It’s high time someone advocated use of common sense and suggested that those people looking for that dream home in Spain actually apply a cautious approach to buying!After all, real estate is such a significant purchase for most people that you’d think people would be only too ready to think twice and long and hard before committing to purchase – especially when buying abroad where rules and customs differ greatly to what we may be used to.
But it seems that so many people are seduced by sunshine in Spain and by aggressive and slick agents and developers that they are willing to purchase unseen, to buy off-plan or even remotely via internet and to basically purchase without slightest clue about just what it is they’re getting for their money.
People are buying Spanish property without completion of surveys, without employing independent legal advice, without considering long term investment potential of their property and without considering practicalities of owning a second home in an overseas location…and what’s more worrying is fact that due to Spain’s universal appeal more and more people are doing so every year.
So, time has come to promote idea of applying a cautious approach to buying property in Spain starting with - don’t leave your brain on plane…
When you arrive in Spain you will undoubtedly be seduced by surroundings of your chosen destination, you will be able to immerse yourself in dream of owning a home in idyllic location and living a holiday-like lifestyle all year round should you so choose…and these feelings will leave you elated but vulnerable to traps and pitfalls that are there at every stage of property buying process. Remember, those traps and pitfalls exist in every country in world and do not change just because you’ve change country!
Therefore, before you even travel to Spain you have to arm yourself to deal with buying a property. If you get your mindset right and you set yourself a realistic budget based on research you do into types of property you’re interested in and region you’re interested in you will step off plane prepared.