Check the facts of a premises in the listing's own words

Which facts Claro reads

Claro reads the description the agency wrote, not only the price and size fields. Each requirement in your brief becomes a criterion, shown as a chip, and every premises is checked against it.

You can also name phrases the listing must contain, such as 'zona de paso' (a busy pedestrian location), or must not contain, such as 'sótano' (basement). Soft wishes, such as a bright unit on a quiet street, rank the results but never filter them out.

• Street level (a pie de calle), frontage in metres and shop window
• Corner unit
• Ceiling height (altura libre, the clear height from floor to ceiling)
• Smoke outlet (salida de humos, the extraction flue a cooking kitchen needs)
• Open plan (diáfano), step-free access and loading access
• Licence and the activity it names, for example cafetería or restauración
• Traspaso (taking over the lease, licence and fit-out for a fee): yes or no, and the amount when the listing states it
• Previous use of the premises
• Phrases the listing must or must not contain

Why 'not stated' is the useful answer

A tick-box filter gives two answers: yes or no. A listing that does not mention a smoke outlet then looks like a no, even though the premises may have one.

Claro gives three answers. 'Not stated' means the listing does not say, and Claro never treats it as a no or a yes.

In practice, skip the premises marked not met and call the agency about the not stated ones with one precise question before booking a visit. In the example above, the food-service licence is not stated, so the question to ask is whether the premises holds one and for which activity.

• Met: the listing says so, and Claro quotes the sentence (example: “Local con salida de humos”)
• Not met: the listing says otherwise, for example a ceiling of 2.6 m against a brief asking for at least 3 m (example)
• Not stated: the listing does not say; ask before you visit

Requisitos excluyentes y valorables in one brief

Expansion teams split their requirements into requisitos excluyentes (deal-breakers) and requisitos valorables (nice-to-haves). Claro handles both in the same brief.

Hard criteria filter: a smoke outlet, a rent ceiling or street level decides whether a premises matches. Wishes rank: a bright unit or a quiet street moves a premises up the list but never removes one.

Write them the way you would brief a broker, in any language, or upload the requirements sheet you already have. The chips show what Claro read, and you correct them in plain words.

• Hard: 'smoke outlet', 'street level', 'rent under €6,000 a month', 'ceiling at least 3 m'
• Hard: 'licence for cafetería', 'must not mention sótano'
• Soft: 'bright', 'quiet street', 'ideally a corner unit'

Rules differ by city: use the guides

Whether a format needs a smoke outlet, which licence route applies and what a traspaso transfers depend on the activity and the city. Claro tells you what the listing says; the guides explain what to check next.

A verdict is a reading of the listing. It does not replace a technical inspection, a check with the council or the advice of your licensing consultant.

• Smoke outlet in Madrid and Barcelona: what a listing should say and what to confirm on site
• Food-service licence: what the licence is and how to check whether a listing states one
• Barcelona licence classes C1, C2 and C3: how listings name them
• Traspaso: what it usually includes and how to read it in a listing

Add location figures and competitors to the same brief

Listing facts and location facts work in one sentence. The same brief can ask for a smoke outlet and at least 12,000 people a day walking past, or a food-service licence and no burger restaurant within 300 m.

Footfall, residents, age, income and spending power come from a Casafari group company and are shown where available; see footfall and catchment as criteria. Competitor distances run from 1 to 1,000 m in a straight line, and with access the top 20 results are re-checked on foot.

Each job Claro does is set out in all use cases.