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• Is it allowed to construct in a rustic area?
• What happens if they tell me that there is no title deed from the land?
• What kind of subsidies are there to be obtained for country land?
• Is there any permission needed to enclose a real state?
• How much does a well cost?
• What type of energy is the most interesting: solar, generator or traditional?

Is it allowed to construct in a rustic area?

Essentially, the answer is Yes. Even though, there are restrictive regulations, that pretend to preserve the natural habitat, and to mitigate natural disaster produced by uncontrolled building in rustic land (deforestation, native species extinction, pollution, etc...)

The first thing that we have got to take in account, when we are trying to find out if we can, how and how much construct in the portion of land that interest us, is the EPIGRAPH under which our land is placed.

EPIGRAPH: description given based on criteria such as: type of vegetation, scenic beauty, farming interest, etc...

Depending on that fact, we can find other peculiarities and notable differences concerning two portions of land, that apparently look alike. Let us take for example, in a "normal" Epigraph (they are ordered by numbers), the required area to be allowed to construct, without any height or ground plan limits, will be 1,5 Hectar, while if it were included in the "protected" epigraph, it would be 2,5 hectars.

One and a half Hectars, (and not to say two and a half), may be "too much" land for someone who only seeks in "La Vera" a place to go on weekends or vacations. It is therefore that apart from these "King Size" options, there are others.

RESTORATION (Imaging)

Another possibility, is to restorate old buildings in ruins (tobacco drying places, mills, etc) In this case, without depending on the area of the land, we will be allowed to build the ground plant of the original building. For this case, there exist subsidies given by de EU (Leader Plus Proyect), for the restoration of buildings up to 18.000 euros.

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What happens if I am told that a state has no title deed?

It is quite usual that in the country, we are told that they do not have any title deed, meaning, not that they have lost them, but that they have never had them.

This, for our urban mentallity, sounds at least, odd, if not worrying, because in urban zones every movement in a state has its own title deed and is inscribed in the Land Registry, with its correct description, etc…. Well, in the country, in many or in most of the cases it is not so. In the old times, specially in small villages, most of the time, it would be enough with a private contract or even with a simple "hand shake", to transfer the property. Everyone knew to whom those properties belonged, and that is why the nowadays so common burocracy, was totally unnecessary. With the growth of these villages and consequently the increase in the amount of transactions, mortgages, etc.., emerges the need to create the mean to control such movements. This fact, has been felt in the big cities and now, it is gradually, becoming necessary in the country. To make easier the first entry in the Registry, of a property that had never before been registered ("inmaticulación" in spanish), there exists a procedure, provided for these occasions by the "Land Tenure Law" ("Ley Hipotecaria") in its article 205 and following. It is very important to find out who is the owner in the "CADASTER" of the property, wether through the municipal census, or through the Territorial Management of the "Catastro".

Anyway, we must not get alarmed by this fact, but simply, get properly adviced to proceed to confer the concerning title deed and to enter in the Land Registry the real state. For more information, send us an e-mail or contact with us in the telephone numbers indicated in this web page.

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What subsidies can be obtained for the country land?

Both the Autonomous Region, to which the municipality where the real state lies, belongs, and the European Union, count with several aid programs, to promote the creation of new rural turist establishments, to restorate old buildings, to develop the country mechanization, etc.

In "la Vera’s" case, you can address your questions to the ADL(Local Development Agent) of your municipality, or else directly to the "ADICOVER" association, where they will widely inform you of the mentioned aid programs, that come, as said before from the Autonomous Region or from the EU( "Leader Plus Proyect")

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Is it necessary to have a permission to enclose a state?

Yes, it is necessary. We must obtain them from:

• The Town Council.
• The local enviromental authorities.
• The "Extremadura Council" (Public Works Section), in case one of the boundaries is next to a road.

In these organisms, you will be informed about how much is the distance from the road where you can put your fence, what tipe of wire you need to use, (the so called "alambre ganadero", with the bigger squares nearer to the ground), etc...

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How much can a well cost?

