plumbber

A friend of mine owns her apartment here in spain but cannot pay her bills, will she lose her apartment once she goes back to uk, can anyone help please

jojojojojo

Depends if she has a mortgage. Assuming she hasnt, I suspect the bills will mount up, services will be cut and eventually they'll come after her for the money. At that point her apartment may be taken by the banks????? But I dont know for sure?

Can she not rent it out???

Jo xxx

plumbber

thanks jo, looks like she will have to rent or sell cheap

twistedmelon

That's a very last resort. It will be non payment of council and govt taxes that will bring about that scenario, electric and water are not a prob as they will just be disconnected.
I assume they are going back to UK for financial security, in which case can they not put money into account here to cover those taxes?
Put it in the hands of an agent to rent is best option.

angiescarr

Sorry to hear this. It's a really bad time to sell.
I think, but am not sure that the companies she owes money to can put a charge against the property if she sells it. But if she owns it outright it's unlikely they can force a sale. I'm sure I'll be corrected on this if I'm wrong. Her best bet is to find a tenant. Maybe there are people here who want to rent reasonably cheaply. Maybe there is even someone who will pay the bills in lieu of rent??

mikelincs

The property arm of Cam bank is trying to sell loads of properties via estate agents in the UK, prices from as low as €60,000, they apparently have thousands on their books, they are all repossessions.

jaks123

just wonderd if the house is anywhere near playa flamenca as my daughter lives their and i will be going over for a while and would like somethink to rent