Davebev1 wrote on Thu Mar 4, 2021 8:30pm:
It is kind of you to offer to help your friends out with this. Unfortunately there is very little you can actually do on a practical level towards obtaining the license. The application documents for the Certificate of Compatibility needs an original signature of the owner(s), or it c...
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...an be done by an authorised person such as the person's legal or fiscal representative. If they cannot get to Spain to sign the documents themselves then it may be worth them paying their solicitors to do it for them. They will need an up to date Habitation Certificate, an valid energy certificate, and copies of passports and NIEs will be needed as well. The property needs to comply with the requirements set down with the appropriate equipment. If the come under the Playa Flamenca Town Hall then the first stage will take a long time, they are way behind with issuing Certificates and that isn't going to be high on their priority list at the moment, so no hope of getting a license for this summer unfortunately. The second stage is faster and is done by the office of tourism in Alicante. The third stage with the Guardia Civil has to be done in person unless they are employing a licensed agent to handle the lettings.
I know the process having completed it many times,
my friend lives in Spain and has a holiday home in Villamartin too, and has asked me to help as I work helping people get licences, TIE's etc, but have not worked in Villamartin area before so was checking which town hall to use and how accessible they are
thanks anyway