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Flooding in Camposol; Sector D

Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 2:08pm
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Regina123

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Hi , 

I am about to purchase a property in sector D. The solicitor has just provided me with a map showing flood risk areas and the property is right in the middle of the area affected. Can anyone tell me if it has flooded to the point of property damage in the past?

LeginSenoj

Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 6:59am

LeginSenoj

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Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 6:59am

It sounds like it is built on the Rambla de Los Aznares? (The Rambla runs across the entire length of the streets just above the length of Calle Nogales/ Calle Piteras on D sector. Banks have refused mortgages on some of the 450 houses built on the Rambla. This may not affect you when buying but sellers have lost their sale as their purchasers needed a mortgage. There are plans to reroute the Rambla (but nothing confirmed yet).

Is the property registered as Touristico? (Many properties were listed as touristico meaning they can only be rented not lived in permanently. Most of these have been resolved).

Is the property on a public or private road? (The council said about 3 years ago that they will not and cannot legally carry out works on private roads. The two main issues are lighting and road surfacing. So if it is a private road, your lights will not be maintained. If turned off, the council will not turn them on. Several streets have got together and bought their own solar lights.)

Your lawyer should ensure that all permissions for work carried out are registered, they normally arrange for your utilities, electricity and water to be continued and will, if you ask set up direct debits for these and your annual IBI (council tax), which will be taken from your account around 6th October each year. The lawyer usually keeps a retention from the vendor to deal with any issues, such as unpaid utility bills. Discuss this with them.

You may also like to ask them if the property has a fin de obra or a habitation certificate. It is unlikely if it is on D sector  worth discussing with the lawyer what the effect of this is, for future reference.

I am sure others will give you more answers, based on their personal experience, have you had or considered a survey in the property? Should be about €400.

Many people now use online banks such as Wise or Revolut these days, as these are easier to manage when you are not here. You can set up all your direct debits and manage them online.

Finally, finally, many people recommend using a lawyer that is not recommended by the estate agent.

The only major flooding was in 2014, when Camposol suffered a gota fria. There are lots of videos on YouTube if you want to see what happened. As for the flood zone map you were shown, from memory the inner zone may have flooding once in a hundred years and the outer zone, once every five hundred years. Houses that were illegally built on the Rambla are bought and sold all the time. The things above are just a few things you may like to consider. 

Good luck👍

Regina123

Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 9:35am

Regina123

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Posted: Wed May 31, 2023 9:35am

Thank you very much for the advice. Greatly appreciated. 

geoff2546

Posted: Fri Jun 2, 2023 12:39pm

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Posted: Fri Jun 2, 2023 12:39pm

LeginSenoj wrote on Wed May 31, 2023 6:59am:

It sounds like it is built on the Rambla de Los Aznares? (The Rambla runs across the entire length of the streets just above the length of Calle Nogales/ Calle Piteras on D sector. Banks have refused mortgages on some of the 450 houses built on the Rambla. This may not affect you when buying but ...

...sellers have lost their sale as their purchasers needed a mortgage. There are plans to reroute the Rambla (but nothing confirmed yet).

Is the property registered as Touristico? (Many properties were listed as touristico meaning they can only be rented not lived in permanently. Most of these have been resolved).

Is the property on a public or private road? (The council said about 3 years ago that they will not and cannot legally carry out works on private roads. The two main issues are lighting and road surfacing. So if it is a private road, your lights will not be maintained. If turned off, the council will not turn them on. Several streets have got together and bought their own solar lights.)

Your lawyer should ensure that all permissions for work carried out are registered, they normally arrange for your utilities, electricity and water to be continued and will, if you ask set up direct debits for these and your annual IBI (council tax), which will be taken from your account around 6th October each year. The lawyer usually keeps a retention from the vendor to deal with any issues, such as unpaid utility bills. Discuss this with them.

You may also like to ask them if the property has a fin de obra or a habitation certificate. It is unlikely if it is on D sector  worth discussing with the lawyer what the effect of this is, for future reference.

I am sure others will give you more answers, based on their personal experience, have you had or considered a survey in the property? Should be about €400.

Many people now use online banks such as Wise or Revolut these days, as these are easier to manage when you are not here. You can set up all your direct debits and manage them online.

Finally, finally, many people recommend using a lawyer that is not recommended by the estate agent.

The only major flooding was in 2014, when Camposol suffered a gota fria. There are lots of videos on YouTube if you want to see what happened. As for the flood zone map you were shown, from memory the inner zone may have flooding once in a hundred years and the outer zone, once every five hundred years. Houses that were illegally built on the Rambla are bought and sold all the time. The things above are just a few things you may like to consider. 

Good luck👍

For someone who lives on the rambla and was flooded last time, that was a well written article, although I still believe that a sluice gate was opened to send the water down 

Regina123

Posted: Sat Jun 3, 2023 10:13am

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Posted: Sat Jun 3, 2023 10:13am

Thank you very much for the information and taking time out to do so.  We found it very helpful and it is much appreciated.

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