Property Types

There is a great confusion of terms used in the Spanish property market, many of them are used incorrectly. In an effort to make your choice of property easier, we have reduced the number of names we use for properties we list, and grouped properties together as below.

Apartments:

This category contains Flats, Apartments and Pisos

Bungalow:

In Spain, a bungalow is a terraced house.

Chalet:

An alpine type chalet normally in its own grounds with roofed veranda to the front.

Commercial:

All our business: Bars, Shops, Offices, Factories etc are listed in this category, with the actual type of business defined in the description.

Country House:

This category contains: Town and Country Casas, Country Casitas, Villas

Farm:

In Spain a farm is usually called a Finca, however many estate agents have been using this name to describe a farm house. We use this term to describe a working farm either with or without a house.

Farm House:

Often wrongly called a Finca, we use the term farm house to describe a house on what used to be a farm. The correct Spanish word for a farmhouse is Cortijo.

Land:

May be agricultural or urban, one of the many Spanish land classifications or a building plot

Town House:

A town house is a self contained residence in a town or village.