hI all,
I want to try and combine a few facts regarding this thread and the "Hall of Shame" thread.
I feel that a few people on here are being persecuted for being in a position where they are due to lose a lot of money and with it the faith in this country's property purchase system.
The simple answer to why people still want to buy in Spain is because it represents so many values that were once appreciated in the UK, family,values and respect for ones fellow man,the freedom for your children to play or explore without the fear of abduction,knife attack or worse.
The now retired generation of people that were raised with manners and decorum that now see the youth of today devoid of any respect or aknowledgement of sacrifices that have been made to create a Great Britain to see it reduced to tatters.
Before you start thinking i am agrumpy old man i'm 39 so maybe the "when i was young"stage has been prematurely forced on me by Sky news constantly making me bow my head daily with news from the motherland.
Firstly the reason we are not supposed to air our grievances and name names is because Justin the site owner can be and will be sued by any offended party if they feel that comments are libelous,his is the owner of the medium in which these opinions are expressed and in essence will be held culpable.
The only way around this is to do a survey of people that have used specific companies and allow them to be marked out of ten for quality of service etc.
It was mentioned on this forum that certain agents knew that Jumilla(san jose) was a danger and didnt take people there,i have also stated this in the past but i do not expect anyone who was taken there by an unscrupolous agent to know ant better,unfortunately at the end of the day people who bought on Jumilla in the boom HAD to trust someone and it was generally someone from their home country that spoke their own language in which they did so,this does not make them stupid,easily led,gullible or any number of adjectives that have been tossed around over the last few months.
Every day of our lives we have to put trust in someone whether it is the bus driver that takes our children to school or on the scale that could put your life savings in jeopardy.
If the credit crunch had not come along and the market had continued on at its heady pace then in my opinion Jumilla would have got finished with or without licences and demand would have pushed the development into completion,no bank guarantees would have been something that people would have looked back in retrospect and thought was quite risky but at least they would have been in their home.
Alas this has not been the case and here we sit in reflection,its easy to say that people should have known but they didn't so i wish all the people the very best in compensation.
Right,onto the recommending solicitors bit,as an agent i recomend every client that i have and buys a property through me uses the lawyer i recommend,there is one reason for this and one reason only,he is bloody good at what he does and straight as the day is long!! no kick backs,no conflict of interest,nothing,if i want to offer a good service that means good legal support for the CLIENT,i TRUST him after years of working together with no blemish on his record,if peolpe want to use other lawyers that fine with me but my duty is to provide the best service and due dilligence.
The double edged sword is the large agent with the lawyer in his pocket so be aware but do not close yourself with the idea that because someone is recomended there has to be a alterior motive.
When talking about legalities, land grab,dodgy laws,lawyers,agents etc i hear people say that would never happen in the UK(DONT KID YOURSELF)but most of all remeber this is NOT the UK(thank heavens) people come to Spain for all the positives that are listed above,this is not some fictional paradise it is a country that is only 30 years out of dicatorship, it is a wonderful place to be but take nothing for granted and when standing in a queue at the town hall endlessly waiting to be seen or heard or chasing one form or another remember why you are here.
If you are suffering at the hands of the current situation surrounding developers just remember what made you want to be here in the first place,what doesnt kill you makes you stronger,when you come out of the other side it will be woth it.
I haven't posted for a while because of being under the weather so i hope that didn't bore or offend anyone.