At the end of the day, do most people really want to go though this maybe/cant/maybe can/is it an almacen/ or can we live in it/ or is it illegal/ legal................and before anyone says........Jools is selling property in Aragon where you can pretty much build what you want, we have more than enough clients who have done their own research before they get ripped off.

I have been there, as so have many people, where they have been told a "shit load" of lies, that you can build an "almacen" of 40 m2" then add on to it year on, year out, untill it has been ther for six years until it is legal...................six years is a long time to be looking over your shoudler, and believe me the authorities are getting more vigilant.......................ask the the people around the Gandesa area, where they follow every concrete mixer to see where it is going!!!!.   And i am sure this practise will continue to other areas.

I wouldn't want any one to go through what i did, read my blog from the beginning, i dont think i can post it on here, but if you send me a PM i will send you the link.

For Mercedes and me, my Spanish business partner, it is very interesting to see, just how many Catalan estate agents are now trying to sell properties over the border and in to Aragon, but they dont know the exact legal requirements as to how much land is required in each village to build. Most villages have their own little "quirky" rules and regulations.

For example, quite recently, we had a client from Barcelona, she was English, but spoke perfect Spanish, and is actually a translator for many large companies in Spain and the UK, she obviously thought she could buy a better deal direct from a local person in a bar. She purchased a finca near La Fresneda in the Matarrana region, it was 3 hectares, which exceeds any local requirements on land. But, what she didn't realise was the fact that it was in a protected area, and basically she couldn't build a garden shed, we could have told her that, but she didn't ask!

Just be careful out there.

If you are like me, and you are ploughing all your life savings/sale of a property in the UK/life pension or similar in to your Spanish dream, think twice and do your homework, and dont listen to what the estate agents tell you.

I await the negative feedback in anticipation.

Jools