Three real plots, checked: what the report found
Three real plots, checked with the free report on 9 October 2026. They are examples, not customers: we chose them because they show three common outcomes. We do not know whether they are for sale.
A big, cheap field in Galicia
What it found
- O Páramo (Lugo): 2.91 ha of scrub and dry farmland, with nothing built according to Catastro.
- Galicia allows a new house on rustic land only when a farm needs it (Ley 2/2016, arts. 35 and 39). With no building, there is nothing to restore.
- Water: no wells recorded nearby on the same ground; below, a porous aquifer of medium productivity. 918 mm of rain a year.
- A landfill 620 m away, a radon zone, and the grid 2.4 km off: living there would mean living off-grid.
What it means
Unless it is farmed as a business, nobody can live here: it is a field, not a building plot. Nearby, the Buildings on rustic land layer shows plots with a house to restore, which is the legal route in Galicia.
585 m² short in Teruel
What it found
- Estercuel (Teruel): 9,415 m² of dry farmland, with nothing built.
- Aragón requires at least 1 ha for a new house on rustic land (DL 1/2014, art. 34.2). It is 585 m² short: the report marks it as a blocker.
- Water: 4 wells within 10 km on the same ground found it at 100–116 m, and the aquifer is in poor state. A borehole that deep costs about €7,500–17,500.
- Also: a mining right covers the plot, a fire 1.4 km away in 2026, and a 16% slope.
What it means
As it stands, it takes no house. Before any deposit, ask the town hall in writing whether adding a strip of a neighbouring plot to reach 1 ha would change the answer, and budget for a deep, costly borehole.
A house that may be restored in the Alpujarra
What it found
- Pórtugos (Granada): 5,395 m² of irrigated land and fruit trees, with a 91 m² house and a 46 m² farm building, both from 1998 according to Catastro.
- Andalucía requires 2.5 ha for a new house (Decreto 550/2022, art. 31): no new one fits, but the one standing may be restored if it was built legally.
- Water: the one well recorded within 10 km on the same ground found it at 40 m and gives 5 L/s, but the rock is practically impermeable. A borehole like it costs about €3,500–7,500.
- Excellent sun (1,791 kWh a year per kWp, 9.5 h of direct sun on 21 December); 4 fires within 5 km since 2016, an earthquake zone and a radon zone.
What it means
The value is in the house, and everything turns on whether it had a licence. In Andalucía, a building put up without one, once it is too late to act against it, can be recognised as "asimilado a fuera de ordenación" (AFO): it can be lived in and kept in repair, but not enlarged. Ask the seller for the licence, and the town hall, in writing, which it is.
Each took seconds and cost nothing. Before you pay a deposit, check yours: Check a plot →
Information, not advice: the town hall has the final word on what can be built.