The new law came in 2013 has caused many changes to take note of.

The authorities have now 15 years from illegal or remodeling is completed to call the correct planning permission sought and to add or rebuild legalized and written in escrituran of a notary or to provide a demolition order on whether extended surfaces illegally without planning permission, this This also means that you can not get more building permits for future renovations and remodeling. Failure to comply with this law can result in fines and a demolition order within 15 days of the decision delgivets.

Municipal inspectors regularly check areas to see so no illegal construction is being performed or already been done, and they have rights to check that all construction documents are in order and that the correct form of the building permit is sought, And it will be that it is the bad state or even missing building permits so this may mean direct fines ranging from 600 to 3000 euro / month for up to 10 months, depending on how serious the situation is and what is wrong.

That is why it is very important that you have applied for or received the correct building permit from the supplier and it is always the owner's responsibility to check this before before work begins.

There are two types of building permits to get obra menor and obra mayor difference is that obra menor is only for small jobs like painting the kitchen renovation or terrace outside rather a charge for the change in the property everything that does not involve a larger area than the existing surface, obra mayor must be made for new buildings or expansion of space and it comes no matter what material you use, and in this form of building permits, an architect be hired to plot the change in the property of the municipality paper.

The main thing to consider is that construction paper is there for you as the owner shall not make any illegal construction on your property, it is always the owner of the property to be sure that the contractor has a registered business and pay taxes (IVA) to the municipality and that everyone in the workplace is insured, if an accident occurs without the contractor is registered or do not have insurance, it is always the owner of the property who will pay the hospital stay or get fined for their employees.