Each case is examined on an individual basis and a basic requirement for the sale or purchase of land (Outside the Town Planning Zone) is the granting of specific attestations from public services and that the building restrictions and land usage are in public knowledge.

Some basic regulations that sellers or buyers should be aware of are:

1)   An attestation by the Forestry Department is necessary; this Attestation determines whether all, part, or none of the land is classified as forest area. The section of the land that has been classified as forest may not be built upon.

2)   An attestation (if necessary) by the Archaeological Service that the land is not classified as an archaeological site. In the event that a section or all of the land has been classified as an archaeological site, then that section or all of the land cannot be built upon.

3)   A land survey map is necessary and, in the event that the land is adjacent to the sea, the shoreline must be determined on the land survey map. The section of the land that is between the sea and the shoreline may not be built upon.

4)   Building restrictions regarding hotel development should be in public knowledge.

5)   Building restrictions regarding residential development should be in public knowledge.

6)   It is useful, but not necessary, to have a land survey map accompanied by a 'statement of identification of boundaries', by the owners of the bordering land plots. This is a private notarized document defining the boundaries of the plot of each respective land owner, in order to ensure there are no future claims by any party.

Hotels may be built on almost all land plots and the same building restrictions apply throughout Greece, apart from a few exceptions concerning which separate legal restrictions apply while, in a few of these, residential development is permissible due to the decreased square metres that may be built upon.