Hello, I have just had an offer accepted to buy a small old village house in Andalucia. The current owner bought the house in 1980, with only making a private purchase contract for the house, and it was never registered at the public notary.
The owners lawyer has told me it will take 2 years to get it properly registered and have all the correct paperwork in the current owners name. Then we could complete the sale, and then finally followed by transfering it into my name. Or, he said I can by now (I guess with a private purchase contract) and then we can get it transfered into my name within the 2 year when all the paperwork is sorted out.
1. Does this all sound right, as this is out of my comfort zone?
2. Also, how would I be able to find out if all taxes have been paid upto date, if it wasn`t ever properly registered? I wouldn`t to buy the house then get stung for 30 odd years back tax (IBI/ basura etc)!

Any help on this matter, really appreciated. Cheers, Dan