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15 Dec 2015 5:49 PM:

Thank you for your replies.  I am aware of the rules regarding driving on an EU licence whilst in the UK.   What I was asking is - am I as a Spanish Resident holding a Spanish driving licence legally allowed to drive a British registered car in Spain.  I have been told my a friend that to do so would be breaking the law and if I were to have an accident whilst travelling through Spain en route to the UK my insurance would be invalidated and I could be in trouble with the police.  I am reluctant to swap my Spanish registered car for the UK one if I am inviting possible problems.

 


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22 Dec 2014 4:54 PM:

Floella and Starfox - I apologise if I misinterpreted your postings but as I read them, it did seem that there was a underlying insinuation that anyone who markets a property with the paperwork not being 100% in order was behaving dishonestly and was therefore a 'villain'.   Your subsequent explanations have clarified your messages - thanks for that.



Thread: Buyer withdraws due to Fuera de Ordenación classification

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22 Dec 2014 11:30 AM:

Thank you, acer, for your constructive comments.  Whilst we agree that the builder was the main culprit in this sorry saga, we find it impossible to accept that the Town Hall played no part in creating the problems.  Had they not granted a licence to build our house on 2000m2 when the builder had already built a  house on this very same 2000m2 plot 2 years earlier, there would have be no illegal house for us to buy.

 

When we bought off plan, we were assured by our then solicitor that the builder had the correct licences to build and yes, we did complete without a Habitation Certificate because we were assured by all concerned at the Notary that where they were dealing with an urbanisation, it was the standard practice of the particular Town Hall involved to issue these Certificates en bloc once the urbanisation was totally finished.  We were fairly relaxed about this given that we had previously had a house built on the coast and in that case, we also completed without a Habitation Licence, the document arriving a few months later without problem.  The law, even just a few years back, was not as stringent as it is now and Notaries/lawyers were certainly more relaxed about paperwork. 

 

What we want to say in response to the postings by starfox and floella  is that it was never our intention to try and fob our illegal property off on anyone.  When we first attempted to sell we were still awaiting the Habitation Licence and this fact was disclosed to all interested parties.  The situation, as had been put to us at the Notary, was explained to the buyers and their solicitors.  With the law having been tightened up considerably over the past couple of years, the buyers, not unreasonably, decided not to proceed in the absence of the certificate.

 

We immediately set about trying to get things put right.  Having sought the help of an independent architect, we spent a considerable amount of time and money in attending meetings with the Town Hall planners in an attempt to find a solution which would enable us to sell on with honesty and total security for any buyer.   Finally after 7 long years of trying, and after incurring yet more expense for legal help,  we finally obtained the Second Occupation Licence which the Town Hall insist is all that is needed to be able to sell on with total security for a buyer.  We thought, naively it now seems, that the the FdeO (Outside of Management) classification was merely confirmation that no action could be taken against us or the property in respect of the planning irregularities due to the passage of time.   Believing that the matter had been put in order, we had no hesitation in providing a copy of the Escritura, Occupation Licence and the accompanying FdeO letter to the most recent buyer’s solicitors.  

 

Acer, with regard to the ‘no mortgage’ comments made by the solicitor, the buyer explained that the solicitor had said that because the FdeO meant we could do nothing to the building except minimal maintenance,  the building would over time deteriorate to the extent that it would eventually fall down and therefore no bank would accept it as security for a loan.      We were not in any way attempting to blame the buyers solicitors for doing their job, we were just taken aback at their total condemnation of the property and were simply asking whether they were just being ultra cautious or whether we could expect all solicitors to respond in a like manner.  We posed the question because over the past couple of years houses on this urbanisation have changed hands, with at least 2 having been bought with the aid of a mortgage. 

 

We also asked the question as to whether anyone had been successful in having this classification removed as, far from being the villains portrayed by starfox and floella, we will be prepared to expend more time and money if it will ensure that any future buyer is 100% secure in his purchase. 

 

Stupid we may have been in our purchase of this property but dishonest we are not where the sale is concerned.

 



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19 Dec 2014 5:00 PM:

We are the owners of one of one of 33 houses on an urbanisation built 8-10 years ago. The land was correctly classified as urbano and the urbanisation was in 2009 fully adopted by the local Town Hall notwithstanding the fact that the builder constructed every house in contravention of this or that planning rule i.e. too many metres, illegal third storeys, too close to the road etc.   The houses themselves were refused First Occupation Licences.  The main complaint of the Town Hall (Valencia Province) was  that the builder built each house on a 1000m2 plot when each property required 2000m2.   The Town Hall however knew what the builder was going to do as, in our case, they issued a licence for our house when a house had already been constructed 2 years previously on the same 2000m2 plot.

Our efforts to get the Town Hall to acknowledge their part in the fiasco and put things right for the owners have been fruitless but they have finally been persuaded to issue Second Occupation Licences to enable the properties to be sold on. However, having finally secured a buyer, he has been advised by his lawyer not to touch the house with a bargepole due to the fact that it has been given a ´Fuera de Ordenación´ classification. Seemingly this classification places a great many restrictions on what can be done to the property and with these restrictions in place, according to the solicitor, will never be acceptable to a bank as security for a mortgage as it has a limited lifetime.   The buyer could realistically therefore expect to make a loss when he comes to sell in future.

Our house is fully and correctly registered at the Land Registry and we have been paying full IBI since Day 1 and we had thought that with the Licence of Second Occupation we could at last look forward to moving on, assuming of course we could find that one elusive buyer!  Now it seems that the Licence stands for very little - how many people want to own a house they can do nothing to other than slap a coat of paint on now and again?

We are curious, do all solicitors take such a damning view of properties with a FdeO classification or is there scope for more balanced opinion?  The house is only 8 years old and hopefully will be standing for many years to come, far longer than the usual term of a mortgage.  Has anyone on here sold a property with this problem?  Is it possible to have the FdeO classification removed?  If so, what do we need to do.    We are at our wits end with this situation.



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04 Mar 2013 7:41 PM:

I do hope that your reply was intended as a general response and not a personal attack on me as the originator of the thread. My last paragraph should have made it clear that I was seeking a solution which would enable me to sell on in an honest way and thus with a clear conscience and thus a happy ending for all concerned.

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