Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).

Starting 1st ofJune 2013 the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) became obligatory in Spainif you needed to rent or purchase a property. It is com­puls­ory to have itwhen you ad­vert­ise your prop­erty for sale or long rent.

EPC’s give buyers an indication of how much a property costs to lightand heat, and nowadays every house put up for sale must, by law, be certifiedby a qualified architect or assistant architect.

The top A rating is very difficult to achieve and even new or recentlyconverted properties are usually placed in Bands B or C whilst older propertiesare most often rated in band D or even below. However, it is possible for olderproperties to receive a high EPC rating if some building works are carried out.There should be a report attached to the certificate specifying simple reformsand the rating that could be achieved if carried out.

Are you thinking about selling your home? Is your tenant who had beenrenting your house for years moving on to better pastures and wants to find anew one?

 If you are in any of these cases, you will want to verify that youhave a current EPC because, without it, you will not be able to sell or rent,unless you want to risk penalties of up to 6,000 Euros in the most seriouscases.

HabitationCertificate.

This doc­u­ment provesthat the prop­erty meets the Town Hall hab­it­a­tion re­quire­ments. It is notpos­sible for the buyer to take over your wa­ter con­tract without it. This doc­u­mentis called “Li­cen­cia de Se­gunda Ocu­pa­ción” when the prop­erty is a re­sale,not a new prop­erty bought from a builder.

When con­sid­er­ing asale, do make sure that you have valid Hab­it­a­tion and En­ergy Per­form­anceCer­ti­fic­ates.

In LIDER we offeryou a special price deal for each certificate or combined cost for bothcertificates at our office!