish UK law to apply to your inheritance. Make sure a good solicitor helps you get the wording correct and watertight though. Spanish inheritance taxes would still apply, mind you.

Thread: Arranging a Spanish Will with caveats, any help greatly appreciated?!

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20 Oct 2025 1:00 PM:

I would start of by carefully reading the constitution of the comminity, to see if there are any rules regarding this (you cannot excluse that they are legally and officially allowed to do that)

If you find nothing in writing, I would discuss it with neighbours and find out if you have allies, or if there is maybe some back story you did not know about.

The president can easily ignore complaints from one person but they can't ignore mass discontentment, especially if you bring this up at the annual meeting of owners.

Thread: Community garden areas

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10 Oct 2025 4:39 PM:

I wouldn't necessarily blame the sparkys or even Spain. Some of the worst examples I have seen were in tourist owned houses. Lots of people do DIY electrics and will use up whatever colours of cable they have left over or can pick up on the cheap somewhere, being content when "it works" and giving little regard to safety or correct installation. I recently helped a friend renovate an appartment they had bought (1960s build) and although some parts of the house were correctly wired, in other areas there didn't seem to be any recognizable pattern or logic in the colours of the cables, and nothing was labelled. Basically I had to use a multimeter and then sketch all the wiring on paper going from junction box to junction box to work out what was going on.

Thread: Lights are not always included

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29 Sep 2025 2:39 PM:

Is there any way to find out if a will has been implemented if one is not a beneficiary? Is this type of thing somehow in the public domain? We have approached a lawyer about this, but the first thing they asked was the value of the property. However, we do not intend to dispute the inheritance, we just wish to know for other reasons.

 

Thread: Spanish Will or Home-Country Will?

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04 Aug 2025 4:45 PM:

sorry to retro-post on a very old thread, but this question may still be pertinent to some. And it took me some time to work this out, so I hope my experience may be of benefit to others.

The Spanish plugs as used in and around the 1970s that have three round pins 4mm in diameter (thus slightly thinner than the Euro standard or Schuko plug pins) and arranged in a sort of flattened triangle and that can still occasionally be found in homes of that period today (but getting quite rare now), are completely identical to the Swiss T12 standard that is still being manufactured today. This was confirmed to me by a qualified (albeit retired) Spanish electrician.

T12 to Schucko adapters can be bought online as well as from larger DIY stores, better equipped ferreterias (or even from some Chinese stores) with prices starting at about 2 Euros or slightly less if you get lucky. You can also get T12 to UK three prong adapters (with built-in fuse). An adapter may be a preferable option to changing a plug, especially if you're not sure of what you're doing or if it might void your warranty.

This message was last edited by amogles on 8/4/2025.
Thread: Old Spanish 3-pin socket

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