Cèdula in Catalan or Cédula in Spanish – note the accent changes direction.

Call a rose by any other name and it will smell as sweet. So they say, but this word cèdula smacks more of the horse muck – commonly used as mulch around it, than the sweet evening scent of budding roses along the garden fence.

The Cèdula refers to the Certificate of Habitation required to sell your property.

The utterance of this word across Catalonia fills the home-owners with dread. Not to mention the other people that it is having a knock on effect with:- lawyers, estate agents, buyers, town halls, notaries and yes, even, the Banks- the whole  of the Catalonian economy grinds to  an abrupt stop in a shamble of shivering shudders! Why? Bless all politicians – because the Socialist party brought in a well intended, but misguided reform bill to protect the  rustic land of Catalonia and to protect all property purchasers, be it rustic, village, urban or city houses.

Read more …. in the May article of Rosie Reay in “Tales from the EbroValley” in Catalunya Chronicles now uploaded online and out in paper print too.

http://www.chroniccat.com/index.php/2010/04/tales-from-the-ebro-river-valley/

Maybe you are in this situation yourself. Maybe you know of someone going through this nightmare. Maybe you have a solution. Maybe you have an idea how we can get this resolved.

Far too many maybe’s! So let’s get noticed. Let’s work together – please leave your comments here or on the www.ChronicCat.com.

You may also email me privately RosieReay@Foden Press.com.

Let’s get the Catalonian economy moving again. This is our homelands now.