Larouco auctions a 65-square-meter home on Bienvenido Arias Street

The Larouco City Council calls for a public auction for the disposal of an urban dwelling of 65 square meters located at Bienvenido Arias street number 4, in the municipality itself. The call was agreed upon by the Mayor’s Resolution nº 2026-0227, dated November 6, 2026, and published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense on November 12, 2026, within section IV, Local Entities, with official reference 353269.

The auction affects a municipal heritage asset, that is, a property that is part of the council’s heritage and which it decides to sell to obtain income. The procedure is governed by the specific terms and conditions, which are available to interested parties on the municipal electronic office (larouco.sedelectronica.gal), and follows the modality of disposal through an open auction to the highest price.

A dwelling from 1888 with pending charges

The property subject to sale is identified by the cadastral reference 1401102PG5910S0001OK and presents the following characteristics according to the official announcement:

• Class: urban.
• Use: residential.
• Surface area: 65 m².
• Ownership coefficient: 100%, meaning the entirety of the property.
• Year of construction: 1888.
• Charges or encumbrances: urban IBI (Property Tax) charges amounting to €207.01 are listed.

The age of the building, with more than 130 years, and the reduced surface area place it in the segment of replacement housing or investment in small inland towns of Ourense, rather than the purchase of a primary residence for families.

Fifteen calendar days to submit offers

The deadline for submitting proposals is 15 calendar days and begins to count from the day following the publication of the announcement in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense, that is, from November 13, 2026. Offers shall be presented at the City Council Registry, through the electronic office of the Larouco City Council.

• Place of submission: Concello de Larouco, r/ Comercio, 10, 32358 (Ourense).
• Telephone: 988 348 002.
• Fax: 988 328 513.
• Date and time of the auction: November 25, 2026, at 12:00 hours.
• Location of the session: plenary hall of the Larouco City Council.
• Award criterion: a single criterion, necessarily that of the best price.

A common procedure in small councils

The announcement is part of the habitual practice of the province’s municipalities, which use public auctions to dispose of heritage assets of little use. In the same year, the Cortegada City Council published a similar procedure for the disposal of a 1,030 m² plot in the business park, although in that case the deadline was 15 business days and the auction did not have a fixed date, but was instead convened within the ten business days following the conclusion of the proposal admission period.

In Larouco, the local government is headed by Mayor Patricia Lamela Rodríguez, who signs the municipal announcements sent to the provincial bulletin, and includes the first deputy mayor, María Cristina López Gutiérrez, who exercised the delegation of all Mayoral functions between October 9 and 13, 2026, due to the absence of the titular.

Unlike other auctions in which the announcement sets a starting valuation, the text published on November 12 does not expressly include a minimum bidding price, therefore any interested party must consult the specific terms and conditions on the electronic office to learn the economic requirements and formal requirements of the proposal.

Relevance for residents and investors

The auction opens the possibility for a private individual or a small investor to acquire a home in the center of Larouco through a regulated and transparent procedure, although the buyer will assume both the material state of a building from 1888 and the IBI (property tax) charges weighing on the property. For the council, the operation represents a source of asset income and, at the same time, a mechanism to bring a home currently under municipal ownership back into use.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of Ourense, November 12, 2026, section IV. Local Entities (official reference: 353269 / Mayoral Resolution No. 2026-0227).