PROPERTY PURCHASE SERVICE
Buying Property
in Jávea
Jávea is not one property market. It is a beach frontline, a mountain and a campo stitched into one town, and each of the three needs a different legal check before you sign anything.
- The right check for the right zone: Ley de Costas, Montgó park or AFO
- Title and charges verified at both Jávea Land Registries
- Complete from abroad under a Spanish power of attorney
- Signed off by Juan Bertomeu, registered lawyer, ICALI 4643
Conveyancing from €1,600 + VAT, confirmed in writing before we start.
Legal position last reviewed: July 2026
Conversion landing for the money keyword "buying property in javea" (1,300/mo, transactional). Independent conveyancing for non-resident buyers, zone-specific due diligence (Costas frontline, Montgó park, campo AFO), two Jávea Registries, honest Moraira/Dénia office framing, signed off by Juan Bertomeu ICALI 4643.
Why buyers in Jávea choose us
A named lawyer, on the file
Your purchase is handled under Juan Antonio Bertomeu Vallés, abogado colegiado ejerciente, ICALI 4643, practising on this coast since 1991. Not a call centre, not a template with the town name swapped.
We answer to you, nobody else
We take no commission from agents or developers. If the searches turn up a problem with the villa you have fallen for, you hear about it before you pay, not after.
In Xàbia every week
We work across Jávea constantly, at both local Registries and with the local notaries, with well over 100 completed purchases in the town over the years. Our Moraira and Dénia offices sit either side of Jávea, so someone senior is always minutes from your file.
Lawyer and tax adviser under one roof
Juan handles the legal side; Daniel Bertomeu, the tax adviser of the firm (AEDAF 06838), handles the tax side. The purchase and the annual filings that follow it stay with the same two people.
Who we help
Most of the people who call us about Jávea are non-residents buying a second home or a retirement base. A British couple after a villa in El Tosalet or Costa Nova, a German buyer who fell for the view from La Guardia on the Montgó slopes, a Dutch or Belgian family wanting an apartment within walking distance of the Arenal, a Nordic buyer quietly pricing Portitxol or Balcón al Mar. The British are the largest foreign community in town, around 6,000 people, the biggest British colony in the whole Comunitat Valenciana, and most of our Jávea files come from that world. What they all share: they want a lawyer who answers to them, not to the agent selling the house. Buying closer to Moraira or Teulada? See Moraira.Legal
What we handle for you
NIE and power of attorney
We obtain your NIE and, if you cannot travel for every step, set up a Spanish power of attorney so the purchase does not depend on your flight schedule.
Title and charges at both Registries
Jávea has two Land Registries, both on Calle Historiador Chabás, and which one holds your property depends on the finca. We pull the nota simple, confirm ownership and hunt for mortgages, embargoes and community debts.
The zone checks
Costas deslinde position on the Arenal, Montañar, La Grava and Triana frontline. Montgó park boundary on the slopes. AFO status and the pre-2014 test out in the campo. The check depends on the postcode, and we run the right one.
Licences and habitability
We confirm a valid cédula de segunda ocupación, the declaración responsable under Decreto 12/2021 with its ten-year validity, and flag undeclared pools, extensions and anything that does not match the Catastro.
Contracts
We review or draft the reservation and the arras before you pay a deposit, not after. Once the arras is signed you are committed, so the checking happens first.
Completion, taxes and afterwards
We sign at the notary with you or under power of attorney, file the purchase taxes, register the title, and if you want, hand you straight to Daniel for your annual Modelo 210 as a non-resident owner.
What buying in Jávea really costs
Orientative components, not a quote. The final number depends on the property, the price and which taxes apply to your case, and we confirm yours in writing before we start.
ITP (resale property)
Buyer pays, Modelo 600, within 30 working days of the deed. Deeds signed before 1 June 2026 paid the previous 10% general rate.
Generalitat Valenciana (atv.gva.es); Ley 5/2025 (DOGV 31 May 2025)
9% general (in force since 1 June 2026); 11% above €1,000,000
IVA (new-build)
Instead of ITP on a first transfer of residential property
AEAT; Ley 37/1992 IVA
10%
AJD (new-build / mortgage)
Stamp duty on new-build deeds; 1.5% applied to deeds signed before 1 June 2026; mortgage AJD borne by the bank since 2019
Generalitat Valenciana; Ley 5/2025 (DOGV 31 May 2025)
1.4% (in force since 1 June 2026)
Notary fees
Regulated tariff (RD 1426/1989)
Idealista 2026
approx. 0.2% to 0.5% of value
Land Registry fees
Two Registries serve Jávea, both on Calle Historiador Chabás; regulated tariff (RD 1427/1989). A nota simple costs 9.02 euros plus IVA.
Idealista 2026; Registros de la Propiedad Xàbia 1 and 2
approx. 0.1% to 0.25%
3% retention (only if your seller is non-resident)
Modelo 211, within one month of completion. Not an extra cost, it comes out of the price, but miss it and the liability attaches to the property.
