PROPERTY SALE SERVICE
Selling Property
in Javea
The buyer keeps 3% of your price for the tax office the moment you sign. Getting it back, and getting the rest of the sale right, is what this page is about.
- We manage the buyer's 3% retention and the Modelo 211
- We claim back over-withheld tax through your Modelo 210
- Plusvalia filed with Xabia Tributa, the town's own tax office
- Sell remotely under power of attorney if you wish
Sale conveyancing from €1,600 + VAT, confirmed in writing before we start.
Legal position last reviewed: July 2026
Non-resident sale in Javea handled end to end: the 3% retention and Modelo 211, the Modelo 210 refund claim, and the plusvalia filed with Xabia Tributa, under Juan Antonio Bertomeu Valles, ICALI 4643.
Why non-resident sellers in Javea choose us
The 3% is often your money
The buyer hands 3% of your price to the AEAT whether you made a gain or not. If the tax on your real gain comes to less, we file the Modelo 210 that claims the difference back.
We deal with Xabia Tributa
Javea collects its own taxes through Xabia Tributa rather than SUMA, unlike Denia or Teulada next door. Your plusvalia goes there, and we file it using whichever method costs you less.
Independent by design
In Javea the seller is usually foreign and so is the buyer, and the whole deal runs in English through the same agent. Comfortable, right up until something goes wrong. We take no commission from anyone and act only for you.
A lawyer you can name
Your sale runs under Juan Antonio Bertomeu Valles, abogado, ICALI 4643, with well over 100 completed purchases in Xabia behind the firm. Javea sits between our Moraira and Denia offices, so someone senior is always minutes from your completion.
Who we help
Non-resident sellers across Xabia: a British owner selling a villa in El Tosalet after fifteen good years, a German couple letting go of their house above Balcon al Mar, a Dutch owner selling an apartment near the Arenal, a Nordic family passing on a townhouse in the old town. Most sellers here are foreign, and often the buyer is too, which is precisely when your own lawyer needs to be genuinely independent. Nobody else at that table works only for you. Where our offices are and who does what.
What we handle for you
Pre-sale legal check
We review your title, charges and licences before the buyer's lawyer does, so nothing surfaces at the notary that could have been fixed months earlier.
The 3% retention
The buyer withholds 3% of the price and pays it to the AEAT on Modelo 211 within a month of completion. We check it is done properly and keep your copy, because that copy is the key to your refund.
Capital gains and the refund
We file your Modelo 210 within the 4-month deadline, declaring the real gain and reclaiming any excess over the 3% already withheld.
Plusvalia with Xabia Tributa
We calculate both the objective and the real method, pick the cheaper one and file with Xabia Tributa in time. If your property has not actually gained value, we document that too, because then none is due.
Cedula and certificates
The licencia de segunda ocupacion works by declaracion responsable under Decreto 12/2021 and renews on transmission, and you need an energy certificate to sell. We line both up before they become a problem.
Charges and the Registro
Two land registries serve Xabia. We make sure any old mortgage is cancelled at the right one, so the buyer's side has nothing left to hold completion up with.
What selling in Javea really costs
Orientative components rather than a quote. The final figure depends on your gain, your paperwork and the property itself.
3% non-resident retention
Buyer withholds and pays the AEAT via Modelo 211 within 1 month; a payment on account of your capital gains tax
AEAT
3% of the sale price
Capital gains tax (non-residents)
Flat rate regardless of nationality, on the sale price less acquisition cost and allowable expenses
AEAT; Ley IRNR 5/2004 art 25
19%
Plusvalia municipal (IIVTNU)
Seller pays to Xabia Tributa, not SUMA; the 30% is the last published ceiling, check the current ordenanza figure; no increase in value means none due; objective or real method, whichever is lower
Ajuntament de Xabia 2023 ordinance figures; Xabia Tributa (xabiagt.com)
up to 30% (orientativo)
Our sale conveyancing fee starts at €1,600 plus VAT, a fixed base for properties up to €500,000, then +0.2% on the value above, with the Modelo 210 gain and refund filing from €450 plus VAT. We take no commission from agents, 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.
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How your sale works
01
We check the title, the cedula and the certificates before you commit
02
We agree the contract and how the 3% will be handled
03
We complete at the notary, in person or under power of attorney
04
We file the plusvalia with Xabia Tributa
05
We file your Modelo 210 to settle the gain or claim the refund
What we need from you
- Passport and NIE for each seller
- Your country of tax residence
- A bank account for the proceeds and any refund
Costly mistakes non-resident sellers make in Javea
Never reclaiming the 3%
What goes wrong: If the tax on your real gain is less than the 3% withheld, the difference sits with the AEAT until someone files for it, and plenty of sellers never do.
How we prevent it: We file the Modelo 210 within the 4-month window and claim it back.
Looking for SUMA
What goes wrong: Javea manages its own tax collection through Xabia Tributa, almost alone in the province. Sellers used to Denia or Calp chase the wrong office while the plusvalia deadline runs.
How we prevent it: We file directly with Xabia Tributa, on time, first try.
Selling with unresolved paperwork
What goes wrong: A missing cedula, an unregistered extension or an old campo legality issue surfaces in the buyer's due diligence and stalls the completion, or kills it.
How we prevent it: We run the same checks on your property before you list, while fixing things is still an option.
Throwing away the purchase invoices
What goes wrong: Your gain is the sale price less what you paid and what you can prove you improved. No invoices means a bigger paper gain and more tax at 19%.
How we prevent it: We rebuild your acquisition cost from the purchase deed, the taxes you paid and the works invoices.
The paperwork your buyer's lawyer will find
Xabia villas grew over the decades. A pool here, an extra bedroom there, and plenty of it never made it onto the title. On the Montgo slopes and out in the campo there are also older houses whose legal situation can block the occupation licence altogether. None of this stops a sale by itself. Discovered two weeks before completion, though, it costs you money and sometimes the buyer. The fix is boring and cheap by comparison: let us run the buyer's checks on your own property first, while there is still time to sort things out. What the buyer's side will be checking, in detail.
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.
Selling property in Javea: your questions answered
Common questions from non-residents in Jávea and the wider Marina Alta.
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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