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| | If you have decided to buy a property under construction, the developer is legally required to provide you the following information: - House maps and general location of the unit.
- Instructions of the use and maintanance of the installations.
- Building specifications and description of the electricity, water, gas and heating networks and fire protection measures. Dimensions and specification of the fixture and fittings. This information is contained in the memoria de calidades.
- Property description and details of the useful surface, common zones and accessory services.
- Price of the property and accesory services and terms of payment.
Anything the developer publishes must be performed, as the publicity the developer supplies has the power of a legal contract. Guarantee of advanced payments Normally, you shall reserve your house while its construction is completed. You shall sign a private contract with the seller and put down a deposit, normaly about 10 or 20 percent of the property total price. In the meantime, you will be expected to make advanced payments, which should be protected by an insurance policy or a bank guarantee, until the construction is completed, in order to get the return of all money paid in advance plus interest of penalization in the event the developer does not commence the works of the propety on the date scheduled, or in case of non-completion of the construction. On signing the sales contract, the developer must provide documentation with the type of guarantee for the andvanced payments and indication of the guarantor. Make sure your private contract contains reference to this guarantee. The private purchase contract Buyer and developer shall sign a private purchase contract, which serves to settle the conditions for the future purchase, once the construction is completed. This contract shall contain the following provisions: - Seller and buyer identification.
- Description of the property; details of the useful surface, common zones and accessory services, and its location.
- The selling price and taxes levied on the property to be paid.
- That in case of dispute, both parties agree to submit to the exclusive competence of the Spanish courts from the location of the property.
- Signature of the parties to the purchase contract.
- Payment terms while the apartment is under construction, up to its completion.
- Bank account details where advanced payments are to be paid in.
- Reference to the penalties to be applied either in case the buyer does not accomplish the payment terms agreed, or the seller does not provide the qualities promised.
- The date when the buyer will take possession of the house.
- Penalty applicable in case the developer does not complete the construction of the property on time.
- Plan of the property and its description and specifications.
Simultaneously with the private contract, the developer must provide you the following documentation: - Description of the property and the building where it is located, the common areas and accesory services.
- Plans of the property and its location.
- Construction details: electric wire, fire protection measures…
- Reference to the materials used in the construction of the property.
- Details of registration of the building in the Property Registry (Registro de la Propiedad), or mention to the non registration of it.
- Copy of the building license: the builder must have obtained the building licence issued by the Town Hall, which allows him to build the house.
Signature of the deed. The certificate of the building completion is issued by the architect once the building is complete. The developer needs it in order to get the certificate of occupancy, which is issued by the Town Hall. This administrative document permits you to inhabit your new house. As soon as the construction is finished and all the previous administrative documents obtained, you shall sign with the vendor the Purchase Title Deed before a Notary. The Notary certifies that the parties sign the contract properly, and keeps the original document in his protocol. The purchase deed must be registered in the Land Registry. Once it is done, the registry fully assures your title. Taxes to pay The taxes referred below shall be paid on purchasing a new property: - Value added tax -7%-: of the total price. Iit is necessary to be paid as the sale is a business operation between a developer and a private individual.
- Stamp duty -1%-: It must be paid upon signature of notarial document.
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