03 Sep 2017 7:09 PM:

A question, I have read everywhere that when you buy a property if it has debt on it the new owner takes on that debt which was confirmed again on this thread. We sold a property in 2012 proceeded as required everything was paid up to date and the sale went through and we moved back to the UK, In 2015 we bought a property again in Spain as a holiday home so are again registered here, we have just been contacted by our Gestor that the council have been in touch to say we owe outstanding IBI for the three previous years before the sale of the property, this IBI was paid by us at the time we had registered our house with the Council and we had to pay an increased payment for those years, we were given receipts for it and would have produced them at the time of sale, we were told by our Gestor at the time to keep hold of the receipts as sometimes things do not get registered at the town hall, well we kept everything for four years and last Xmas had a clear out of old documents which included anything to do with the old villa. 

Well we now have this situation with the council asking us for this money when I read over and over debt is against the property not the person in Spain but this is quite clearly saying it is not, it would be a real kick in the teeth to have to pay this again especially when we reduced our villa massively to just sell it. Confused here

Thread: What happens if there is debt on a property or community fees unpaid?

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