23 Jan 2008 10:59 PM:
Mark,
My understanding from reading your mail, is that you have not yet completed. Before completion your solicitor should obtain an NIE number on your behalf at a cost of about 100 euros each. This is a necessary when purchasing a property in Spain. The completion process will require the solicitor to register the property in your name, this in turn will trigger the necessary taxes/ local authority taxes etc.
Our solicitor did not mention anything about registering at the Town Hall. In fact we signed the council tax forms etc on completion and we are paying our solicitor an annual fee to ensure that these are paid on our behalf.
I would suggest that you speak to your solicitor in order to clarify this.
Sonia
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