IN SEARCH OF THE HOLY GRAIL

The Cedula

Well, not exactly, but the elusive cedula is taking on mythical proportions, with tales so scary they could have been written by The Brothers Grimm!

We decided to apply for a cedula in preparation for a move back home to the UK. The first step was to engage the services of a good architect and we were introduced to Sergi from TAE Consultants in Tortosa. He spoke perfect English, a must as our Spanish is not up to scratch and we did not have to hire the services of a translator. Thankfully there was nothing of the mañana attitude here and he arrived promptly and carried out the mandatory inspection of the property, before heading straight away to submit the necessary paperwork to the Department de Medi Ambient in Tortosa.

A week later, an official looking letter arrived informing us that the copy of the original papers showing the legalization of the property, would have to be replaced with an updated copy as the dirrecion number had now changed. The following day, armed with the trusty Sergi, we attended the Ajuntament, where all the necessary applications for a new certificate were carried out and we waited for the call to collect. A month later, new certificate in hand, we returned to Tortosa. Our architect had warned us that as the original certificate had a condition forbidding the separation of our parcel-la for additional building, we may have to add this to our escritura. This had now become a reality and with our architect, we went to our notario to make the necessary changes. Off went Sergi to the registrar, telling us not to worry! The moment someone tells you not to worry, of course, you do just that!!

Today is a good day because after several months, Sergi has arrived, beaming, holding our cedula in his hands!!

My reason for wanting to let Catalunya Chronicle readers hear our story, is that if you have a good architect, your paperwork in order and a bit of patience, there is no reason why you cannot get your cedula. It has taken time, but cedulas are possible to find, unlike the Holy Grail, which we will still have to search for ………

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Posted by editor on 2010-08-18 Filed under August 2010, Help and Advice, Home & Garden. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry