Amounts paid on account (reservation, deposit, private contracts) must be secured with a bank guarantee or surety insurance. If the developer breaches, delays or goes bankrupt, those amounts can be recovered by triggering the guarantee. If your new build is in Mijas (Málaga, Andalucía) and you need a Spanish lawyer for deposit and cancellation, we handle the case online from Málaga. Santiago Javier Franco Landeira (Bar of A Coruña 1666) runs each file personally.
Mijas is very extensive: Mijas Pueblo, Las Lagunas, La Cala. Low-rise developments with frequent issues with first-occupation licence and utility connections. Regarding deposit and cancellation, files reaching the firm from Mijas usually feature local specifics: high concentration of simultaneous projects, presence of major developers such as Higuerón Real Estate or Insur with open construction, and courts with their own caseload (6 Courts of First Instance and Investigation of Mijas).
The deposit and cancellation subject applies in Mijas combining national rules (LOE 38/1999, Civil Code, Consumer Protection Act), Andalucía's planning law (LISTA 7/2021) and the PGOU + Ordenanza Municipal de Edificación. The latter is especially relevant in Mijas for administrative procedures linked to licences and post-handover works.
Attention fully online from Málaga: initial video call, documents via secure email, direct WhatsApp throughout the procedure. When physical presence is needed in Mijas (hearing, service of process, survey), we coordinate with a local procurador. Fixed fees from the first meeting.
If your deposit and cancellation case in Mijas matches the above, write to us on WhatsApp with: (1) city (Mijas), (2) developer, (3) description, (4) approximate handover date. Within 24 h you get a free preliminary diagnosis.