06 Oct 2009 11:35 PM:

Evening all, quick note as I have only just found your site. We agreed to buy off plan through Town & Country SouthWest, based in Trowbridge Wilts, in 2004 for a property in Sector 4 de Garrucha being built by Ingofersa. To this day we understand that there has been no progress on the site and the more I read and hear the less I believe that we will ever see our money back. Unfortunately due to the guidance of the agent we paid our deposit direct to the builder and we therefore don't have the benefit of being covered by a Bank guarantee which I understand would have enabled us to claim the money back by now. We feel like we have been conned and are in regular contact with two solicitors, Asesores AG2 and Fuster & Associates. Both have established that we have correctly cancelled our contract with the builder but as yet we have not gone to Court because there appears to be no point. I actually managed to speak with a lady called Patricia in the offices of Ingofersa a couple of months ago and she confirmed to me that they were still trading but the local Court is still refusing permission for the building to commence. Apparently they check twice weekly with the Court to see if anything moving but so far nothing happening. She has offered an alternative property should we wish to go out and discuss but quite honestly we just want our money back. She also claimed to have invested her own money in the devlopment and said that as soon as the bank release funds to the Directors that all those owed money will be repaid. I don't buy it and think it's just a complete carve up as been waiting now for 3 years after we cancelled the contract. Steve Parkinson's note looks the most promising and I hope it's correct. Here's hoping...

Thread: Ingofersa

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