Frequently asked questions

A visit on the ground, checks on the land registry and cadastre, a deposit contract (arras) and completion before a notary. Start to finish it usually takes one to three months.

We accompany the whole process: before the deposit we check boundaries, charges, access tracks and, where they exist, CAP entitlements. Nothing is signed with open questions.

Transfer tax (currently 7% in Andalusia, 9% in Castilla-La Mancha), notary and land registry fees. Altogether roughly 8-11% on top of the price.

New-build purchases pay VAT instead of transfer tax. Before you sign the deposit contract we give you the exact figures for your case, so there are no surprises at the notary.

Yes. You need an NIE (the foreigner identification number) and a Spanish bank account; you do not need to be a resident.

We work with foreign buyers as a matter of course: we accompany you in English, help you apply for the NIE and arrange an interpreter at the notary if needed.

We cross-check three sources: cadastre, land registry and the ground itself. We publish the cadastral area and flag any mismatch with the registry.

On rural land, differences between cadastre and registry are common and not always serious — but you need to know about them before the deposit, not after. It is one of the first things we check.

As a general rule, no: only buildings tied to the farming use of the land, with a licence. It depends on each municipality's planning rules.

The rules are regional and have changed recently: in Andalusia, the 2021 LISTA act opened possibilities that did not exist before; in Castilla-La Mancha the LOTAU applies. We work with both. If your plans involve building, we check with the town hall before you buy — and be wary of any «it can be legalised later»: it almost never can, and the problem stays with the buyer.

An open woodland of holm or cork oaks managed for pasture: trees, livestock and often hunting on the same estate. It is the landscape that defines Los Pedroches.

Its value is not just the hectares: what counts is the density and health of the oaks, the water available, the livestock it can carry and the hunting rights. That is why our listings detail each of those separately.

Without you having to travel: we go, document it with photos and drone, tell you what you have and what it can realistically fetch, and talk it through by phone or video call.

It is the case we work for most. One requirement before selling: the inheritance must be formally accepted and registered; if it is not yet, we point you through the steps before anything else moves.

By visiting it. The valuation is done on the ground, against comparable sales in the area, and it commits you to nothing.

We do not inflate valuations to win the listing: a realistic price sells sooner and negotiates better. We also tell you what would improve it — paperwork in order, clearing, photos in the right season.

Yes. We handle off-market properties: they are not advertised, and are shown only to buyers who identify themselves and tell us what they are after.

Neither the name of the estate nor its exact location goes public without your consent. The website shows only a minimal card — type, municipality and approximate size — and the detail is shown to those who leave their contact.

The title deed, a recent land registry extract and the cadastral reference. For a dwelling, also the energy certificate: it is required even to advertise it.

If something is missing — an unregistered inheritance, area discrepancies, an energy certificate still to be issued — we tell you how to fix it and in what order before listing. Property sells better with the paperwork ahead of it.

The gain is taxed under Spanish income tax, but significant reliefs may apply: assets acquired before 1995, the transfer of working farms, or sales from age 65. It is worth running the numbers before setting a price.

The numbers change the decision: selling this year is not the same as next year, and selling the land alone is not the same as selling the whole farm business. We look at it with you and your tax adviser before listing, because that is the difference between selling and selling well.

No. The visit and the valuation are free and without obligation; fees are agreed only if you instruct us to sell.

We would rather you get to know us by seeing how we work on the ground. If you then decide to sell with us, the terms are put in writing before we start.

The corridor running from the Valle de los Pedroches to Sierra Morena and the Valle de Alcudia: the north of Córdoba province, plus Fuencaliente and its surroundings in Ciudad Real.

Crossing two provinces is not an oversight: that corridor works as a single market — the same dehesa, the same big game, the same buyers — and it makes sense to cover it whole.