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Published on Leave a comment on Fantastic Villa for Sale in Madrid, Spain

5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Area Lot 540m2, Built area 218m2, Area useful 181m2, Swimming-pool, Second Hand, Madrid, Spain

Magnificent independent villa, located in prestigious development in Madrid, private road with security. It is in perfect state of maintenance , bright, south facing, garden, fruit trees, large swimming pool , barbecue and wooden house to store garden tools.

The house is arranged on one floor, and it also has a private lof 35 m2. 4 bedrooms on the ground level , two bathrooms (one ensuite), guest toilet , living room with fireplace, direct exit to the covered terrace , garden and pool. Fully equipped kitchen with high end appliances , access to laundry, and door exit to the garden.

In the attic there is another living area / dining room, bedroom ,TV area , games room , gym, etc.

The floor is parquet , and in some areas stoneware. It is a very comfortable home to live in, and close to the center of Madrid.

The price is 550,000 €.

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Published on Leave a comment on World Interior of the Year, Carrer Avinyó, Barcelona

Apartment in Barrio Gotico, Barcelona

Carrer Avinyó is a piano nobile apartment in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona (Catalonia). The apartment is situated on the corner of a significant local crossroads. Like the Flatiron Building in New York, where Broadway cuts diagonally across the city grid, the apartment building has a distinctive triangular form that is echoed in the adjacent public space, Plaça George Orwell. A primary design move in the apartment’s refurbishment was to take advantage of this special situation by removing all of the interior cross walls to create one large corner room.

The apartment will be the holiday home of two brothers who grew up in Barcelona (Catalonia). The new mosaic floor of the apartment is decorated with a triangular pattern that matches the geometry of the plan. The tile pattern is graded in colour from green at one end of the apartment to red at the other to differentiate the brothers' private spaces. The encaustic tiles were manufactured by Mosaics Martí, suppliers of tiles to Antoni Gaudí.

Bedrooms were created inside large pieces of furniture that have the appearance of small buildings – the city beyond the apartment walls is mirrored by a diminutive city within. The high-level library becomes balconies that connect each bedroom to their en-suite bathrooms. A large, specially-designed dining table stands at the street corner where the red and green tiles mix as an invitation for gatherings of friends and family.

Carrer Avinyó is shortlisted for a World Architecture Festival 2013 Inside Award and UK Interior Architect of the Year 2013.

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Published on Leave a comment on Price review makes buying Spanish property more taxing

Approximately one million Britons live in Spain permanently or maintain holiday homes there.

The worst effects of the global recession have seen property prices plummet, representing a golden opportunity to pick up relative bargains. For those unable to sell, it provides a significant headache.

homes in Spain 300x199 - Price review makes buying Spanish property more taxingFewer and cheaper sales not only spell bad news for owners and vendors - they have also caused concern on the part of Spain’s tax authorities, which have seen their take decrease due to the slowdown in the property market.

In order to reverse the situation, tax officials have taken more proactive steps, resulting in an increase in reviews of sale prices and the transfer taxes paid when properties are bought. It’s a step that can have consequences for buyers a number of years after ownership of the homes in question has changed hands.

This price review is a valid long-standing tax measure under Spanish property law. However, it is not necessarily apparent or brought to the attention of those eager to start life overseas.

When recession struck, the amount of transfer tax – called impuesto de transmisiones patrimoniales (ITP) – pouring into official coffers decreased significantly owing to the reduced number of sales and/or lower prices.

Under the terms of the Spanish law Ley del Impuesto sobre Transmisiones Patrimoniales y Actos Jurídicos Documentados, enacted in 1993, regional tax authorities have powers to examine all property purchases in order to ensure that the correct amount of ITP is paid by the buyer.
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Published on Leave a comment on Outstanding Home for Sale in Altea (Alicante)

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Luxury Brand New Villa In Altea

Main features: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, Swimming-pool, 1st Row from the Sea and unbeatable views. Click here to find out more about this dream home. 

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Published on Leave a comment on El Batel Auditorium Conference Hall, in Cartagena (Murcia)

This state-of-the-art building, design by Spanish practice Selgascano, is based on the marine traditions of the city. Its location next to the port and sea of Cartagena (Murcia) influence the design.

The exterior is dominated by straight lines, similar to the containers of the boats stacked in the docks, the straightness of the edge of the port and the calm of the surrounding sea.

The innovative materials used, native to the area have been used for the first time in the façade of a building, and have allowed us to create luminous areas which provide great brightness to the interior. The complex structure, characterised by the absence of pillars, creates an interior with large open areas and bright effect, reminiscent of the weightlessness of the deep sea.

The interior is a bright, translucent and delicate space which is connected by a walkway of gentle ramps which take us around the whole building. The grandeur and luminosity of the interiors make El Batel Auditorium and Conference Centre an airy building which transmits the harmony and serenity of a calm sea.

The surroundings of the building, decorated with spruce boards and varied vegetation, comprises a leisure area which allows us to enjoy the seafront promenade.