AEAT (sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es)
3% of the price, withheld by you and paid to the AEAT
IBI (annual, Jávea)
Collected by Xàbia Tributa, the town's own tax office on Calle Major. Jávea is one of the very few Alicante-province municipalities that does not use SUMA, so your annual bill works differently here than in Dénia or Moraira.
Ayuntamiento de Xàbia tax data 2023; 2025 pleno statement, orientativo pending ordenanza
0.85% of valor catastral (2023 ordinance); a small cut was approved for 2025 and a councillor cited 0.83%. Check the current figure.
Our conveyancing fee starts at €1,600 plus VAT, a fixed base for properties up to €500,000, then +0.2% on the value above. We take no commission from agents or developers, so the advice stays independent.
See all our fees for Jávea in one place
Estimates only. Final costs depend on the property and your circumstances.
Free tools
Check it yourself first, free
Built by the same firm. No email wall, no obligation: an instant orientation before you decide whether you need a person.
Property Cost Estimator↗
What the purchase really costs all-in: taxes, notary, registry and legal fees, in one estimate.
Reservation Contract Checker↗
Paste the key terms of the reservation you were handed and see the red flags before you sign.
Buying Timeline↗
The whole purchase, step by step, so you know what happens when and who does what.
How your purchase works
01
We sort your NIE and, if useful, a power of attorney
02
We run the searches and the zone check the property demands
03
We review the arras before any deposit leaves your account
04
We complete at the notary, with you or on your behalf
05
We pay the taxes and register your title in Jávea
What we need from you
- Passport for each buyer
- NIE if you already have one
- Proof of your home address
Costly mistakes buyers make in Jávea
Signing the arras before the legal checks
What goes wrong: The arras is binding. Pull out and you lose the deposit; carry on and you may be buying the problem along with the house.
How we prevent it: We review or draft it first, and you sign only once the searches come back clean.
Buying a campo finca on trust
What goes wrong: A dwelling on rustic land without a legal route can be impossible to regularise, blocks the occupation licence and the utilities, and on protected land near the Montgó the administration's power to order demolition never expires.
How we prevent it: We check the nota simple, the occupation licence and aerial photography against the 20 August 2014 AFO cut-off before you commit.
Assuming you can holiday-let anywhere in town
What goes wrong: The council gave initial approval on 28 May 2026 to per-zone caps on tourist licences, with new apartment licences suspended for a year while the final approval is pending. The rules are still settling.
How we prevent it: We confirm the zone and the current licensing status for the exact address before you buy, not after.
Ignoring the deslinde on the frontline
What goes wrong: On the Arenal, Montañar, La Grava and Triana seafront, a property inside the coastal protection strip faces real limits on works and use, and two near-identical houses a street apart can sit on opposite sides of the line.
How we prevent it: We check where the property sits relative to the Costas lines before any deposit.
One town, three different minefields
Ask around about legal problems in Jávea and you will usually hear about one. There are three, and they live in different postcodes. On the Arenal, Montañar, La Grava and Triana frontline the question is the Ley de Costas: the coastal protection strip runs 100 metres inland as a general rule, 20 metres where land was already urban in 1988, and where the deslinde line falls decides what you may ever do with the property. Up on the Montgó slopes the question changes completely, because part of the hillside sits inside the Parc Natural del Montgó, where the park rules from 2002 and 2007 restrict building hard. And out in the campo, Cansalades, Adsubia, Rafalet, the question is whether the house was ever legal at all: a dwelling on rustic land generally needs the AFO route, which is only open to houses that existed before 20 August 2014. Same town, three different traps. Tell us where the house is and we will tell you which one applies. Tell us about the property
Visit Our Offices
Visit our offices in Moraira and Dénia
Jávea sits between our two offices, Moraira on one side and Dénia on the other. Meet us at either for property and tax matters connected to Jávea, the Marina Alta, and the wider Costa Blanca, or we come to you: the property, the notary, wherever the case needs us to be.
Moraira office
Calle del Dr. Calatayud, 39, planta baja, 03724 Moraira, Alicante
Property and tax legal support for international clients. For Jávea we work from both offices.
Dénia office
Calle Ramón y Cajal 5E, Oficina 1, Dénia, Alicante, Spain
Broader support across the Marina Alta, Alicante province, and international client matters, including everything connected to Jávea.
Buying property in Jávea: your questions answered
Common questions from non-residents in Jávea and the wider Marina Alta.
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This page is general information for non-resident buyers, not legal advice for a specific purchase. Rules and rates change, and the position is confirmed for your property before any work begins.
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+34 614 08 68 07DÉNIA OFFICE
Calle Ramón y Cajal 5E, Oficina 1, 03700 Dénia, Alicante
MORAIRA OFFICE
Calle del Dr. Calatayud, 39, planta baja, 03724 Moraira, Alicante