13 Aug 2007 8:55 AM:
Hi Leigh,
Good to hear from you. From what we were told when we visited at the end of July was that phase two would be released at the end of the year. We also heard from someone else at Atlantia that it would be released in summer 2008! I would expect the latter based on our experience of phase one....
One thing you will be able to look forward to is the high quality finish of the gardens, pools and infrastucture. They have done such a good job. You will probably need to have a 'builders clean' done when you get the keys though as the apartments are very (and I do mean VERY) dirty when they are handed over. We foolishly decided to clean ours ourselves and it took two days! A three bed is about 150 ~ 200 euros depending on solerium size and it is a bargain.
As I have mentioned, we bought our apartment as a rental investment so it is available to all buyers on the Mojon Hills development. In the apartment will be a catalogue of everything we bought right down to knives and forks. It will include price, supplier details and a summery of the service and product supplied. You will also be able to 'live' with the furniture and see what you need to change unlike us, who had to buy 'blind'and as a consequence, made mistakes. We will also be offering soon, a rental service for those buyers who wish to generate income revenue from their apartment or villa at Mojon Hills. This came about because there wasn't a single rental agent in the area that we felt confident to leave our keys with. Some couldn't be bothered to return phone calls, others seemed to have created their pricing structure using a blindfold and a pin! Nikki and I have been renting out property in Englend for seven years and, if we operated at the standards we encountered in Spain, we wouldn't have lasted seven months. Just send me your email address on the private message link and I will send you details when they are sorted out.
Aircon we bought from Atlantia. We chose the Fujitsu unit with inverter technology because it is much cheaper to run and quite quiet compared to some.
I would say that renting a car is essential, especially now the new toll road is open. It is wonderful. The Spanish won't use it because it costs 4.75 euros so it is completely empty and relaxing. Also don't make the mistake (yes another one...) of hiring a very small car if you plan on visiting IKEA or doing any other motorway driving. We ordered a ford KA but got given a Chevvy Matiz which had a top speed of 105 KMH before the steering wheel became irrelavent. The motorway speed limit is 120 KMH which the Spanish take as a minimum speed, so we ended up with juganaughts constantly filling the rearview mirror blasting us with horns and lights to encourage us to drive faster. It was very frustrating.
Ok then. I hope you all get your keys soon and that your phases turn out as spectacular as phase one.
Kind Regards
Keith & Nikki
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