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Holiday let licence

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:36pm

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Bencr85

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We brought our apartment in October, we brought it mainly for us to use but we also wanted to rent it out to help with costs , problem is getting a licence , first person was an accountant who disappeared, so then we went with Spanish solutions, 9 months later we still haven't gone pass stage one , habitual licence, town hall has stopped issuing them , no one has a clue why , a complaint has been sent to the department responsible, but no reply, my next question is, why do the Spanish put up with this crap, there must be someone in charge off town hall , do they have a MP for this area , is anybody else having this problem , could we do a crowdfunding to sue the town hall, once again the system for punishment is brilliant but the licence part is third world !

Has any body got any ideas of making the town hall play it's part,

We know the past! But how do we make things happen .

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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:41pm

LeckyLes

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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:41pm

Thats not good news Ben. I believe These second Habitation Licenses are also possibly required for property purchases were the original FLO has expired. What is happening in these instances if the Town Halls are not processing them ?

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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:39am

Davebev1

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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:39am

Do you mean the license of second occupation? Surely all that would have needed to be in place before your purchase.

Or do you mean the certificate of compatibility that is needed from the Town Hall before you can submit your application for a tourist license?

You say you purchase a property in Villamartin, which would be within Orihuela Costa and you would be using the Town Hall in Playa Flamenca. But parts of what is generally known as Villamartin, such as El Galan, come under San Miguel Town Hall which did suspend the issuing of these certificates temporarily, but how long 'temporarily' means is anyone's guess.

It is entirely up to individual town halls as to whether they issue certificates or not for their areas. Once you have that certificate the application process will take about 8 months. If your tourist application license application has been submitted then sadly you will unfortunately just have to wait your turn. The backlog has been caused by owners who didn't apply for their license when the law changed over 4 years ago but just carried on renting regardless then panicked last year when the law started to be enforced and flooded the system with applications. Sadly new owners are caught up in the backlog.

Good luck.