09 Feb 2011 7:37 PM:

Thanks for that information - I will contact Amanda.  Much appreciated! Cole

Thread: English vehicles

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08 Feb 2011 4:18 PM:

We don't actually live in Spain & only manage about 5 trips a year for 2 weeks each time.  From the forum I see that the process can be very drawn out & I'm not sure my GCSE level Spanish would be sufficient! Cole

Thread: English vehicles

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08 Feb 2011 3:00 PM:

Have been reading your posts with interest.  We have been looking for someone to register our UK car that 'resides' in Spain onto Spanish plates on our behalf but have drawn a blank.  We are in the La Manga, Murcia area.  Can anyone recommend someone to do this on our behalf?  Due to the nature of the advertising rules I guess this would need to be a private reply. Cole

Thread: English vehicles

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06 Aug 2008 12:50 PM:

We too contracted to purchase an apartment on Condado de Alhama after paying a deposit of 64000 euros.  Nine months later we received notice from PW that the development would not be proceeding due to planning problems.  We were offered a 10% reduction on another PW development which we declined & asked for a full refund plus interest on our money that PW had held for nearly a year.  PW agreeed the refund but refused to pay any interest or compensation as the cancellation was 'beyond their control'!  Our solicitor advised that the only way to pursue them for interest was through the Spanish courts which could be a very lengthy procedure & would involve untold fees.  We settled for the return of our money without interest but spent several hours at PW offices arguing with their legals over the content of the disclaimer they wanted us to sign to prevent us from ever pursuing them for interest on our money.  We eventually had the disclaimer changed slightly & they then gave us a cheque for our 64000 euros.  As this had been written out from their London branch & we paid it into our Spanish bank account, our bank then charged us 500 euros to clear it.  Buyer beware!!!

Thread: Refunds from Polaris World

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22 Feb 2007 10:54 AM:

We purchased a house from Peinsa at Playa Paraiso near La Manga some four years ago. Everything went well & the snagging list which was only a few items was dealt with promptly.  In the years since we have had some roof problems during heavy weather but the builders did return & put things right.  Some of the neighbours have had other problems but these have eventually been corrected albeit in typical spanish time frames! We do at present have a complaint against the developer about the surrounding area as we were told that no more high rise properties would be built & yet some have now been allocated & also the local services that we were promised such as shops & recreational areas have not materialised.  I don't know how typical this sort of thing is but we have a local action group which definitely seems to be helping to prove us Brits are not pushovers.

COLE

Thread: looking for the low down on PEINSA please

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