15 Jan 2008 1:26 PM:

Hi everybody,

 

I hear rumours about serious problems with water infiltration and with electricity.  Is this correct ? Could  this have any influence on the completion date ?

Is there a firm date for phase 1 yet ?  Has the licencia de primera habitacion already been granted ?

We in phase 2 are certainly not their main concern, but it would help us in order to have an idea of how long it wouls take before we are back in play.

Best regards

Wim  

 

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23 Dec 2007 11:32 AM:

Hi Ian,

 Thanks for the information.

I'm in block 16.   We haven't seen the place since may.  Due to the continuous delays we always postponed our visit; we now think of going over in january. 

So last time I saw it was may 2007.  In Belgium we would have assumed the appartment needed 4 more weeks of work. ( it was merely ready, except for the painting, the timberwork and the cleaning).  It is clear that phase 2 is not a priority.  I also assume they would like to collect some money before they continue.  One thing that is bothering me though is that the aval has not been renewed after the expiration date.  They promised my laywer this would take a few weeks, but weeks turned into 5 month by now.  I keep wondering how lousy they keep informing their customers.  By ignoring these requests they only make me angry.  Being in business myself, I have some experience in transmitting bad news messages.  If you treat customers decently at that time and keep them correctly informed about the reasons for the delay, and the new planning, they usually accept that.  Of course in that case you need a new planning that you can respect, and apparantly that is exactly what is missing in this situation.

The last official pictures are allready 4 month old.  Luckily the EOS forum provides better information.

We'lll have to accept another winter in the cold.  Who nows, maybe one day we'll miss these cold and gray winter-mornings (but certainly not the first 10 years).

 

      

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22 Dec 2007 10:43 AM:

Good to hear that things are moving for you at last.

Seems you guys are more lucky than we are; phase 2 seems to have vanished from the globe, and the girls in the office don't even bother any more to reply to the requests for information.   I'm glad your reactions tot the quality are so good.  And indeed according  to the pictures it starts looking a fantastic place.  If only their skills in communication would we half as good as the presumed quality of the work ....

In any case, I follow with great intrest all your stories, since I 'll have to go through them as well sooner or later.

Merry christmas to all of you, and hopefully next year we'll be able to have a christmas drink together on the clubhouse terrace;

Wim   

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02 Aug 2007 6:57 PM:

Hi, Ian,

Thanks for the pictures. 

It starts looking like real.  At least it proves that some things are still moving on. 

Looking forward to meet you in the golfclub.

best regards

Wim

 

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01 Aug 2007 2:07 PM:

Hi,

We've bought in block 16, so we're still a long way from home.  We can see from the aerial pictures that things are going on, but since it is coming onto details now, these pictures don't tell us that much anymore. I do not believe we'll be in our appartment before next year.  What I've noticed though, is that there are no separations at all between the appartments-terraces.  The walls are only 1.2m high, so this might become a very close community with very little privacy, especially for those living in the lower blocks. I was convinced these separations were part of the finishing, but when I asked the girls in the office, they said everyone should take care of that for himself.  This might become very slobby, I think it should be done in a uniform way by the builders.  Did you know about this ? 

regards

Wim

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