11 Sep 2006 4:14 PM:

Hello fellow buyers or at least potential buyers, my name is Pat Bishopp and I have been living at FSA since March, returning to England for a fortnight in May and 6 weeks end of July and all August because of the heat. We have had and continue to have a wonderful time at FSA. We have had the odd power cuts, and our snagging list is not quite complete, well it wouldnt be this is Spain and nothing but nothing happens in August. As for muggings I had my handbag taken 3 times last year twice in Fuengirola and once at the 5 star Los Monteros Resort but the police have made an enormous effort, we have extra police and the Rumanians and Bulgarians are not in evidence this year, sorry if I sound Racist but we live near London  and when I vist Joh n Lewis & Marble Arch they are in force with their routine down Oxford Street. Since the mugging one of the chaps who went to the same supermarket at the same time, eve. was followed all the way back from the supermarked to FSA by the Police, he felt reassured. Should explain they think the lady was followed back from the supermarket, it is a very English supermarket with no security cameras so you are targets. We have not been charged for electricity or water to date. There are issues in people perception in things like we have a gym area with an indoor pool etc. as promised but no gym equipment, we shall have to equip this ourselves but with 72 apartments it should not cost too much. I think a lot of things are lost in translation or ones views at the time. All I would say to you is that I havent seen such a nice development for the price that we paid or even more expensive and we are still encouraging our nephew to complete on his 3 bed room apartment, he is my favourite nephew and I would not encourage him if I thought it was all going pear shaped. We also have an English lawyer who like English people is willing to arbitrate or discuss if there are problems.  
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