Convert a place into a home

The housing rental market is in high demand today, and for some reason it is no longer so easy to rent premises for entrepreneurs and startups. Therefore, the possibility of converting a place into a home can be a great idea whether you have a local and now decide to convert it into housing to rent or live, or if you are looking to buy a home but the prices are not what you would want and you have decided to shuffle the option of buying a local and converting it into housing. Be that as it may, to make this change of use you have to follow a few steps and take into account certain things.
You will also have to make some small reforms so that it can be considered a habitable home and you can make the legal change. So, let's look at everything in more detail.

Local converted into housing

Before starting with the reform to enable housing, you have to see the legal steps for the change of use.

First we must bear in mind that the premises must be built on urban land. To be able to verify this, you can consult the urban plan of the municipality. Another thing to keep in mind would be to see if the limitation of housing per hectare has not been overcome. This limit is established by the municipalities in their urban regulations.

The feasibility study to know if the premises can be converted into housing will also take into account the aspects of accessibility and health required by the CTE (Technical Building Code). It should also be borne in mind that if the premises are in a building of flats, the statutes and the neighbors of the community must give permission to convert the premises into housing.

The premises must have minimum dimensions to convert it into housing and in such case, present a technical project of change of use that contemplates all the above issues.

Reform the premises so that it becomes a home

In the technical project that must be presented, the work and changes that will be made in the premises to be able to convert it into housing will be recorded in detail. For this, you will need a professional registered architect. To find out if all this process, procedures and reforms are worth it to make the change of use, you can start by contacting professionals of the reforms, such as our Olea-Home team that works on reforms on the Costa Blanca, especially in Moraira, Orba, and surroundings.

With the technical project done, you must pay the corresponding municipal taxes and fees in each locality for the license of the work, and then you must go to the cadastre to make the change from premises to housing.

Now, with the cadastral alteration certificate and the end-of-work certificate, you can apply for the first occupation license.

It may seem like a somewhat tedious process, but in many cases it may be worth converting a place into housing. Not every venue will do, and not every change will be worth it. But when in doubt, we recommend that you consult with experts in the real estate sector, with our Real Estate office in Orba and Moraira so that we give you our vision and you can start your project or not.