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Published on 1 Comment on Property Market: The Challenges Facing Spain’s Toxic Bank

Five years after Spain's property bubble burst, hundreds of thousands of new and unfinished properties remain unsold throughout the country. Meanwhile, some of the biggest companies in the world have had to eat humble pie, reduce their size, and in some cases have simply been swept away.

foto 137295 300x195 - Property Market: The Challenges Facing Spain's Toxic BankSlowly, and reluctantly, the property sector is facing up to one of the major reasons nobody is buying property: the huge numbers of homes that remain unsold, some of them unfinished. This is the case for the major financial institutions, as well as Sareb - the so-called "bad bank" set up to sell the vast portfolio of real estate accumulated by failed, and subsequently nationalized, banks after the property companies they had financed went belly up.

Estimates of the number of unsold houses range between the government's figure of 675,000 and the 815,000 calculated by savings bank CatalunyaCaixa. To this figure also needs to be added the close to half-a-million homes that are still under construction, according to both the government and the real estate sector. The areas with the largest number of unsold properties are, in order: Castellón, where one in four homes is empty according to CatalunyaCaixa; Toledo; Murcia; Almería; Tarragona; La Rioja; Alicante and Malaga.
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Published on Leave a comment on Beautiful Home for Sale in La Herradura (Granada)

Enormous villa of over 1000 M2 in best location on Punta de la Mona, La Herradura, Granada

6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, Swimming-pool, 500m away from the Beach, Second Hand, In Urban Area

Simply amazing villa in best location on the prestigious Punta de la Mona, La Herradura. The property has a total of over 1000 sq/m built on a 2000 sq/m plot with uncountable features, such as heated indoor pool, steam room, gym, library with a cosy fireplace, large outdoor pool, etc. From nearly every angle of the Villa and the gardens you enjoy the most fantastic panoramic seaviews.

The price is 2,250,000 €.

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Published on 1 Comment on Contemporary Architecture in Spain: Bilbao Airport, Basque Country

On 19th November 2000 during the inauguration of La Paloma, the Bilbao International Airport, architect Santiago CALATRAVA announced that the new terminal was “a message of love to Baskland”.

White and very expressive, Bilbao International Airport is a gigantic three storey block of steel and glass with a sharp silhouette expressing the idea of flight and the leap that the metropolitan area had begun to take.

The steel and concrete structure , nicknamed La Paloma (the Dove) because of its resemblance to a giant bird about to take flight, is integrated into the hilly green landscape in the Txoriherri Valley in close proximity to Bilbao. The aluminium skin of the Central Terminal sweeps across the 140 meter long terminal entry, providing cover for multiple levels of arrival and departure.

The layout was designed to limit the impact of auxiliary buildings on the vista of the main building. An elegant four-story parking structure, with a skylit walkway leading to the Terminal Building, is tucked into a grassy embankment.

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Published on Leave a comment on The Increase in Chinese Tourism

The World Tourism Organization says that last year, 83 million Chinese took their vacations abroad, an eight-fold increase on 2000. The Chinese overtook the Russians as the main consumers of tax-free goods in Europe, and in 2012, overtook the Germans on the amount they spend on travel. Last year they spent 78.4 billion euros, a 40-percent increase on 2011.

The increase in Chinese Tourism 300x195 - The Increase in Chinese TourismSpain has set itself the challenge of trying to attract more Chinese visitors, setting the target of one million by 2020. This year's January-July period saw 112,000 Chinese visit Spain, a 30-percent increase on 2012. In general, Spain, like the rest of Europe, is moving away from organized mass tourism: France comes 11th out of the top 25 destinations for Chinese vacationers. Spain is not on the list.

Rowdy or not, governments around the world are doing all they can to attract Chinese visitors, seeing them as a simple way to improve their ailing economies. But tempting the Chinese is no easy task, says Chanarong Mookjai of the Thai Association of Travel Agencies. "The absolutely essential thing is having enough people who can speak Chinese around so that visitors feel comfortable, and that also means that we have to adapt to their needs. ...continue reading "The Increase in Chinese Tourism"

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Published on 1 Comment on Awesome Penthouse Duplex for Sale in Ojén (Málaga)

La Mairena, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Swimming-pool, Seaside Resort, Second Hand, Luxury property, In Rural Area, On golf course, Ojen (Malaga)

Beautifully presented duplex penthouse with panoramic views of Mijas mountain and the coastline in a luxury Golf complex set in the exclusive La Mairena area. Situated on the Elviria’s hill side in an area of outstanding natural beauty protected by UNESCO. The community includes extensive tropical gardens with 6 swimming pools (1 is heated) and there is also tennis, paddle, gym, Spa and a private 9 hole golf course free for residents. Bar & restaurant in the on-site club house. This penthouse provides great sized accommodation which is ideal as a family home or a luxury holiday getaway. The property has garage parking spaces in addition to a store room. Hot and cold air conditioning. Cream marble floors and marble bathrooms. Electric blinds and 'intelligent' house system.

The price is 275,000 €.

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