25 Nov 2008 12:00 AM:

Hello everyone

We were in communication with Victor Sanchez this morning via an interpreter (our Spanish is not good enough) and we have clarified certain points which you may or may not know.

First of all, approximately 70 apartments have been contracted to be purchased or have already been purchased which leaves approximately two-thirds of the remaining apartments in the 21 blocks to sell.  As you know, Victor has engaged Sagesa to maintain the development.  Since we have been here we have seen gardeners tending the gardens and they are doing a superb job.

Victor commented that he is paying his share of the fees of the unsold apartments to Sagesa as they are under his control.

The electricity at the moment as you are aware is being supplied by Victor (Dream Hills) via a generator.  (At the moment this is being supplied free to us so therefore no one has been inconvenienced by this.  We know there were power cuts in the summer but all things break down.)  Victor stated that the problem was not their doing.  The main problem is that Dream Hills were sold the land with all the services supplied and in reality the electric supply was insufficient but Dream Hills did not know this when they purchasd the land.

Victor said that he is paying for a new sub-station/transformer out of his own pocket (translated via interpreter). 

The situation as we understand it at present is that an agreement has been signed with Sevillana (the electric company for Andalucia) and that the works for the new sub-station/transformer have to be done by Sevillana workers/employees because of Spanish law so Victor is unable to give us a timescale for completion of works because he is totally in the hands of Sevillana.  We believe if he could speed this up, he would.

As we understood the interpreter Victor will be looking at ways of recovering the costs back from Brisan (Marbella Club) who sold Dream Hills the land in the first place.

Also it was said that people who have delayed in completing have slowed things up and if we understood this bit correctly, under Spanish law he can recover all costs if Dream Hills so wish.

We hope this is of help to everyone. 

Mike and Carol

 

 

Community thread: Electricity Supply

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25 Nov 2008 12:00 AM:

Hello everyone

We were in communication with Victor Sanchez this morning via an interpreter (our Spanish is not good enough) and we have clarified certain points which you may or may not know.

First of all, approximately 70 apartments have been contracted to be purchased or have already been purchased which leaves approximately two-thirds of the remaining apartments in the 21 blocks to sell.  As you know, Victor has engaged Sagesa to maintain the development.  Since we have been here we have seen gardeners tending the gardens and they are doing a superb job.

Victor commented that he is paying his share of the fees of the unsold apartments to Sagesa as they are under his control.

The electricity at the moment as you are aware is being supplied by Victor (Dream Hills) via a generator.  (At the moment this is being supplied free to us so therefore no one has been inconvenienced by this.  We know there were power cuts in the summer but all things break down.)  Victor stated that the problem was not their doing.  The main problem is that Dream Hills were sold the land with all the services supplied and in reality the electric supply was insufficient but Dream Hills did not know this when they purchasd the land.

Victor said that he is paying for a new sub-station/transformer out of his own pocket (translated via interpreter). 

The situation as we understand it at present is that an agreement has been signed with Sevillana (the electric company for Andalucia) and that the works for the new sub-station/transformer have to be done by Sevillana workers/employees because of Spanish law so Victor is unable to give us a timescale for completion of works because he is totally in the hands of Sevillana.  We believe if he could speed this up, he would.

As we understood the interpreter Victor will be looking at ways of recovering the costs back from Brisan (Marbella Club) who sold Dream Hills the land in the first place.

Also it was said that people who have delayed in completing have slowed things up and if we understood this bit correctly, under Spanish law he can recover all costs if Dream Hills so wish.

We hope this is of help to everyone. 

Mike and Carol

 

 

Community thread: Electricity Supply

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30 Jun 2008 7:26 PM:

Hi all

We are now in receipt of our community charge quarterly bill.  We feel it is extremely high.  Does anyone know of any comparative costs of other developments?  We are challenging the bill.  If anyone else is doing so, please be kind enough to let us know. or even your thoughts on the costs.

Mike and Carol


This message was last edited by carolhayes4 on 6/30/2008.
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20 Apr 2008 10:08 AM:

Hi all

We also completed in July 2007 and have had 2 trips to our apartment so far.  We will be over again in early May (can't wait). 

We agree with the comments of Brian (Kyleman) and Mike and Judy (Egor).  We have a good relationship with Oscar and Caroline and they have been most helpful.  We do not regret completing before permanent water and electricity.  You have to trust people sometimes - we knew this was a gamble but when the Spanish Halifax Bank offered a reduction in the standard mortgage rate on this development (which we were told was unusual when speaking to an English person who has been working for them in Spain for approximately 20 years, he could only recall this happening twice before), this convinced us and with our Spanish solicitor's recommendation, we went ahead. 

The Spanish property market is in a mess on the Costas.  The developers have cut their cloth accordingly but have still kept the development going which is a big plus for us all.  We can understand Jen's reluctance to complete, but so far we are happy and do not regret it and our trust in the developers has been proven so far.

Hopefully our snagging will be completed but at least 50% of it had been completed before we returned from our last visit. 

Whilst writing, has anyone got any more information about the bridge over the motorway?

Regards to all

Mike and Carol

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21 Feb 2008 7:35 AM:

Hi Thea

Thanks for the information re electric meters.  We certainly did not know that. 

Have you any information regarding telephone connections at all?  We were told all was in place on the development but that Telefonica weren't yet in a position to do their bit.  Any information on that would be great.

Good news about the bridge across the AP7.  That will make the journey to La Hacienda so much better. 

We are out again in May so hope to meet you.

Regards,

Mike and Carol

Community thread: Driving with children

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