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If there's one village in the southeast that lives facing the sea, it's the Colònia de Sant Jordi. A working harbour, a seafront promenade, restaurants almost in the water, and some of the finest beaches in Mallorca a stone's throw away. It belongs to the municipality of Ses Salines, it's right on our doorstep, and we know it all twelve months of the year. We'll tell you what living here is really like:...

Felanitx is the least known of the big southeastern villages — and that is precisely what makes it one of the most interesting. It has the lot: a centuries-old winemaking tradition, one of the most impressive medieval castles in Mallorca, a hilltop sanctuary with views over half the island, and, fifteen minutes away, one of the prettiest natural harbours on the whole coast — Portocolom. It's in our...

Campos isn't a postcard village, and that's exactly why it's one of the most authentic in the southeast. This is the real Mallorca: farming land, livestock, local produce and quiet living, twelve months of the year. People don't come here to take photos — they come here to live. It's in our area and we know it well, so we'll tell you what it's genuinely like: practical, affordable and, contrary to what...

Santanyí is one of those villages you fall for at first sight, but only really get to enjoy once you stay. This is our part of the island — the southeast — and we know it from walking its streets all twelve months of the year. Golden stone and warm light, sea and unspoilt coves, art and village life all at once. We'll tell you what it's like to live here without the postcard gloss: what makes it...

Ses Salines is one of those villages you can't understand in passing. You have to stay a while — do the shopping on an ordinary Tuesday, have a coffee in the square, and watch how, once summer leaves, the village goes back to belonging to its residents. This is our village — we live and work here all twelve months of the year — so we'll tell you about it without the postcard gloss: the good, the...

Key Takeaway for US Buyers: While a US architect can provide conceptual design consulting, they are legally forbidden from officially designing or signing off on a Spanish construction project. US buyers must hire a fully licensed Spanish architect (Arquitecto) to submit blueprints and assume the massive structural liability. The legal monopoly of the Spanish architect For highly visionary United States...

Key Takeaway for US Buyers: In Spain, resolving disputed or ambiguous rural property boundaries requires executing a "Deslinde y Amojonamiento." This formal legal and topographical process forces neighboring owners to agree on the exact physical borders, legally anchoring the massive Mallorca estate against encroachment. The chaos of invisible rural borders When affluent United States citizens acquire a...

Key Takeaway for US Buyers: If a property is located in an ANEI or ARIP environmental protection zone in Mallorca, US buyers face an absolute, draconian ban on new construction. You cannot build a new home, expand the footprint, or add a pool, making the preservation of existing grandfathered structures vital. The apex of Spanish environmental protection For affluent United States citizens searching for...

Key Takeaway for US Buyers: Building a massive basement under a rustic country house is fiercely restricted in Mallorca. To prevent overdevelopment, the Balearic government strictly counts subterranean basements against the property's maximum allowable building volume, destroying the US strategy of infinitely expanding underground. The illusion of unlimited underground expansion For affluent United...

Key Takeaway for US Buyers: The ICIO (Impuesto sobre Construcciones, Instalaciones y Obras) is a mandatory municipal tax levied on any construction project in Spain. For US buyers executing a massive luxury renovation, this tax requires paying approximately 4% of the total architectural budget directly to the Town Hall before building begins. The hidden tax of luxury renovations For highly visionary...