Useful Advice Archives | José Escobedo

THE FIVE REQUIREMENTS TO USE YOUR PROPERTY FOR HOLIDAY RENTAL (VV) IN THE CANARY ISLANDS

If you have decided to advertise your apartment on platforms such as Airbnb and other similar platforms to offer it to tourists in the VACATION HOUSING modality, according to Decree 113/2015, you must comply without exception with the following requirements

THE REAL ESTATE SCAM – FAKE APARTMENTS FOR RENT

The Supreme Court has sentenced to 18 months in prison, plus the corresponding compensation, a person who made a false rental offer online for a home that was not his, pretending that it was in order to get a person to give him the acceptable price. transfer believing it was real.

WHAT IS THE SALE OF BARE PROPERTY?

The sale of bare property has become a tool increasingly used by those people of retirement age who want to obtain extra income to complement their pensions. Through the dismemberment of the property and the maintenance of usufruct (whether for life or not), the seller acquires liquidity without losing the possibility of enjoying his property.

What is the sale of bare property?

WHAT TO DO IF I DO NOT AGREE WITH WHAT MY COMMUNITY OF OWNERS ADOPTS

Living in a community means having to share spaces and facilities with other owners whose tastes and desires are, sometimes, very different from ours and, despite everything, we are obliged to make decisions together. We are talking about agreements aimed at maintenance, repair and even the carrying out of works or new installations with which we may not agree to do them, nor how to carry them out and, above all, to have to pay for them even if we show our reluctance.

What can I do if I am not satisfied with what was approved?

FRAUDULENT EARNEST MONEY CONTRACTS

A recent Supreme Court ruling of 15 November 2021 has sent an estate agent to prison for fraud for having drawn up a fraudulent earnest money contract (arras) in order to obtain a deposit of €6000 from prospective purchasers.

Specifically, the High Court considered it proven that the agent signed a contract with the buyers for a property whose owners had rejected the purchaser’s offer and, moreover, had deposited the money into his account and used it for purposes other than those related to the prospective sale.