Are you considering building a holiday home in Spain? Buying a building plot and building your own house on it can be a very exiting thing to do, however there are practical issues to consider.

First of all, after finding and buying your perfect building spot you will have to look for one or more suitable architects who could design your dream home. Selecting the suitable one for you is the next step. Once you have chosen the architect, the next task is to find a reasonably priced and competent builder.

Secondly, arranging all the necessary paperwork is also a mayor issue to manage, especially in Spain!

Last, but not at all least, getting the realisation of all your plans into action and making sure that everything is done exactly how and when you want it to be done is the real challenge. Consequent monitoring and checking of the execution is of mayor importance, as you know: “the devil is in the detail”.

We recommend strongly therefore to assign somebody who can help you out with all of this on site whilst you are away, and from the very beginning; A person who can advise you in setting up and preparing your project - with a realistic budget – from the beginning, somebody who speaks Spanish properly, who has the necessary local network and experience in this type of work and who can practically represent you on a regular basis and actually be on site and on call at every critical moment. Therefore, making sure to arrange yourself a proper advisor/supervisor/controller of your building project is the most important advice we can give you.

Looking for somebody to do this for you in the Costa Brava for instance? ImmoVario can possibly help you out here. Don´t hesitate to contact us for it.