17 Apr 2008 8:25 PM:

????Am I missing something here???

Forum thread: Certificate of habitation

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15 Apr 2008 10:59 PM:

This is all very worrying. We are waiting for the same piece of paper for an apartment that we have been waiting four years for - 2 years over the completion suggested in the contract! Clearly this is not unusual. However, our mortgage company will not hand over the money until the LIcense is in place, quite rightly in our view - we are glad that someone seems to be acting responsibly on our behalf.

 The LIcense has apparently been applied for but no-one seems to know when it will be granted, most other buyers on the development seem to be going ahead without it. We do have bank guarantees for the large sum of money that the builder has had for four years, and we are told by our solicitor that we are entitled to cancel because of the delay if we so choose, and receive our money back with interest. This is apparently our legal right, but I guess there's a lot written in the law that doesn't get acted upon?!

Beginning to wish we'd just stuck with the camper van!

Forum thread: Certificate of habitation

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04 Apr 2008 11:12 AM:

Hello Oscar

You know our situation - we have been making plans on and off for over two years now to complete on our property. Yet again we were due to travel next week and now we find that the Habitation Licence is not in place and not likely to be for some weeks to come - probably putting another summer out of reach in terms of letting out our property. You did tell us that no more properties would be released until this was in place - so it's getting extremely difficult to know what to believe. We are bound to lose faith in the information provided when these things happen.

It's about time Atlantia realised that people do want and are entitled to a return on their money, which has been lent without any return whatsoever, for four years now - they should be making a much greater effort to address this issue. We are not rich people, the money in Atlantia's bank account represent a very important part of our future, and we are not about to leave it lying idle for much longer - nor are we going to be talked in to an unwise, possibly illegal committment.

Leigh

Community thread: INDUSTRIAL UNITS - WAREHOUSES TO LET

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29 Mar 2008 6:59 PM:

Hi

Is there a particular reason why you are looking for a broker over there? We have used HIFX as our broker, they have offices here and in Spain, and we used them to move the money for the stage payments etc. so have a relationship with them. It has been useful to have them deal with the Halifax (Espana) for us with regard to the mortgage. It's helpful as we have opened a Halifax account here and in Mazarron and it's free to transfer money in either direction. So, we are going for a euro mortgage with the Spanish Halifax, but it means we can take all our docs into the local branch here to have them stamped and certified, so no sending off of passports etc.  We were amazed to have the valuation reports e-mailed to us in English and Spanish - very interesting reading, seems there's still one or two pieces of paper to be found by Atlantia before they get our money!

How's your property coming along, and when do you plan to visit? We are supposed to be leaving here in just over a week.............hmm! Be nice to get away from the rain though!

Leigh

Community thread: polaris world hr phase2 resale

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23 Mar 2008 12:00 AM:

Hi

Interested to know how other Phase 2 purchasers are getting on with their arrangements for possibly taking over their properties at last! As usual, information from Atlantia is scant and contradictory - we have decided that it's probably best ignored and are just trying to arrange things through our solicitor.

What are your plans re: 'snagging'? Given the extended 2-year wait, we are in no hurry to sign and hand over loads more money until everything is absolutely as it should be, because the signs are not good for getting anything done in a hurry are they?

Be interested to know when some of you other Phase 2 owners are planning to go over - it's probably about time some of us met each other! Please send private replies, I think this discussion site has lost some of its value for us since the developer started to contribute!

Leigh

Community thread: INDUSTRIAL UNITS - WAREHOUSES TO LET

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