Structural Advice For Property Buyers In Spain

While some properties in Spain need obvious improvement others may look like they are in very good condition, but have hidden defects that have been ‘faked’ over or other serious issues that are not obvious to the untrained eye.

New properties in Spain can also include serious defects as well as the normal smaller ‘snagging’ issues. Unless the vendor knows that the property has significant defects, (and knows that you know), they will probably stick with a ‘what you see is what you get’ attitude and hence be unlikely to budge significantly on price.

When choosing a Spanish property either as an investment e.g. to rent out or sell on, or as a permanent or second home, it is valuable for the buyer to :-

• Understand the condition and build method of the structure and building fabric.

• Have an idea of likely repair/renovation costs and implications.

• Be able to make a justified offer which takes account of these defects/costs, or at least be able to assess the asking price against the building condition.

By ensuring the above, the buyer will normally save significant amounts of money and is far more likely to end up owning a true asset in Spain rather than an impractical liability.

Most buyers in Spain know they should have a survey, but some are rushed or smoke screened by agents or simply don't have time to find one.

Fortunately structural surveys do exist in Spain and Costa Blanca surveyor Mark Paddon of www.surveysspain.com has produced a free 15 page buyer's guide to help increase awareness in the market highlighting common pitfalls and ways to avoid them ...

Download the FREE 15 page e-book by clicking the click below:

Structural Advice For Property Buyers In Spain

After you click on the link you will see then have a choice - either click on OPEN and the e-book icon will show up which you can then read by clicking open again (this doesn't get saved to your computer) OR click SAVE to save the e-book to your computer where it will remain until you decide to delete it. It is usual practice for most people to select to save the e-book to your DESKTOP.

If you have a problem reading it then you most probably will need to download the Adobe reader which will enable you to read ebooks in PDF format. However most computers already have this installed so it shouldn't be necessary.

Enjoy your free gift from costablanacuncovered.com

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