Insurance claims against a builder in Spain
Making insurance claims against a builder in Spain is not always as simple as it may appear and certainly ensuring that you are successful in any building defect claim – can be fraught! Sadly, our experience has been that Spanish property owners making a claim against their builders can be faced with a number of complexities. Firstly, of course, you have to be able to prove that your property has a defect and that it is the responsibility of your builder. To do this, you will almost certainly need an independent report from a specialist building surveyor able to analyse the building defect and to assess why and how it has occurred – and who is to blame. It is unwise to rely upon your builder’s assessment, and reporting from the project architect is also often unreliable (typically playing issues down) and a report from an unqualified professional will be…
