Due to wanting to give all our clients the best service possible we are only taking 2 more clients in December.

Property Conveyancing Solicitors in Madrid.

We pride ourselves by advising you with clear concise straightforward and trustworthy legal advice making the purchase of your property in Madrid a stress-free process with over 12 years experience.

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Buy property with total confidence

Debt free

As specialist conveyance solicitors, we make sure the home you're buying is debt-free. If the property has debts, we can ask the seller to pay or work on another solution to clear debts before completion.

Fully registered

We ensure the property is fully registered and has no no hidden legal issues in the Land Registry. One you have purchased, we make sure all documentation and legal processes are carried our to secure your full ownership and avoid any future disputes

Escrow Account

Send funds to the seller via our Escrow account and save money because we're not charged bank fees.

Why choose us

Security

We ensure the property has no debts, is properly registered, and all taxes are paid.

Responsive

We believe communication is vital and keep you informed during every step of your property-buying journey.

Fast communication

No more bottlenecks and delays as we quickly respond to clients, the chain and situations.

Native bilingual

Olivier is a native bilingual Spanish/English speaking lawyer, so he can speak the language most comfortable for you.

Experience

More than ten years of experience providing expert legal advice to ensure the home buying and selling process is hassle-free.

Registered lawyer

Olivier Roper is a member of the Lawyers Bar Association (Registration Number 507).

Straightforward

We always give honest and straightforward advice that serves your best interests.

Local knowledge

We are truly local and use our local knowledge of the property market to your advantage.

We pride ourselves in providing the best service

Louis Farrell

Firstly I am ing as a family of 4 who have just made our first move out of the uk. Olivier, Alexi and the team at roper lawyers genuinely made this possible for us. without thei...
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Ali Elliott

Olivier and Alexi at Roper Lawyers are absolutely fabulous, we purchased a house and the service we received was second to none, it was efficient, knowledgeable, and very reason...
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Nick N

Myself and my partner purchased a property in puerto del carmen and wanted to use a local lawyer who specialises in property - After some research we chose Roper lawyers and wer...
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Marek Wietlicki

Top legal service from Roper Lawyers. I would highly recommend them for professional help. As first time buyer of house in Spain, without knowlegde of Spanish language and local...
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Gill Hough

Olivier and his team have just guided and supported us through the legal process of our first ever purchase abroad. The process was completely new to us and they were so patient...
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ACS 72

A pleasure to do business with. We came across Roper Lawyers after the experience we were having with our now previous lawyer (taking too long to respond to email requests, not ...
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David Malone

Excellent experience with Roper Lawyers. Purchasing a property in a foreign country can be an intimidating experience but Olivier and his team made it so easy with everything ta...
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Tony O Driscoll

I recently purchased a property in the old town and i decided to choose roper lawyers because they have extensive experience with dealing with property! Roper lawyers are highly...
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Michelle Holton

A really friendly and very helpful, I would definitely recommend Roper Lawyers to anyone purchasing a property. Would absolutely use them again in the future.
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Fiona Taylor

Fantastic experience, brilliant professional lawyer. I cannot praise Olivier Roper and his team enough. I found Olivier via google and whilst a little apprehensive about selecti...
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Richard Burkmar

Excellent Service, helped us purchase our property from start to finish. A totally professional team that provided support and expertise to ensure that all requirements were ful...
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Karen Wright

Excellent service from start to finish. Olivier and his staff were meticulous in their dealings helped enormously by being fluent in English and Spanish. Highly recommended
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Paul Hurst

First class service from start to finish. Olivier is very friendly and professional and did everything he could to help us out with anything that we asked him. Would definitely ...
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Anne Steele

Highly recommend Roper Lawyers. Olivier Roper provided first class legal services in order to secure my property.
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Billy Murray

Very profesional eficient service.Would recommend to anyone.
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Gerard Kierans

Excellent and efficient service and responsiveness from Olivier and Alexi. Would have no hesitation in recommending Roper Lawyers for all your legal conveyancing requirements.
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Ros Taylor

We have used Roper Lawyers for all of our house transaction over the last 12 years. They are responsive, supremely helpful and excellent legal advisors. I can happily recommend ...
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Kerry Burr

Roper Lawyers were thorough, helpful and easy to liaise with during our recent property purchase. Not speaking the language was not an issue as they speak good English and arran...
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Philippa Mclean

I spoke to Oliver, he was kind considerate and very helpful. After selling a property I lost a lot if money and paid a fortune in Tax and fees. His advice was very helpful.
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Cathy Thacker

We Can highly recommend 100%, the whole team were very professional from start to finish. We were updated regularly by staff what was happening, nothing was too much trouble a...
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William Henderson

For the best quality service available no pain or strain job done thanks. Bill
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Joris

I bought a house in fuerteventura Corralejo with there assistance. It can be quite stressful to buy a house in the canaries because you're not familiar with the country, it's la...
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Yvonne Blackburn

Helped us buy 2 Properties on the Island, knowledgeable and efficient, more than helpful. Would happily recommend to anyone and potentially use again
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Kristy Brown

Very helpful, pleasant to speak too. Gave him a load of questions which all got answered. Would use the service again if needed.
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Katherine Fahey

Fab company.. cannot recommend Alexi and team highly enough.From start to finish they are there for you and such a reputable company it's no wonder Kevin is so trusted and respe...
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Gary Cobbing

We cannot reccommend Roper Lawyers highly enough, they made the process incredibly smooth and explained the rules and regulations very clearly. made purchaisng a property very e...
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Jill Hawthrone

We would highly recommend Roper Lawyers as conveyancing solicitors. The team was responsive, helpful and efficient throughout our recent property purchase, fielding many questio...
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Alan Murphy

We used Roper Lawyers to obtain our NIE and then to act on our behalf when we purchased our house in June 2022. We were delighted with the excellent service. They made the whole...
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Property Conveyancing Process

Pre-completion

Reservation contract

This reservation payment is to take the property off the market for a period of time.

Private Contract

Once paid the reservation a further 9% contract is drafted to make a complete 10% downpayment towards the property purchase.

Searches

We order a full statement of the property from the Land Registry and all other documents to ensure all legal aspects of the purchase.

Completion

Public Notary preparation

Preparation of funds in place for transfer on the day of signing as well as all breakdown of payments.

Title Deed signing

We accompany you to the Notary, organize an official translator and proceed to the signing of the new Title Deed.

Post-completion

Tax payments

We fill in all forms and make all the tax payments into the governments tax departments.

Changeovers

Once the new Title Deed has been collected form the Public Notary we proceed to changing all utilities on to your name.

Property Rates

Once the have done all changeovers we make sure property rates are now in your name at the Town Hall on a direct debit.

Purchase costs

The costs of buying a property in Lanzarote is in the region of 8% to 10% of the purchase price depending on the amount.

Public Notary

The Public Notary fee will depend on various factors. The amount is approximately in the region of 500-2,000 € depending on the property purchase price.

Land Registry

The Land Registry fee also depends on a number of factors and is approximately in the region of 350-900 €, depending on the purchase price.

Transfer Tax

Transfer tax in the Canary Islands is 6,5% of the purchase price and is paid directly into the Tax Authorities with no charges for the bank transfer.

Purchase with total security

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