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Complete Guide to Buying Property in Spain [Paperback / softback]

  • Format: Paperback / softback, 192 pages, height x width x depth: 216x135x14 mm, weight: 318 g
  • Pub. Date: 30-Jun-2004
  • Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 0749440562
  • ISBN-13: 9780749440565
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  • Format: Paperback / softback, 192 pages, height x width x depth: 216x135x14 mm, weight: 318 g
  • Pub. Date: 30-Jun-2004
  • Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 0749440562
  • ISBN-13: 9780749440565
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Spain is the perfect location for a home in the sun, but buying a property is not all about sunshine and sangria. The Complete Guide to Buying Property in Spain is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information available. It deals with the details of buying or renting a home in Spain in a practical, straightforward style, covering every issue you will need to consider, including:

choosing your location - the regions of Spain, their property markets and transport links

every step of the purchasing process

Spanish inheritance and taxation rules

health and education

adapting to your Spanish lifestyle

renting a home in Spain

letting your Spanish home

setting up a business in Spain

Packed with practical details such as contact addresses, flight information, useful vocabulary and maps, this is the essential and definitive guide to buying a property in Spain.

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"gives the prospective buyer advice to feel fully prepared when approaching property agents in spain ... a helpful read for novices to buying abroad and promises a sound grounding in spanish property law." spanish magazine "full of information on the language, inheritance laws, health and education and other useful stuff." lam (living abroad magazine) "covers every detail you need to consider when buying or renting a home in spain." spanish homes

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Packed with practical details such as contact addresses, flight information, useful vocabulary and maps, this is the essential and definitive guide to buying a property in Spain.
Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
1 Choosing your location
1(7)
Climate
1(1)
Property prices
2(1)
Areas most popular with expatriates
3(1)
Employment
3(1)
Crime
4(1)
Noise and pollution
4(1)
Tourists
4(1)
Education
5(1)
Proximity of facilities
5(1)
The local population
6(1)
Transport links to the UK
6(1)
Availability of English-speaking contacts
6(1)
British/Irish/US goods and services
7(1)
Flooding
7(1)
2 The regions
8(46)
Costa Brava and northwards
9(3)
Costa Dorado
12(2)
Costa del Azahar
14(2)
Costa Blanca
16(4)
Costa de Almeria
20(3)
Costa Tropical and the Alpujurras
23(1)
Costa del Sol
24(7)
Costa de la Luz
31(2)
The North Atlantic coast
33(3)
The Balearic Islands
36(7)
The Canary Islands
43(8)
Madrid
51(3)
3 Renting a home in Spain
54(10)
Reasons to rent
54(1)
Finding a home to rent
55(1)
Visiting the property
56(1)
Rental contracts
56(1)
Protection afforded by Spanish law
57(1)
The rental agreement
57(7)
4 The purchase of your Spanish home
64(21)
The first step: deciding on legal advice
64(1)
The Spanish notario and the UK solicitor
64(1)
Methods of owning property
65(1)
Regimen matrimonial
66(2)
Timeshares
68(2)
Finding a property and negotiating with the vendor
70(4)
Declaring at an undervalue
74(1)
Purchasing at auction
74(1)
Viewing the property
75(1)
Surveyor's report
76(2)
What your lawyer should do
78(5)
The costs of purchase
83(2)
5 Financing the purchase of your Spanish home
85(3)
6 Buying a new property and having a property built
88(8)
Building plots
88(4)
The building contract
92(1)
Buying from a developer
93(2)
The guarantees
95(1)
7 Buying an apartment or private property on a housing development
96(3)
8 Heating and utility bills
99(5)
Choosing how to heat your home
99(1)
Electricity
99(1)
Gas
100(1)
Solar energy
100(1)
Air-conditioning
101(1)
Electricity bills
101(1)
Water bills
102(1)
The telephone
102(1)
Direct debit
103(1)
9 Settling in
104(19)
The New Spain
104(1)
The gestor
105(1)
Your right to stay in Spain
105(1)
Retiring to Spain
106(1)
Payment of other UK benefits while living in Spain
107(1)
Entitlement to Spanish state benefits
108(1)
Importing your belongings
109(1)
Pets
110(1)
Your car
110(3)
The railway system
113(1)
Taking and transferring money to Spain
113(1)
A Spanish bank account
114(1)
Household insurance
115(1)
Communications: the telephone and postal system, fax, and the Internet
115(1)
Television and satellite
116(1)
Welcome to Spain
116(1)
Speaking and learning the language
117(3)
The time of day
120(1)
Formalities
120(1)
Your neighbours and you
120(1)
Taking Spanish nationality
121(2)
10 Letting and selling your Spanish home 123(8)
Holiday lettings
123(2)
Longer-term lettings
125(1)
The nightmare tenant
126(1)
Property insurance
126(1)
Income tax
127(1)
Right of first refusal
127(1)
Selling your property
127(1)
Practicalities
128(1)
Capital gains tax
129(2)
11 Education and health 131(11)
Pre-school education (educacion infantil)
131(1)
Choices for primary and secondary education
131(1)
State schools
132(1)
Private Spanish schools
133(1)
International private schools
133(1)
The Spanish system - state and private
134(1)
Bilingual children
134(2)
University education
136(1)
The Open University
136(1)
Healthcare and the Spanish health system
136(2)
Your rights to medical care in Spain
138(1)
Private insurance
139(1)
Language difficulties
139(1)
Pharmacies
139(1)
Emergency treatment
140(1)
Vaccinations
140(2)
12 Working and setting up a business in Spain 142(8)
Employment
142(2)
Starting and running a business in Spain
144(3)
Taxation of business
147(1)
Business premises
148(1)
Bank finance
148(1)
State aid and other assistance
149(1)
Insurance
149(1)
13 Spanish inheritance laws and the taxation of capital 150(7)
Spanish rules of succession
150(1)
A working solution
151(1)
Inheritance tax
152(1)
Avoiding Spanish inheritance tax
153(1)
Making a will
154(1)
Impuesto sobre el incremento patrimonial (capital gains tax)
155(1)
Impuesto sobre el patrimonio (wealth tax)
155(1)
Imputed income tax
156(1)
Appendix 1 Useful addresses 157(17)
Appendix 2 Direct flights to Spain from the UK and Ireland 174(5)
Appendix 3 Useful Spanish words and phrases 179(9)
Appendix 4 Pet travel scheme - approved routes and carriers to Spain 188(2)
Appendix 5 Public holidays 190(1)
Appendix 6 Further reading 191(2)
Index 193(4)
Index of advertisers 197
Charles Davey graduated from Oriel College, Oxford. He studied Law at Nottingham Law College and is a practising barrister.