05 Apr 2007 4:41 PM:

It is great that this forum is for everyone and the fact that Justin has started a whole board for happy stories and there´s hardly anything in it shows exactly that unhappy experiences are more of a motivatation for thread starters than happy experiences. No matter how hard these boards might try they will never reflect what is actually going on in the real world because mainly negative experiences are posted and discussed. There are plenty of people who have grudges against developers, builders, agents, etc for good reasons but there´s many more people that are absolutely thrilled with their Spanish property purchase as it´s significantly improved their life. If you were thinking of coming down here and buying you would would more than likely not get an objective insight into purchasing a property from most of these forums, you might get scared off by the bombardment of hatred against developers, estate agents, vendors, etc.  This would be compounded by all the not so positive UK media coverage. It´s only a observation and it is similar in many other forums on many other subjects. 

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05 Apr 2007 3:19 PM:

At last something positive. These forums are fully of negativity, it´s been said before but people who have had great experiences are rarely motivated to post their stories. I moved here 4 years ago and it´s the best thing I´ve ever done, I purchased a property recently and love it. The British media are generally negative about all walks of life (Daily Mail is the worst) and they have been agaisnt Spanish property purchasing since I have lived here. The voice of foreign property investment Amanda Lamb is anti Costa Del Sol because she says the investment opportunities have gone - wrong - there are loads of investment opportunities if you do your research and snap up a bargain. As for the tourists and the people who want to live here they just keep on coming and I am certain it will continue.  
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05 Mar 2007 10:18 AM:

Smiley. I actually bought a property but not through ADH simply because an ideal property popped up through a friend of a friend. Juan Pazon - there is no need to take note of my comments apart from to conclude that they are on the same line as yours - ADH were very good, very keen, very attentive, polite, courteous, honest and the most professional of all the agents we went out with (returned our calls, explained the process and couldn´t really do enough). Therefore I am happy to recommend their service to anyone even though I did not actually buy off them. Oh and Smiley I wasn´t left "wanting" whatever that means.

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02 Mar 2007 1:15 PM:

I have heard Ocean Estates have been taken over and have new owners - maybe they will at least attempt to be more ethical in the future.
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01 Mar 2007 2:38 PM:

I went out with Andalucian Dream Homes when we were looking last year and to be honest they were pretty good. Professional, on time, courteous and not pushy in the slightest. We did not buy off them simply because we were very specific in our criteria and they could not find the right property, however I would be happy to recommend them. They also seemed quite busy, the showroom in Puerto Banus and in Duquesa was a hive of activity.

We also went out with Elegant Homes who were average at best, Chrystal Shore who were fairly attentive and a couple of smaller agents, one man bands who were fairly incompetent, did not return calls, didn´t seem to take us seriously and didn´t seem to want the business which was a bit odd.

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