Software for property developers: sell your new build unit by unit.

In new builds the buyer usually pays part of the price before receiving the home: reservation, deposit and stage payments during construction. The first additional provision of Law 38/1999 on Building Regulation requires anyone developing homes who wants to collect payments on account during construction to guarantee their refund, plus statutory interest, through a surety insurance policy or a joint bank guarantee, in case the works do not start or are not completed within the agreed period. Those payments must also be received through a credit institution, into a special account kept separate from the developer's other funds.

For the agency marketing the development, this boils down to a question to ask before signing the first reservation: is the guarantee in place, and which is the special account? Putting it in the document reassures the buyer and prevents problems later.

The first delivery of a new home by the developer is subject to VAT. Article 91.Uno.1.7.º of Spanish VAT Law 37/1992 applies the reduced 10% rate to buildings or parts of buildings suitable for use as homes, including up to two parking spaces and annexes transferred with them. Second and subsequent deliveries are VAT-exempt (article 20.Uno.22.º) and, as a rule, fall under Transfer Tax (ITP).

In addition, the first copy of the public deed of sale is subject to Stamp Duty (AJD) at the rate approved by each autonomous community, under article 31.2 of the consolidated ITP and AJD Law; if the community has not approved one, 0.50% applies. That is why the costs calculator gives an estimate: the exact rate depends on the region and sometimes on the buyer's circumstances.

Royal Decree 515/1989 requires anyone selling homes to consumers to make available, among other things, the site and home plans, a description with usable floor area and the materials used (article 4), and an explanatory price note including the total price, with the agent's fees and VAT where the sale is subject to it, and the payment terms (article 6). And Royal Decree 390/2021 requires the energy label in advertising, stating whether it refers to the project certificate, the completed building or an existing building (article 15.2).

Having every unit properly described in FixrOS, with its floor area, type and price, makes it easier to prepare that documentation and ensures every agent gives the same information. If the development is also shown on the office's digital window, the details come from the same record.

A delivered development becomes a new owners' association, and often flats that investor buyers want to let. In FixrOS those steps live in the same system: property management for the new community in the Communities module and rental management in the Portfolio module, on the same properties and the same people.