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It depends. If the value of the building is more than the value of the land,
the buildingis conjugal and the land becomes conjugal property under
Article 120 of the Family Code. This is a case of reverse accession, where
the building is considered as the principal and the land, the accessory. If,
on the other hand, the value of the land is more than the value of the
building, then the ordinary rule of the accession applies where the land is
the principal and the building, the accessory. In such case, the land remains
paraphernal property and the building becomes paraphernal property.