Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:33am
Deborah,
My wife and I have recently moved to Chiclana and used Pisos.com . Many of the local resident here in Chiclana use this website to review property prices.
Now for a word of warning. Many houses in Chiclana especially 'county houses' are the disconcerting remains of the construction Boom of the early 2000's, either the dwellings were built poorly or Illegally.
Many families have been warned of the risk of purchasing Illegal county housing, although the price might seem to be very rewarding, you might find the dwelling is not connected to any public services, such as water, electricity, and foul. In many case the road to the house is a country dirt tack which is the first sign the house might be built illegally.
First step is to ask the question - Is the site in which the house is built on legally urbanized?
There are 3 possible answers:
1. Urbanizado (consolidated or non consolidated/ with or without public services)
2. Urbanizable (to be urbanised in the future)
3. No Urbanizable (Never to be urbanised)
I hope I have not been all negative on this Friday morning, but as working as an Architect in Chiclana I have heard some unfortunate stories. Finally, I would recommend joining ChiFRA an expat community group that greatly assist English speaking residence with legalizing their properties and much more.
Adrian