When we came to Spain in Sept 2006 to check on the progress of our apartment, we were horrifed to note that it clearly did not have the uninterrupted panoramic views we were promised. We were a first floor apartment in block 5. Despite this openly being acknowledged by the sales person who sold us the property, no-one was interested as "we had signed the contract". We were advised at best that we might be able to swap with another apartment but at this stage, the development didn't meet up to the expectations of the sales hype.
Despite being told we had no hope of having our money returned and having gone through 2 years of anxiety and stress, we now have our deposit safely returned (plus an award of interest and contribution towards legal fees). We used our bank guarantee and of course our solicitors to litigate and the San Roque court found in our favour. Everyone told us the odds were stacked against us but we new we had to try and were willing to take the risk. The point of this email is to give hope to others who purchased and find themselves in a similar position to ours.