09 Feb 2015 10:59 AM:

Hi Laser-Sailor,

Thanks for your reply ;o)

We will only be using the apartment for vacations and extended weekends - do you think we need fixed or mobile number then? If possible we would rather spend a little more on the internet connection instead of the telephones.

We will certainly go to the mar-y-mar and try that out next week

Any suggestions regarding a keyholder?

Regards

/Dan

 

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07 Feb 2015 1:57 PM:

 

Hi Toumy,

We're new owners as well (bought in october).

We also had to pay 6000€ to a lawyer we never met to get the apartment off the market.

We had some problems/issues buying our apartment, but all in all were happy and were going down there next friday for our first holiday. Short explanation off our problems - you can pm me if you want to know more..

we were surprised with all the extra costs that came up along the process (lawyer, tax, bank fees and so on), we ended up paying around 18% in addition to the original price. (Collimentary taxes not included - fear for a letter waiting for us down there)

When we bought we were told by our broker that Prime Invest would fix any issues with the apartment that we would find within two weeks after completion - this was not the case, the broker lied to us! Until now there were som minor issues that we will try to fix next week.

The squaremeters on the blueprint that we were given from Prime Invest were far from correct, (the blueprint states that apto = 102 and terazas = 22,92 sqm - the real measurement showed 84 sqm and 14 sqm! We tried to get an explanation from Prime Invest, but they told us that it was the walls in the apartment which is all wrong!

If you are not in Spain signing the "power of attorney" in a legal office, the spanish law requires that you get it signed in a legal office in your home country and then go to the foreign department to get the "Apostile Haag" stamp. 

Our lawyer failed to contact the water and electricity company in time, so when we went there to furnish the apartment we had no water/electricity for the first 5 days - not until we went to the offices our selfes we got them to open it (very nice and helpfull people)

Welcome to contact me, and if you have any good ideas/information for us we would be gratefull as well.

Regards

Dan

 

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07 Feb 2015 12:17 PM:

Hi, we bought our apartment in building 20 in october and i have a few questions to all you experts down there ;o)

1. When we turn on the oven the main circuit breaker activates - not when we just use the hotplates, only the oven. I read that some others had the same problem and wonder if anyone has the phonenumber/adress for the electrician who did the repair?
2. Our doorhandle from the hall to the master bedroom has come off - so that the door doesn't open. When we took off the handle too see what was the problem, small metal parts came out of the hole. Has anyone got a phonenumber/adress for a locksmith in the area
3. We wan't to get a internet connection down there - any suggestions what company delivers the best connection at a reasonable price right now?
4. Does anyone have a installation in the apartment so that you can keep an eye on the consumption of the electricity?
5. I see that there is many owners from UK - wonder how many from Scandinavia who bought? I'm Danish leaving in Sweden with my Swedish wife and our two kids 

We're coming down on our first holiday next friday the 13., staying for a week - if you have any suggestions for things to see, restaurants or other things - we would like to know

Looking forward to spending time in Spain and getting to know the urbanisation and the people in it ;o)

Regards

Dan

 

 

 

 

 

This message was last edited by dks1968 on 07/02/2015.
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