07 Jun 2007 9:07 AM:
Hi All,
Here's a message, partly covered by Dave's here on the same day (6 June), that I posted on the Las Lomas/El Soto community forum yesterday. I think the clouds are beginning to clear!
... Just back (Wed. a.m.) from 2 weeks in the area. After several fruitless calls and visits to the site sales office ("Sorry, no further news ...." etc.), on Monday we walked in and Ruth was all smiles: 5 minutes earlier she had received an email from her bosses at MENA which was on her screen. The gist is that the security problem/dispute is resolved (don't know how), the site is now open (... sesame, several gates were open, we walked around), keys will be available in a few days to get into apartments to measure up etc.). Info in posts above re the licence is more or less accurate -- the local government in Ojen changed colour in the recent elections, and nothing will happen until after their first general meeting (when? Don't know).
We also visited our lawyers for several things and they had just rung the town hall, who had indicated that there is no reason why there should be any problem in issuing the licence (but when ... ah, well...).
So things are progressing, but final completion is still a guess. Ruth said that MENA will be telling all lawyers that completion (Escritura?) could be done before the licence is issued, but it will be up to individuals to decide (obviously MENA want their money a.s.a.p.). Our lawyers should advise on the wisdom of doing that, but it seems pretty risky to me for the reasons outlined in earlier posts.
Re the gardens etc. -- the gardners are working, grass is coming through and it all looks "nearly there". However, there are still pipes and cables strung about, the pools are still full of muck and there is still a way to go. But the apartment blocks look great, the window boxes are blooming, so personally if legal completion happens in time for us to have the holiday we have planned for late July and August we'll go for it -- if the pools and gardens can't be used properly, the beaches at Elviria are only 10 minutes away!
And as someone else said above, the lunch in the Club House is really excellent at 10 euros for 3 courses on the terrace overlooking the golf course and our new abodes, so let's hope we can all be there in the summer.
Phil
Community thread:
Phase Two will noty be ready by March
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