The most viral ad: 14 square meter apartment for sale in Madrid

Access to the purchase of a home in Spain, especially in large cities such as Madrid or Barcelona, is increasingly difficult. This is one of the reasons why the number of rental homes has skyrocketed in the last five years. Of course, there are also those who take advantage of the situation and offer apartments for sale at a very cheap price, even if they do not even meet the minimum habitability conditions. This week the announcement of the sale of a flat in Madrid of only 14 square meters, published in ‘Idealista’, has gone viral on social networks. Its price? 66,000 euros The seller describes it as an “opportunity” since it originally cost 69,000 euros, so whoever buys it can save 3,000 euros. The property is located on the Paseo de las Acacias on the corner of Calle Ercilla. It is a good area to live in Madrid, although the conditions of the apartment are not so. The advertisement warns those interested that it is a “very small apartment”, although one or two people can live in it without any trouble. It is “ideal” for a couple. Despite having only 14 square meters, it has everything you need to live: kitchen, bathroom, living room, bed… It is ready to move in from now on. However, judging by the photos, not everything is as idyllic as the Seller wants prospective buyers to believe. From what we can see in the images, the apartment has a 90-centimeter bed right next to a small closet and, in front, the kitchen.Minimum housing conditions in Madrid Taking into account this sale announcement, we ask ourselves the question whether it is legal.The minimum conditions that a home must meet in order to be habitable are defined in the Urban Planning Regulations of the General Urban Planning Plan of Madrid PGOUM and the Technical Building Code CTE. The general requirements are as follows. The house must have a hole in the façade open to the public road, and the length of the façade must be at least three meters. A house must have an area of at least 38 square meters. If it is a study, it can be reduced up to 25 square meters. Therefore, the Madrid ad floor does not meet this requirement.