This is, though simple it may seem, a complex and important question, which we are frequently asked. Fortunatelly, in the Region of "la Vera", (Extremadura, Spain) apart from a high rainfall index, we have very numerous underground water currents, which makes it very strange not to find water in practically any piece of land. Even though, the money that will cost us to find it, can differ very much from one piece of land to another.

There are several importat facts to take in account:

• Location of the current: There are several different ways to find water. On one hand, even today the services of a dowser are used (he can tell us with traditional methods such as rods and pendulum, quite exactly the place and the depth where the water can be found. On the other hand, the drilling company, has also, machines to do the same work. The election of any of these two methods is something personal, and our experience has shown us, that both of them are atonishingly effective in most of the cases.
• Depth of the current: Depending on it, we will be able to do a traditional well or a "pozo de sondeo":
  
  • In the traditional, we must take in account:
    • The hours we need the digger.
    • The stone needed to make a tank.
    • The hoops needed for the well.
    • The bomb to extract the water.
  • In the "pozo de sondeo":
    • The depth (They charge a fixed amount of money for every meter. And this amount is lower if they do not find water than if they find it, logically). In that price, is included the dressing of the well.
    • The bomb.

Whatever it may be, our experience tells us that depending on the election of the bomb, the method, an why not, your luck, the prices, can go from 1.200 to 4.500 euros.

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What type of energy is the most interesting: solar, a generator or the traditional?

To "bring" electricity to our state is another of the questions to evaluate at great length, when buying a real state, which has not yet have this service. Nowadays to have electric energy, is as important as running water.

Advantages of traditional energy:

• Advantages of traditional energy:
• Supply: It is independent from climatology and fuel (you have only got to pay the bill)

Disadvantages of traditional energy:

• Installation price: Depending on where the transformer is placed, and on where the real state lies in, electricity must be brought, wether buried in the underground or with electricity pylons, but always taking in account that we will have to pay out big amounts of money, overfly other properties, or if we are not allowed by the owners to do so, we will have to skirt around them... (it is convenient to come to an agreement with the nearby neighbours -if there were any- to undertake in common the task and share the costs).
• Energy price: Electricity is expensive, that knows everybody, and we will also have to take in account that, apart from our own consumption, unlikely to other types of energy, we will always have to pay a fixed fee.

Advantages of the solar energy:

• Ecology: It is not at all an inconsiderable aspect, we are dealing with a type of energy that does not pollute
• Only one investment: that is to say, we have only got to invest a big sum (depending on the amount of panels that we want to install), but from there onwards, all that we consume will be free.
• Subsidies: There are subsidies that help to install such type of energy.

Disadvantages of solar energy:

• Poor power: The truth is that unless we install an extremely big amount of panels, the electric energy that we are going to obtain, might not be enough for the consumption of many of the electric machines that we nowadays use ( it may be possible that we might not use at the same time the microwave oven and the washing machine, and similar things)

Generators advantages:

• Price: It is, with a wide margin, the cheapest option from all of them. Apart from an important second hand market for these machines, there are also "hand crafted" ones, that are also very affordable. (Consult us)
• Reasonable power: The electric energy produced by a generator, although not comparable with the traditional, is enough for most of the necessities of a household.

Generators disadvantages:

• Pollution: During all the time that it is connected, we know that, alike to any other explosion motor, we are giving off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
• Cost: Diesel oil, though cheaper than petrol, it is expensive.
• Noise: Generators are very noisy. It is advisable, if you can, to build a small soundproofed room where to install it, and if possible, on the other end of the property, far away from the house.

CONCLUSIONS:

Like always, the choice depends on numerous facts. When the required building work is not very expensive, traditional energy is obviously advisable. But we must not forget the possibility of a mixed installation (Solar-Gererator). In this way, installing very few panels (an installation for eight lights, can cost around 2.500 pounds) for the usual consumption, and a generator for isolated moments where extra energy is needed (including the soundproofed building work, we can have one from 500 pounds), we will meet, with little pollution and little noise, all our needs.

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