I dont want to sound alarmist but there are so many worrying aspects to what you are thinking of doing. I have seen so many peoples stories about what has gone wrong with such ventures, you really need to be 100% certain you want to go down this road.

I even came accross someone who had bought land North of Valencia (rural) to build on, and twas then refused because there has been a fire on the land a few years prior. Apparantly there are those that would start fires on purpose to spoil forest land to try to make it easier to buy the land for development, so they introduced this law!!!

Dont believe a word an estate agent tells you. They will tell you anything to get a sale, and they have probably added €5k on to the price for their commission so its worth a lot to them.

If you go ahead with this you have to be so so careful. Buying a house in the UK is relatively straightforward ..... its not the case here. There was a couple that made the news a month or so ago that had a villa on rural ground that was legal as far as the town hall was concerned, but the junta decided it had been built illegally, gave them a weeks notice, and knocked it down.

Just take care, check everything ...... three times!

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