Property law
Property purchase
Buying a home in Spain often means putting your life savings on the line: it pays to do it with someone whose only job is to tell you when not to sign. We guide you through the whole purchase, from the checks before the contract to the deed, we act against developers and builders when a property is defective, and we handle community and tenancy matters once the home is yours.
1972
in Italy and Spain since 1972
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offices: Alicante, Elche, Padua
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legal systems, one lawyer
IT · ES · EN
working languages
A safe purchase, from the first check to the deed
Of everyone involved in a property sale, the lawyer is the only one who gains nothing from your signature. We are paid to advise you, not to close the deal, and that leaves us free to tell you to stop when something does not add up.
Before the contract we study the planning, land-registry, and mortgage position of the property, so you really know what you are buying. We draft the preliminary and final contracts, help you arrange financing, and handle everything before the notary, the registry, and the authorities.
If you buy off-plan, we check that the developer meets the legal guarantees on the money you pay in advance: a bank guarantee or insurance, a dedicated account, the required clauses. When a builder defaults or hands over a property with defects, we claim compensation, out of court or through the courts.
Areas we work on
We follow the property through its whole legal life: from the purchase to day-to-day matters and disputes.
Buying and selling
- Planning, registry, and mortgage checks beforehand
- Preliminary and final contracts
- Off-plan purchase and protection of advance payments
- Mortgages and financing
- Transfer taxes and their settlement
Claims against developers and builders
- Visible and hidden defects
- Work without a licence or not as agreed
- Delays and failure to deliver
- Action against the banks and insurers involved
- Expert reports from architects and surveyors
Community and tenancy
- Challenging owners-association resolutions
- Disputes between neighbours and nuisance
- Community statutes and rules
- Eviction for non-payment or end of term
- Recovering rent and tenant damage
How we work
The time to call us is before you sign or hand over any money. Advice at the start costs a fraction of the deal and saves you problems that later only the courts can fix.
We work in English, Spanish, and Italian, so you follow every step in your own language. When the buyer lives abroad, we handle the paperwork on the ground and keep you updated from a distance, without you having to be in Spain for every signature.
Our offices
Three locations to assist you across Italy and Spain.
ES
Alicante
Calle de los Doscientos N. 19, 03007
ES
Elche
Calle Santa Anna N. 6, 03204
IT
Padova
Via Roma 67/B, 35017