23 May 2008 11:53 PM:
I doubt that Hacienda Marina will ever be completed and handed over to you all. Aifos does not have building permission for some of the blocks and they cannot get completion certificates for those that may be completed. The spanish authorities and town halls know Aifos inside and out and are not giving any permission or granting completion for their properties in the Costa del Sol anyway. All due to the corruption scandal and the fact that they have taken people's money just to invest on half done developments in order to get more unsuspecting buyers. A VICIOUS CIRCLE. They are still operating but yes one day they will either go bankrupt or be closed down by the Spanish government. Unfortunately this does not help you all as your money will all be floating on half built properties. My advice is go to the best lawyer you can and get out just as we did. It took us three years to be told that our property did not even have an application licence yet they took thousands from us, then when we told them what we knew they tried to offer us other properties (only for us to find out they had completion problems and were not being granted occupational licence for the property they tried to offer us. It took us 8 months living out there in our holiday home to find a good lawyer who got our money back for us all within 21 days of our intial visit to the lawyer. However, everyones circumstances may be diferent so If not possible to do this then if you have paid a great deal of installment money, take them to court for Breach of Contract as Hacienda Marina entirity was supposed to be completed two years ago. It may take a few thousand but the cost of approx 7000 euros to gain back 90,000 euros is well worth it. Good Luck to you all Brown
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