I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GRAVE ERRORS MADE IN THE CALCULATION OF RATES IN THE CASE OF SOME PROPERTIES IN HACIENDA.
THIS MORNING - I WENT TO THE TOWN HALL IN MIJAS VILLAGE - TO QUERY 3 OWNERS ANNUAL BILLS WHICH SEEMED TO ME TO BE INCORRECT.
THE IBI CONTRIBUTION IS CALCULATED ON THE SQUARE METERS OF THE PROPERTY - SO OF COURSE - MOST 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS SHOULD BE OF A SIMILAR AMOUNT - AS SHOULD 3 BED & PENTHOUSES.
THE PROPERTIES I WAS QUERYING HAD VASTLY DIFFERENT AMOUNTS BILLED FOR IDENTICAL APARTMENTS.
YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT THE TOTAL SQUARE METERS OF YOUR APARTMENT IS COMPRISED OF CONSTRUCTED AREA, +TERRACE + WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE YOUR PORTION OF COMMUNAL AREAS
AFTER SOME RESEARCH WITH AN EMPLOYE AT THE TOWN HALL - WE DISCOVERED THAT - DESPITE THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF COMMUNAL SQUARE METERAGE BEING QUOTED ON THE TITLE DEEDS - THE TOWN HALL HAVE IN SOME CASES ALLOCATED THE WRONG SQUARE METERAGE OF COMMUNAL AREA.
FOR EXAMPLE - ON THE PROPERTY I WAS QUERYING - THE COMMUNAL ZONE METERS WERE QUOTED AS 240 !! - AS OPPOSED TO THE CORRECT AMOUNT WHICH SHOULD BE IN THE REGION OF 16 - 20.
THE TOWN HALL EMPLOYEE ADVISED ME THAT THE ONLY THING OWNERS CAN DO IS PAY WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN BILLED - THEN CLAIM IT BACK. THIS WILL INVOLVE SENDING A LETTER IN SPANISH TO THE 'URBANA' DEPARTMENT OF MIJAS AYUNTAMIENTO - IN SPANISH !! - STATING THE REASON FOR YOUR CLAIM
THE ONLY WAY WHICH YOU CAN PROVE IF THERE HAS BEEN A MISCALCULATION IS BY LOOKING AT A DOCUMENT CALLED A 'CONSULTA DESCRIPTIVA' - WHICH YOU CAN GET FROM THE TOWN HALL - BUT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON LINE AT -
https://ovc.catastro.meh.es/
THERE IS A UK FLAG SYMBOL ON THE SITE - CLICK ON IT FOR INFO
YOU ACCESS BY CLICKING ON ACCESO LIBRE - THEN ACEPTAR - IN THIS FIELD YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO PUT THE CATASTRAL REFERENCIA OF YOUR PROPERTY - WHICH UNFORTUNATELY IS ONLY SHOWN ON THE INDIVIDUAL BILLS AVAILABLE FROM THE TOWN HALL. THAT IS TO SAY - THE CATASTRAL REFERENCE IS NOT THE 'REFERENCIA' QUOTED ON THE SUMMARY WHICH SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY THE TOWN HALL. IT IS QUOTED ON THE INDIVIDUAL BILLS FOR EACH YEAR.
TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST - IF YOU DO NEED TO MAKE SOME COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS - IT ISNT GOING TO BE AN EASY PROCEDURE - WITHOUT SOMEONE ACTUALLY GOING IN PERSON TO THE TOWN HALL ON YOUR BEHALF.
IN THE CASE OF OWNERS WHOSE PROPERTIES I LOOK AFTER - I ALREADY HAVE THE CATASTRAL NUMBER AND WILL BE CHECKING FOR ERRORS THROUGH THE COURSE OF TODAY
IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER INFORMATION - PLEASE DONT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME
KIND REGARDS
JEAN