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The TREE Guides · Ten guides

The TREE Guides

Ten short guides on buying, surveying, renovating, paperwork, letting, inheritance and finance in the Marina Alta. Six pages each, with the figures, the source and the date they were checked.

The whole series by email

Leave your name and email address and we send all ten guides in one email. You can also download them one by one below, without the form.

The series

  • 01

    Buying in Spain

    It takes 8 steps and 2 to 6 months to get from first research to the keys.

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  • 02

    What it costs

    On a €900,000 home, expect around €94,500 on top of the asking price.

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  • 03

    The building survey

    We do 50 surveys a year. What comes out most often is damp, not cracks.

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  • 04

    Renovation and permits

    In practice a building licence takes 3 to 6 months. Starting demolition early buys you no time at all.

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  • 05

    Buying a plot and building on it

    The same €450,000 plot costs €60,300 more in tax if a company is selling it.

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  • 06

    The papers that must be right

    Two registers, four documents, and they do not always describe the same house.

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  • 07

    After the keys

    Live outside Spain and you file a return every year on a home you keep for your own use.

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  • 08

    Inheritance and wills

    Which inheritance law applies depends on where you live, not on where the house is.

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  • 09

    Renting out

    Since 8 August 2024, every registration for holiday letting starts with a favourable report from the town hall.

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  • 10

    Mortgages for non-residents

    Borrow 70% on a €900,000 home and you still need around €364,500 of your own money.

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There is also the market report

Alongside the guides there is the Marina Alta Market Report: quarterly figures on what is actually paid, what a square metre costs town by town, and what is for sale. With the source and the date.

Go to the market report