10 Feb 2009 1:56 PM:

Hi Seamus,

We were left with a simple choice by our solicitor: lose 50,000 or risk losing all our 83,000 if we waited until LFO came in and then didn't complete.!  We flew  over especially for a meeting with one of the directors of Taray before we made a decision last October.  I swear he only gave us 3 minutes, sneered at us and told us to go to court if we weren't happy. That is what you are dealing with out there! We were stunned and decided over a few drinks to pull out that afternoon. We felt so abandoned and were shattered flying home to Ireland.

That was 4 months ago and although i will be paying for this for years to come i must say i think we made the right decision. We were sold a lie whatever happens. This is not the beautiful holiday home by the pool we thought we were buying for our kids! This is a spanish housing estate with a lot of decent people having been conned into false dreams by rogue builders. And the terrible thing is they look like they are going to get away with it! I feel sorry for all the decent people caught up in this but we were left to fend for ourselves. Before its too late everyone should unite out there. Dont let another brick go up. Then they will talk to you!

We also put down a deposit of almost 2,000 euro for furniture which we cant get back from the shop. I'm still trying to get that back but the agent we bought through is not helping out there.So all in all its been a nightmare especially having to tell my kids our holihay home is gone. That was worse than losing  the money! Maybe some of the facilities will go in, but nobody should have been put in our position. If Taray were genuine this would never have happened. Its not too late if you are determined enough but it is too late for us! Good luck.

Paul and Sandra.

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09 Feb 2009 9:57 PM:

Hi all,

 

Its sandra Greene here and I have not posted anything on this for a while ( bar the joke that backfired with tina).  Thanks finn for your words.  Yes  we are the couple who lost fifty grand.  A bitter pill to swallow and one we will have to pay for for many a year to come.  When we cancelled our hand was forced because joquin told us that after a certain point, not just when the lfo comes in, you can be forced to sign or lose your money.  We had to make that dreadful decision there and then .we could not afford to wait or take the risk.  I asked many a time on this forum for info and support but got very little bar from al finn ,laserman and one or two others.  All the info that tina put up recently was new to us and i wish we had known it earlier.  Al and fionnula sorry to hear that you gave up one of your apartments and i sincerely hope that Taray do finish the site but i also believe that it will be a long wait.  Taray told us that without doubt the pool would be in last summer and that i and my three kids would be thaer but lo and behold I doubt it will be in this summer.  It is three years practically since we looked at Taray and now the kids are all three years older and ther is no way they would want to be there without the facilities.  There would be little for them to do.  Also i bought in SC as a holiday home to really find that it is a residential area and not really a main holiday area.  Then we were told that social housing was to be included and that certainly was not on my agenda.  I was sold this as a holiday home.

 

What I cannot understand is how Taray are selling phase two without phase one being sold and many still to sell on phase one.  I think that Jonah may have a hard time selling his quad and i do feel sorry for them.  I also believe that Taray do NOT care what happens to the people that they have sold to and dave he laughed at us when we said we wouldn,t finish and said well don,t and we will see you in court.  He was very brisk and sour.  We arranged a friendly meeting with him but after two minutes I knewthat I was getting nowhere and that he did not care.  It is time that you all got a bit stronger and joined forces as that is the only way you may get things done.  I really hope that you all succeed in your quest .  Redwine and niceboy were definitely Taray at work.  Good luck dave and Al  I do think the pool may go in sometime this year but hey who knows with Taray.  We could not wait forever and do not regret our decison just the loss of money.  I would only look and comleted builds in the future and believe nothing a builder would tell me.

 

Good luck to everyone I hope it does work out for everyone

sandra

 

 

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30 Oct 2008 3:29 PM:

Hi everybody. Paul and Sandra here from Dublin. We haven't been on this site for a while. Just to inform people that we have just cancelled our contract with Taray and they kept 48,000 euro of our money that we put down as a deposit on our quad. They refunded 34,000 out of 83,000 and they kept the rest!  I flew over to the  Taray office in September and met  Aquino who is meant to be one of the main men in Taray. All i can say is that he basically sneered at me and told me 'you signed the contract'. They fobbed me off with rubbish about building on the office site and blaming the council etc. I have to admit  left in tears feeling about 6 inches tall!
We were advised by our solicitor that if we waited until the habitation licence came in we could lose all 83,000 if we then pulled out, so we were left with the option of paying 212,000 euro including tax for a house now worth no more than 150,000 or losing 48,000 euro. A great choice!
We are now finished with this nightmare and down 48,000 that we still have to pay back to the bank  by the way!. Taray sold us our dream holiday by telling us lies and more lies. They sneered at me after i flew all the way from Ireland! They conned us by carefully wording the contract!  They don't give a damn about my wife and children who are so upset about all this!  There are no facilities and the place is being sold as a residential area now, not a holiday home!
I can't understand how everybody, and not only the few people who we were in contact with, is not up in arms about this! You are all being conned and doing nothing about it! We were left with no option. How can you have a holiday home with no pool to swim in?  After paying for it!  We were mugs, but the rest of you out there better wake up soon before it is too late!
We wish all who have helped us, over the past 2 nightmare years, the beat of luck. We are sick but life goes on. 
Goodbye everybody. Paul and Sandra.


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06 Sep 2008 11:49 AM:

Well said widds.  I like many have invested our life savings in this holiday house and are completly gutted by whats happened.  Donna You obviously have sold up in England and moved out full time or else your loaded.  Well im not and worked hard for my money and expected to get what i paid for which was house  swimming pools, tennis courts, driving range bar and restaurant.  I would not have considered buying there without all these facilities.  I cant understand how all you people have just given up  and accepted this.  As I said you must have plenty of readies.  I only want what I paid for and thats not a lot to ask for.  If it was here I would get it or have my money refunded promptly.  I cannot believe that I was conned so easily but I have to live with that now.  What about the people who paid extra for their house to be near the pools etc.  Do you honestly think that this is fair.  I know that you are living there full time but you must really want whats best for the whole site and also for your future should you ever want to sell.  So like the widds if there were more people like them things might get done and the wrights thank you for your input .  It was good news if it is the truth.

Paul and Sandra

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04 Sep 2008 8:50 PM:

Hi everyone. September now and still no news on anything. Does anyone have any information on anything? so frustrating. We have €83,000 out there for nearly 2 years now. We cant get our solicitor to take our calls for 2 months now, and our agent seems to have washed their  hands of the whole situation. 
The properties in San Cayetano will NEVER BE MARKETABLE again for the price people are paying without the pools,golf range, tennis courts and restaurant that were SOLD to us at the time we all purchased. Does that not bother anybody? We were all lied to and are still being lied to re these facilities! WAKE UPeveryone- completed or not completed- how are they getting away with this? Surely this is a total breach of contract?
Can we get out of this mess does anyone know/ Do we have to wait forever for a L.F.O.? is there any legal cut off point time wise? Dont know if we can take much more of this. This is Europe not MARS, but we may as well be in mars for all the help we are getting. Come on everyone! Does anybody care out there? Will it take a dozen of us camping outside Tarays sales office until we get satisfaction, because i will travel over and do that if i have to, and tell any potential buyers exactly what kind of crooks they are buying from. So annoyed at the whole situation, and my 3 girls are so disappointed!

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