Building Companies in Spain.
If you have been or are intending to visit Spain for an inspection visit,
depending upon how this is conducted you can well end up believing that
the whole country is a builders yard or a building site. This is a shame
really because this is not the case. Up to a point the fault for this
impression lays with many of those who sell property and whose primary
aim is to drag potential buyers around as many building sites as possible
in the hope that one particular development will appeal and result in
a sale.
If your reading this, you are probably looking to build your own property.
Please, please, please go a rent a flat in the area of your land, prior
to building, for at least a month. Talk to the locals, vist the local
council offices and ask around. Not only will this help you integrate
into the comunitity but you will find the best local builders.
All new Spanish building carries a 10 year guarantee. Or should! Unlike
the UK, where this is through the NHBC, an organisation made up of building
companies, in Spain, insurance companies carry the guarantee. If you
have to make a claim you're not going to be told that it's not valid
because you have been living in the property or that the roof or floors
are not covered. It's a genuinely useful guarantee which you can safely
rely on and which it is unlikely you will ever have to use.
Today in Spain, buyers of new properties can expect double glazing,
secure doors, insulation and construction approaching UK Standards.
However, bear in mind, the climate dictates the majority of materials
used, don't be supprised to see hugh amounts of concrete. Which then
gets coversed with plaster and tiles. Property is expensive and becoming
increasingly more so but can still represent value for money when compared
to that available in the UK.
It remains to be seen whether the boom in Spanish
property continues, We believe that the property market will stall
2005. Prices are unlikely to change and sales will switch from new to
resale properties.
Whatever happens, there is still time for you to acquire a secure and
lasting investment which will bring years of pleasure for you and your
family or provide a retirement in a country with a climate envied by
most of the world.
