A Cuban resident in Spain for several years shared in a video posted on TikTok how she and her husband purchased a home without being able to enter and see it, as the property was boarded up at the time of closing the deal. The decision, made "almost blindly," led to a huge surprise when they finally crossed the threshold.
The creator, known on the platform as @belsisalbumdeunamedica, explained that the house remained sealed and that the buying process rules in Spain complicated any possible withdrawal: "until the valuation is done, you can't really know what it's like on the inside, and once you've paid for that valuation, if you back out, you lose your money." So the couple took a risk.
Before signing, they studied everything they could from the outside: plans, Google Maps images, the yard, and part of the roof. The decisive factor was that the property had the square footage they needed and, in their words, "many possibilities."
When they finally gained access after the appraisal, the scene was grim: old floors, cat feces scattered throughout the house, an unbearable smell, walls so thin that there were holes passing through them from side to side, and a roof in an advanced state of disrepair.
Despite the circumstances, the couple did not back down. "We looked beyond all that and thought that we could create a really cool house here for what we wanted," stated the creator.
The first step of the reform was to go to the town hall to submit a responsible declaration with the construction plan and pay the corresponding fees. But the obstacles did not end there.
Obtaining a container to remove the debris turned out to be a much more cumbersome process than expected: it involved dealings with the town hall, additional paperwork to occupy public space, payment of new fees, and arranging the necessary signage to set up the container in the street. "Between the appointments, the permits, and all the bureaucracy, it took us about a month," he acknowledged, "and only after getting all that sorted out could we truly begin the renovation."
This same creator had previously been featured in an article discussing three things she does not regret doing in Spain, among them the purchase of her first home, described as "very old and very ancient," which she almost completely renovated along with her husband. A similar case was highlighted by a Cuban couple in Murcia who bought a house in a dilapidated state and completely transformed it, a process that also went viral on TikTok.
The author announced that she will continue to publish the transformation process of the home, inviting her followers to keep an eye on her for the final result of the renovation.
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