Bad Districts

5 Places in Torrevieja I'd Never Buy Property

29.10.2024

While Torrevieja is rapidly developing and may seem somewhat atypical architecturally for Spain, it has its quirks. On the one hand, the poorly regulated urban development in the 1980s and 1990s led to haphazard construction by minor construction firms. These often used subpar materials and lacked any sort of guarantee. Cutting costs on architects also resulted in the creation of peculiar designs—often flashy but questionable in quality.

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Squatters in Spain Seized My Apartment

29.10.2024

Any discussion about purchasing property in Spain inevitably leads to the problem of squatters: “Here’s a person who bought an apartment in Spain and barely had time to live in it before squatters rushed in, and there’s no controlling them. Everything’s lost. How unfortunate are those real estate owners in Spain by the sea, and in Europe in general, what a nightmare!”

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