Help and advice needed

It's complex, just to explain one point, utility bills have a charge over the property, even if bills go to another person, so they have a copy of the deeds, changing name and accounts is very tricky. you can only be guided by the lawyers, hopefully they will come up with a solution. Good luck with this, will not be simple.  

Wow, so a simple switch of supplier of company wouldn’t work. 

My lawyers are struggling at the moment and the money will soon run out.

I do have the exact same name as my father so I thought I could just switch utilities into my name ?  Or contact the current providers and say I have a new bank account (ie my new one)

Think I’d continue in your dads name lol

That might be the only they way, you cannot simply switch supplier in Spain, due to the charge over the property, unlike UK it's a country of 'no trust'. Sorting things on the phone also difficult, it's like police state, ID and papers needed all the time. back to what I said "you will be very much in the hands of the local lawyers". 

That might be the only they way, you cannot simply switch supplier in Spain, due to the charge over the property, unlike UK it's a country of 'no trust'. Sorting things on the phone also difficult, it's like police state, ID and papers needed all the time. back to what I said "you will be very much in the hands of the local lawyers". 

I would dump your Spanish law firm. Clearly they have been unable to provide you with meaningful advice in respect of your handicapped Dad.

You should speak to a UK based law firm which provides dual UK/Spanish legal and notary services regarding a Spanish PoA (with a Hague Apostille). They could also write to the Bank on your Dad’s behalf 

We had a similar situation. Father in law died. Mother in law informed their bank, Banalmadina, Halifax and account was immediately suspended. They would not pay any bills. At the time we also owned a property in Costa Blanca and had an account with Halifax - Spain. We went into our  Halifax branch and they transferred all the direct debits etc onto our account. Not sure if you can possibly do this with your bank, might be worth trying.

 Im not 100% sure but you might be able to set up a joint account with Starling bank and switch the DDs to the euro account on there.  Might be worth giving them a ring.  Good luck.