27 Jun 2008 11:32 AM:
Jane,
We went over with friends of ours who are in the same situation for 2 days, we had a little meeting with Victor first thing in the morning on the Friday and he explained what we had to do and what he would do for us. His assistant then walked us to Aldeas offices to get our file (€400 for 2 pieces of paper - at least Dick Turpin wore a mask). She then took us to the notary waited with us and explained the paperwork before we signed in front of the notary. Honestly they were very very good and they both spoke very good English, it was all wrapped up well before lunch. Victor will tell you either go to Spain to sign Power Of Attourney over or go to a Spanish Embassy here to do it, I think it probably puts your mind at rest a little by doing it there and meeting them in person.
We were walking down the beach in Majocar Playa by 1pm.....
A word of advice if anybody is with Aldea try to get out of paying the fee to close your account, I was expecting maybe a 15-16 page document telling us what they had done and when - oh no, we got the 2 original Bank Guarentees and a front sheet in an envelope - daylighy robbery.
If you need anything else just ask.
Regards
Sean
Community thread:
beware!!! this could happen to you!!
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