21 Feb 2007 4:21 PM:hi,
i paid a deposit to an agent for a plot of land i was buying in murcia. the agent is english and lives in spain.
on the contract, and in numerous emails, the agent promised to repay the deposit if we couldn't obtain the appropriate building permissions. when my solicitor found that the permissions would not be granted i had to pull out of the purchase. the agent won't give me the deposit back. unfortunately i found out, after paying the deposit, that the vendor had not signed the contract, even though my solicitor had informed me that they had.
the agent told me that he gave half the deposit to the vendor, who lives in england. the agent kept the other half and promised me last november that he would return it to me but, despite many phone calls and emails, still hasn't done which leads me to believe that he will not be returning my deposit. my solicitor asked the vendor if he would, voluntarily, return the half which he had but he declined to do so.
i would be very grateful for a reply.
many thanks, regards, john allison
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