09 Jun 2008 12:00 AM:
We sympathise with all those folks who have paid some deposit and are awaiting either the completion, (or in some cases even THE START) of costruction of their dream home in Sunny Spain, and it is our fervent hope that the demise of San Jose can somehow be avoided by the administrators, so that an acceptable conclusion can be achieved for ALL concerned.
There are however some other cases which so far have not been raised on this forum. Those being the folks who have PAID IN FULL for their property, but as yet have not received their title deeds. (In ALL cases well past the date advised by the lawyers). Those cases, to my own knowledge, amount to about 15 where the purchase was from San Jose, arranged through ATLAS, and by Atlas' recommendation, conveyanced by Aroca Seiquer. (Probably MOSTLY within the Playa Golf 3 develoment.) It is to these cases to which this thread is directed.
These are the facts as I understand them.
1) Property purchased from San Jose. (Playa Golf 3 seems to be the main area of irregularity)
2) Sale arranged and supervised by ATLAS INTERNATIONAL
3) Clients directed to Aroca Seiquer (Lawyers) BY ATLAS INTERNATIONAL
4) FULL PAYMENT made by SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS of ATLAS. PART paid by bank draft To ATLAS, (who in turn made their own pauyment to San Jose?), and PART
paid DIRECT to the builder, (San Jose), IN CASH at the San Jose Torrevieja office, (for which an unheaded receipt was given). The explanation given by ATLAS was
procedure was to in place to reduce the amount of tax liability. (However some 15 months AFTER the 'final liquidation', yet another E1800:00 was demanded by
the lawyers, with the explanation, 'the builder incorrectly stated the tax component'. This extra 1800:00 was duly paid.) I wonder if this is legal, and if NOT WHY did Aroca
allow the procedure to continue?
5) Despite several requests by the purchaser, for the title deeds to be handed over, the lawyers either do not reply, (or avoid a DIRECT ANSWER), or on one ocasion
advised that 'it could be another 12 months before the deeds are ready'.
6) I have an appointment with the lawyer very shortly, and I will post the results on this site for your advice & information.
7) By virtue of a previous case similar in almost every way to that of our own, (and possibly up to at least 15 other cases concerning San Jose, Atlas, & Aroca), we were
horrified to discover that ALTHOUGH THE CLIENT MADE FULL PAYMENT FOR THE PROPERTY, SOME OTHER CHARGE/MORTGAGE HAD BEEN INITIATED AGAINST
THE PROPERTY by the builder!! This is SURELY HIGHLY ILLEGAL, and should have been detected by the 'search' promised by the lawyers?
7) See the report by Rebecca Griffin, Coastrider, Edition 208 - January 22nd, 2008
If you think that YOU may be affected in a similar manner, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE IN PLAYA GOLF, URBANISACION LOMAS de CABO ROIG, and have used the services mentioned in this posting, please add your own experiences, information and advice, to this new thread. THANK YOU!
With a little luck, and maybe some joint action, we may come out of this WITH our property, AND our deeds!
PT.
Thread:
San Jose NO DEEDS
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