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 see it, as the property was boarded up at the time of closing the deal. The decision, made "practically sight unseen," resulted in a major surprise when they finally crossed the threshold.
The creator, known on the platform as @belsisalbumdeunamedica, explained that the house remained sealed and that the rules of the purchasing process in Spain complicated any possibility of backing out: "until the valuation is done, you can't really know what's inside, and once you've paid for that valuation, if you back out, you lose your money." So the couple took the risk.
Before signing, they studied everything they could from the outside: plans, Google Maps images, the courtyard, and part of the roof. The decisive factor was that the property had the square meters they needed and, in their words, "many possibilities."
When they finally gained access after the appraisal, the scene was grim: old flooring, cat feces scattered throughout the house, an unbearable smell, walls so thin they had holes passing through from side to side, and a ceiling in advanced disrepair.
Despite the situation, the couple did not back down. "We saw beyond all that and thought that we could create a really cool house here for what we wanted," the creator stated.
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. However, the obstacles did not end there.
Getting 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 procedures to occupy public space, the payment of new fees, and managing the necessary signage for placing the container on the street. “Between appointments, permits, and all the bureaucracy, it took us about a month,” he admitted, “and only after resolving all that could we actually start the renovations.”
This same creator had previously starred in an earlier article recounting three things she does not regret doing in Spain, including the purchase of her first home, described as "very old and very antiquated," which she renovated almost entirely alongside her husband. A similar situation was experienced by a Cuban couple in Murcia who bought a house in a state of disrepair and transformed it completely, in a process that also went viral on TikTok.
The author announced that she will continue to publish the process of transforming the home, inviting her followers to stay tuned to see the final result of the renovation.
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