How does buying rural property differ from buying town houses?
There are some distinct differences. Firstly there is rural land and then there is park land. If there is no house on either classification of land then it is not possible to build one without a license to do so, which in our experience is almost impossible to obtain, unless the land is over 25 hectares. An “almucen” or store may be legal, but do not think that once the store has been built that it can be made into a home, because a “license of habitation” is required for the building. This license (“permiso de habitacion”) can only be granted with full documentation of the building process. Even if such a building was to be inhabited, it may prove impossible to re-sell .due to the lack of paperwork. Park land is even more restrictive as any work licence requires the authorization of not only the town hall, but also of the park authority as well as the provincial architect’s signature. Even restoration work on a building with good paperwork is problematic and the outcome is not predict
