Casa Son Cabaspre, Esporles
The mountains start where the garden stops.
A restored finca above Esporles, in the Serra de Tramuntana
Eight thousand square metres on the slope above Esporles, with the Tramuntana closing the view on three sides and the village ten minutes down the hill. Five bedrooms, 350 m² taken back from a ruin, a pool facing the mountains — and a finishing plan already drawn.
The road ends at your gate
Esporles is ten minutes down the hill — a working village with a Saturday market, a bakery and a school, not a resort. The road out of it climbs, turns twice and stops at the gate. From there it is eight thousand square metres of your own, with the Tramuntana closing the view on three sides.
Above you there is nothing but mountain.
Someone already did the hard part
This was a ruin. It was taken back to the stone and rebuilt — 350 square metres, five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a fireplace that draws, solar on the roof, a garage for two. It is move-in ready today. What is left is not repair work.
You could sleep here on Friday.
Three things turn a good house into one people argue over
A country kitchen. A wider opening from the living room onto a pergola — a long table in the shade, the pool a few steps beyond. Past the water, a yoga deck and a grove of olive, lemon and orange planted across the land. All three are drawn and costed, and all three are built before anyone moves in. We sell the finished house, not the one standing today.
Two of these pictures are drawings. The lemons are already on the trees.
Eight thousand square metres and no one overlooking it
Old olives, agave, lemons already in the ground, and room for the grove. The pool faces the mountains. Esporles is ten minutes down, Palma half an hour, and the coast at Banyalbufar closer than either.
Dinner runs late because there is nowhere to be.
What it costs to buy it, and what it costs to hold it.
Most buyers of a house like this live somewhere else, so the honest answer has two halves: what Spain charges, and what your own country does with it afterwards. Here is the first half, in full.
As it stands
€1,650,000 + your own renovation
| Transfer tax (ITP), Balearic scale | €168,000 |
| Notary and land registry | €2,100 |
| Your own lawyer, about 1 % + VAT | €20,000 |
| Renovation, as budgeted | €150,000 |
| IVA on the building work, 10–21 % | €15,000–€31,500 |
| Total, move-in-ready | €2,005,000–€2,022,000 |
Move-in-ready
€1,800,000 finished by Homebase
| Transfer tax (ITP), Balearic scale | €186,000 |
| Notary and land registry | €2,100 |
| Your own lawyer, about 1 % + VAT | €22,000 |
| Renovation | done, in the price |
| IVA on the building work | in the price |
| Total, move-in-ready | €2,010,000 |
Buying as it stands, transfer tax is paid on the lower price, but the building work carries IVA: 10 % when it qualifies as renovation of a home, otherwise 21 %. Your lawyer confirms the rate. Move-in-ready moves the works, the permits, the timeline and the risk to Homebase. Agent commission is paid by the seller in both cases.
While you own it
Every year, whole house
| IBI, the council tax | see the file |
| Imputed income tax, if you do not let it | 19–24 % of a notional 1.1–2 % |
| Rental income, if you do let it | 19 % of profit, EU/EEA 24 % of gross, others |
| Wealth tax, on Spanish assets over €700,000 | Balearic scale |
When you sell
Whatever you paid, this comes later
| Capital gains, non-resident | 19 % of the gain |
| Withheld by the buyer, on account | 3 % of the price |
| Plusvalía, the town hall’s land tax | two methods, lower applies |
| Purchase costs and invoiced improvements | reduce the gain |
The Balearic transfer tax is progressive: 8 % on the first €400,000, 9 % to €600,000, 10 % to €1m, 12 % to €2m and 13 % above. Each rate applies only to its own slice. Tax is calculated on the deeded price or the cadastral reference value, whichever is higher. Figures are indicative and confirmed by your lawyer before you sign.
Spain taxes the house. Your country taxes you.
A treaty decides which one gives way, and the mechanism differs by country. Pick yours — each opens in a new tab.
General information, not tax advice. Reviewed September 2026. The full picture, including how a Spanish sale works →
Esporles is not a resort. It has a Saturday market, a bakery, a school and a football pitch, and most of the people in it live there all year. The road out of the village climbs, turns twice and ends at the gate. Son Cabaspre, Esporles The map shows the area, not the house. The exact address is shared with registered buyers.Esporles — a working village in the Tramuntana
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Photos and films — as it is today, and move-in-ready
The vision — how it looks when move-in-ready. All visuals → The upgrade budget of €150.000 is part of the finished price — no renovation to fund after you buy.
Bought as it is. Delivered finished
As it stands, or finished.
The whole house on its 8,000 m², restored and move-in ready. Full title, one owner.
The whole house with the three upgrades built in — the country kitchen, the pergola and long table, the yoga deck and the planted grove. €150,000 of work, budgeted, on top of the house as it stands.
Everything, in plain numbers.
The property
The land
Systems
Letting
The numbers
Esporles and the Tramuntana
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Torben Aagaard
Torben founded Mallorca Homebase and holds the mandate on this house himself. Ask him anything — as it stands, or finished.
