Spain remains one of the premier destinations for foreign real estate investment. Regions such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante, the Costa Blanca, Murcia, and Málaga are frequently chosen by international buyers seeking their ideal property in the sun.
As specialist property and planning lawyers, we assist clients through every phase of this complex process, ensuring full legal protection from urban planning compliance to final registration.
Expert Legal & Architectural Representation
At TLA, our bilingual team of qualified Spanish solicitors, planning lawyers, and architects provides end-to-end guidance for private buyers and developers across Spain. We ensure every project complies strictly with regional urban regulations, avoiding costly administrative sanctions or demolition orders.
Construction Disputes & Legalisation Issues We Resolve
Complexities frequently arise during or after construction in Spain. Our team acts swiftly in cases involving:
Unlicensed or Illegal Builds: Resolving regularization procedures and municipal sanction files.
Building Defects & Structural Snags: Holding contractors and architects accountable for substandard work or delays.
Missing Paperwork: Obtaining habitability certificates, licenses of first occupation, and title deeds.
Utility Grid Connections: Solving issues with municipal mains, electrical supply, and water connections.
Contract Drafting & Due Diligence: Negotiating building agreements with clear penalty clauses and stage-payment protections.
Our priority is always swift, pragmatic settlement negotiation to prevent protracted litigation. Where formal court action is required, our litigation solicitors defend your interests with rigorous representation, including urgent applications for injunctive relief.
BUILDING YOUR OWN HOUSE IN URBAN LAND
BUILDING YOUR OWN HOUSE IN “RUSTIC LAND”
PROCESS OF BUILDING A PROPERTY IN SPAIN FOR YOUR OWN
INTERVINING PARTIES IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (Owner, builder, promoter, architect, etc)
LEGALIZATIONS, REFORM, AND COMMON LEGAL PROBLEMS: Certificate of habitation, “fuera de ordenación” and rustic land problems.
EFFECTS OF REGISTRATION OF ILLEGAL BUILDINGS AT THE LAND REGISTRY OFFICE – CONCEPT OF “FUERA DE ORDENACIÓN”
TAXES TO PAY WHEN BUYING A PLOT FOR CONSTRUCTION
We are a company of Spanish lawyers expert in properties and in Construction Law. Our work is to assist legally to all our clients as is essential in the process of construction from the same moment in which the idea of the project is defined. We cover a wide geographical area in all the Spanih South-East: Alicante, Costa Blanca, Murcia, Costa Cálida, Almería, Málaga, Costa del Sol, Granada, etc.
Our aim includes to assist the owners in Spain with problems or defects in the Constructions, or with defaults of documents like building license and certificate of habitation, etc..
Our services offered by TLAcorp in Construction are the following:
- Construction advice in all the steps of the process, starting from the same moment of the acquisition of the plot, till the completion of the works, and key’s handing over.
- Contracts with the different agents and builders, and with the different private or public institutions involved in the construction process.
- Disputes and claiming against builders, architects (or others as neighboring occupiers over boundaries, etc.), rights of way nuisance claims.
- Legalization of illegal buildings.
- Planning and environmental disputes.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE LEGAL BUILDING PROCESS IN SPAIN?
Then, just let us explain you with detail in the process of construction in urban areas, as well as in rustic ones (countryside properties), and our specialized services in property legalizations: FOR A FREE QUOTATION!