Spanish Property Costa Blanca - Running of your house
So you have finally brought your house. How much is it going to cost you to run?
So you have finally brought your house. How much is it going to cost you to run?
Not as much as in England that is for certain! You will have the usual day to day running costs as you would expect. Water, gas and electric, these are not a lot different that in England with the added bonus that as it is much warmer here you do not incur so much in the way of heating bills, you may want to have air conditioning running but why lock yourself away in a sealed house when all you need to do is wear less and have the odd fan blowing. The systems you can get installed can run as heaters as well because you must realise it does get a little colder in the winter. The units do cost more to run as coolers than as heaters.
Suma (Rates)
Yes you do still have to pay rates in Spain but not as much as most pay in England. The rates here are collected by a collection company called SUMA. They collect everything from rates for your house, tax for your car and bills for you access to water etc.
This can be set up on direct debit to save you the trouble of going to the offices for every bill.
Tax
The tax implications are a little different from England but follow a similar sort of process. You are advised to seek professional help in these matters as you would in England and will probably save the money that the specialist has cost you by being able to claim everything you are entitled to.
Remember that like England the tax laws change from time to time.
