Recent content by SteadyCairn

Agreed. I’d submit the price with financing evidence, flexible completion, a short explanation and explicit conditions for inspection, financing/appraisal and satisfactory legal review. Avoid vague wording around the deposit: have a Barcelona conveyancing professional explain exactly when it...

Seven percent is defensible as an opening, not an insult, provided the offer is presented as a complete package. Keep the rationale factual: updating costs, uncertainty around completed sales and your ability to accommodate timing. Don’t imply that 70 days means they must sell. Include financing...

How old is the villa, and will it be occupied during the work? Also, does €414,600 include professional fees, permits, temporary protection, waste removal and tax, or is it purely the contractor’s construction figure? The contingency percentage means much less until those boundaries are clear.

Municipal checks and an inspection commissioned by the buyer do not necessarily serve the same purpose. If the budget allows only one visit, I’d choose shortly before handover, while defects can be recorded before acceptance and before furniture hides surfaces. Ask whether the inspector will...

Is the work tied to a student move-in date? If so, define a minimum habitable package: safe electrics, working water, usable bathrooms and kitchen, then durable surfaces. That gives you a fallback if hidden conditions consume time, without pretending cosmetic completion is equally urgent.