“Mary was introduced to us by a young Dutch woman, who until recently lived in Asturias, somewhere high in the mountains, who had positive experiences with Mary when buying and selling her house in Spain. Mary is originally English, but has lived with her family in Asturias for almost 18 years and is therefore fluent in Spanish. She knows professionally about all the in/outs/formalities and was willing to guide us through this purchasing process. You need someone like that, only then can you continue in the purchasing process.
A buying process of a house in Spain requires specific knowledge and is not completed in 1 day. To avoid surprises and traveling back and forth, we have authorized Mary to do business on our behalf, up to the signing of the purchase contract. This is formally recorded with a Spanish notary, in Oviedo. This means that it is not without obligation, and reliable. There were some minor defects in the house we wanted to buy that needed to be resolved. All this was neatly laid down in the preliminary purchase contract. Under the watchful eye of Mary.
Anyway, we finally came to a financial agreement with the seller, the required documents were approved by Mother Mary, and on the last day of our stay in Spain we were able to sign the preliminary purchase contract ourselves. Back in NL we have transferred the deposit, 10% of the purchase amount, with which the ‘object’ is also off the market. Mary started in Spain with the application of the required NIE numbers. This is a citizen service number for foreign residents and is requested at a police station.
Finally, a few months later, Mary signed the purchase contract in Spain, so we did not have to go to Spain, wich saves us time and money!
At a later stage, Mary also helped us with some problems with the bills from the energy company there.
Finally, she advised us on the inspection of another house in Asturias, by calling in an architect for an architectural report, as a result of which the purchase of that house (fortunately afterwards) did not go through. In other words: Mary, thank you very much!
