Winter is coming and, with the cost of energy increasing very quickly, if you live or want to buy a house in the Penedès we must ask ourselves, which heating system spend less energy? and which one heats more?   We should analyse which are the most efficient systems to lower the amount of the bills, but without giving up comfort, an equation that seems difficult but it is not.   Choose...

When looking for a home to buy, we usually pay attention to a number of basic aspects, such as its price, its location, its layout, its measurements... However, there are also other very important factors that tend to go unnoticed, such as orientation. Since this is a key aspect when it comes to knowing if the apartment we like is the right one to buy, at Casas&Raluy we explain how it...

If you own a home in Barcelona, this is the time to take advantage of the subsidies available from the European Next Generation funds. The council has made available to all citizens 4 lines of assistance that can cover up to 80% of your investment, so today we explain how you can access this grant to rehabilitate a home. The housing assistance offered by the Barcelona City Council is aimed at...

After years of construction, the long-awaited luxury superyacht Evrima, the first of the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection chain, sailed from Barcelona sailing the waters of the Mediterranean to Nice in mid-October.  The superyacht is more than 200 meters long and offers about 150 suites to accommodate 300 passengers including design, luxury, personalized treatment or restaurant with a three-star Michelin...

When it comes to selling a property, many people think they can do it on their own. The process seems simple: four photos, write an ad, choose the price you want and sit back and wait for calls. Reality often differs, but still the price of a commission is a mental hurdle when it comes to contacting a real estate agent. What are the main reasons to hire a real estate professional? Is it really worth it?...

  Why do I need an energy efficiency certificate to sell a property?   If you are reading this, it is because you are interested to know why you need to have the Energy Efficiency Certificate or EEC. Why is this document needed to sell or rent a home if you haven’t been asked to? We explain in which cases it is mandatory, why, what are the...

It’s not the first time we’ve heard about Home Staging. This technique created by Barbara Schwarz more than 40 years ago in the USA, did not arrive in our country until about 2008 and the truth is that it has come to stay. Currently, 75% of homes in our country are already using this method to sell or rent in record time. What is Home Staging? Home Staging seeks to rent or sell a flat as...

Finding the perfect apartment to rent is not an easy task, as there are many factors at play and often the property we want doesn’t quite fit our budget. Therefore, if we are thinking about renting a house we must carefully analyze what we are looking for to choose the most suitable one, according to our needs. Once we have found and chosen the apartment that we are interested in and always...

The real estate market is one of the main engines of the Spanish economy. On this basis, during the pandemic months, the real estate was resilient to economic uncertainty. Now, against a background of inflation, the real estate sector continues to grow, albeit at a more moderate pace. The risks of buying-renovate-selling in Madrid In the case of Madrid, the flipping house fever has reached the capital....

These days in Spain, we are in the middle of a heat wave and this is causing the temperatures to reach over 40ºC, which makes being in our house unbearable, especially during the hottest hours. To avoid feeling like we are inside an oven in our own home, we can follow a number of tricks to cool it without having to resort to air conditioning, either because we do not have these appliances or because we...