Power of Attorney

Hi Andy,

We bought a house here when we lived in the UK and gave a POA to our lawyers so that they could arrange everything for us. It worked perfectly. When we bought the house we currently live in, the POA was really useful as it lets them deal with things like the utility companies on our behalf. I will send you a pm with the name of the lawyers.

Hope this helps and Good luck

Same with us we've never regretted our Spanish Lawyer having Power of Attorney they recently moved our direct debits from our Spanish Bank Account to our WISE account saving us bank charges we couldnt do it ourselfs due to Covid travel restrictions we've used them for over 5 years no issues no regrets.

Phil.

Good morning,

Thank you very much, we will not have time to change lawyers. Of course, the lawyers will get power of attorney for everything concerning the house. But I won't sign a power of attorney for funds, shares, execution of wills and so on!

Good morning Phil,

Of course, the lawyers will get power of attorney for everything concerning the house. But I won't sign a power of attorney for funds, shares, execution of wills and so on!

Thanks

Andy

We were of the same opinion! The original POA was very vague, we asked for it to be amended to cover the purchase of the property and relevant associated transactions in the original one we were signing everything away.

I called my lawyer in Spain today and they are changing the power of attorney!

Puuhhh!

Thanks,

Andy

When you are done you should either cancel the POA (which the notary will charge to do) or at least collect the POA document from the abogado - without the physical POA they shoukd not be able to use it.

OK, but he will still take care of the tax and our mail, so he will have to keep the POA.

If he does everything he should when you complete the purchase he should have no need of a POA to deal with mail (are you using him as your postal address?) and you really should do your own tax returns unless your affairs are complex, and again would not need a POA to do that.

Must just point out that I would not consult a lawyer in Spain unless I was locked up accused of some dastardly crime!