180 euros excessive for Habitacion and energy certificates?

I am in the process of selling my property in Quasada, The solicitor says I need a Habitacion certificate as the one i have expired march 2015 we bought new 10 years ago and a energy certificate is also required 180 Euros Can anybody who has sold a property tell me is this excessive, They say an Architect and townhall fees are 310Euros

Hmmmm. The original Cedula (or Licence of First Occupation) will now have run out as it lasts 10 years (2nd and subsequent last for 5 years). If you have had nothing done to the property then the town hall should issue a second licence without the need of an architect as this simply confirms the property had a first licence. Pop down and see them but if anything has changed you will need an architect inspection. I'd have thought 310 euro was a bit excessive for that, though.
I'm afraid the EPC at €180 is about right. You may be able to get it cheaper if you know how to ask around but not by much. I have heard of some companies charging around 300 euro for this.

marcliff wrote:Hmmmm. The original Cedula (or Licence of First Occupation) will now have run out as it lasts 10 years (2nd and subsequent last for 5 years). If you have had nothing done to the property then the town hall should issue a second licence without the need of an architect as this simply confirms the property had a first licence. Pop down and see them but if anything has changed you will need an architect inspection. I'd have thought 310 euro was a bit excessive for that, though.
I'm afraid the EPC at €180 is about right. You may be able to get it cheaper if you know how to ask around but not by much. I have heard of some companies charging around 300 euro for this.

We asked in the Municiple centre in Quesada about renewing, when our Habitation certificate had run out, but they said unless you are selling there's no need to renew, so the above is correct. We were told just come into the Municiple centre or go into the Town Hall and they will update it whenever we decide to sell. Last year the price was about 30 + euros to renew at the Town Hall.

Jan

Thank you for the information, I have emailed the Town hall in Rojales to find out how to renew and cost will inform the forum when they reply for future reference

My husband has just said it may have been about 60 to 70 euros to renew. Sorry... one of my senior, blonde moments.

Jan

It's interesting that member 'helper' states you do not require a certificate of habitation when selling.


Check out his/her posts in this.

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helper wrote: I can state very clearly that you do not need a certificate of habitation to sell a property.

Hi everybody,just had confirmation from the Town Hall from March 2015 If you sell a property you have to get two forms from the Town Hall, you require Passports, NIE,EPC report up todate Suma bill, a architech report on the property you are selling ,with all these documents return to the Town Hall they will issue a Habitacion Certificate Cost 50Euros

matt7 wrote:Hi everybody,just had confirmation from the Town Hall from March 2015 If you sell a property you have to get two forms from the Town Hall, you require Passports, NIE,EPC report up todate Suma bill, a architech report on the property you are selling ,with all these documents return to the Town Hall they will issue a Habitacion Certificate Cost 50Euros

Thanks for letting us know - I assume the Architect report is if you have any changes that required permission/licences, like extensions, new pool etc? Is that correct?...or is it similar to a Survey report, like we have in the UK.

Jan

Jan
I have not had any building work done from new, The villa has had no changes, no pool ,no extension,
I have to have an architech to go and do a survey/Report before they will renew the Habitacion Certificate.
260 Euros for the architech Report,50 Euros for the Town Hall 310 Euros in total.
Matt

matt7 wrote:Jan
I have not had any building work done from new, The villa has had no changes, no pool ,no extension,
I have to have an architech to go and do a survey/Report before they will renew the Habitacion Certificate.
260 Euros for the architech Report,50 Euros for the Town Hall 310 Euros in total.
Matt

Oh I didn't know that. When we asked to renew our certificate, before we realised we didn't need to as we weren't selling, the town hall official just told us the price and the normal documents to bring in.

I wonder even if the Habitation certificate was still in date, when selling a property, that it's a condition of sale that the Architects report is needed anyway by the solicitor.


Jan