Real estate property in Spain, Spanish properties, Costa Blanca: houses, cottages, villas for sale in Denia, the Costa Blanca, Calida and the Alpujarras

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May 3rd, 2008

Is the price of this property in Spain negotiable ?

I am frequently asked, whether a property owner would be ready to lower his price. My answer always is the same: “we never address this issue before a customer has visited the property and declared that he likes it”. I pledge your indulgence: we defend your interest, dear customer, and also those of the owner-seller who entrusted us the sale of his property. What would you say if, in the next ten or twenty years, we would sell off on the pavement the property you are buying today ?

On another hand, the INSERT correspondents are in constant contact with the property owners-sellers and invite them to adjust their prices to the market possibilities whenever they feel it needed. It is a part of their job, and those of our readers regularly following the INSERT pages can notice it. For this reason, the prices seldom are negotiable, and in such a case only within a narrow field.

It however may happen, that some owners feel in hurry to sell, not necessarily because he needs money: sickness, age, children's desinterest… It may be heart-breaking to consider the sale of a property where someone has spent so beautiful days, in Spain. Once this difficult decision has been made, he would like to see things go quick.

Here are some of those Spanish properties which we have for sale:

• Costa Blanca, large full comfort detached villa in Denia, ready to move in, 3 bedr., swimming-pool, sea-view, garage, 490,000 euro, V-1296
• Costa Blanca, double villa for sale in Javea, suited for wheelchair, 6 bedr., swimming-pool, garage, quiet location, 495,000 euro, V-1380 (my Spanish property of the month, see below)
• Two apartments detached villa (enlargeable) for sale in La Cumbre del Sol, Costa Blanca, 4 bedr., good letting property, 375,000 353,000 euro, V-1249
• New, cheaply priced apartment for sale in Aguilas, Costa Calida, nice surrounding, 2 bedr., 143,500 euro, A-1456
• New like apartment for sale in the Alpujarras (Granada Province, between the Sierra Nevada and the Mediterranean), 2 bedr., bargain price: 69,000 euro, A-1325

In these cases, I cannot exclude (neither promise) that a small price adaptation will be accepted by the seller, but it has to stay within reasonable limits: an offer 20% below the catalogue price simply will not be transmitted. And once again, we cannot consider an offer, neither comment the question, before a customer has visited the property and declared that he likes it.

I wish you a lot of pleasure while visiting this Spanish properties catalogue, and I thank you for your comprehension for the mistakes you will find in my „Swiss Federal English”… Jacques Gaillard.

Next edition: beginning of June, 2008.

My Spanish property, May 2008

Double villa in the Costa Blanca for sale in Javea, flat plot, quiet location. 6 bedr., 4 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, 2 sitting-rooms, garage, swimming-pool and nice garden: 163 + 85 / 1'370 m² - 2,660 square feet / 1/3 acre, reasonable price: € 495,000.- (V−1380)