Valdefuentes

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2010. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 100% of the municipality.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

IGME records 4 wells and boreholes in Valdefuentes. Half of the 4 with a depth found water at 63–85 m.

Ground: 100% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 100%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 565 mm a year (1971–2000), about 509 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.9 °C, about 35.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 8 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Benquerencia · Torremocha · Torre de Santa María · Botija · Salvatierra de Santiago · Montánchez