Please don't misunderstand me Jenny, I am all for everyone getting justice in this situation, I only wanted to say that there are a number of people who did complete purchase, somewhere around 60 apartments sold (some have, sadly for those involved, been repossessed or dacion en pago agreed with the bank) and all of these have lost or stand to lose a lot more than their initial deposits.
There are currently 48 owners, Spanish and non-Spanish, who still own these properties and are paying mortgages, insurance and all the associated running costs (community fees, gas,electricity, local taxes etc. etc.) without any certainty about the future and with several months in the last couple of years when the properties have been unusable, firstly because the developer failed to legalise the communal electricity supplies, then again this year when the water was cut off and we had to go to court to have it reconnected while we establish a permanent contract. There have been a lot of posts on this forum about people trying to get their deposits back, which I hope you all can do if the licences are declared illegal, I only wanted to highlight that there are other people with a lot at stake & huge ongoing financial commitments which we are pretty much stuck with. The main reason they are not heard about on this forum is because we are working hard through our owners group to try to resolve our problems.
The investigation is ongoing. At a recent court hearing the trial of the ex-Mayor has been postponed due to problems with the charges - more bungling in the court system.
http://www.granadahoy.com/article/granada/1403459/la/audiencia/manda/juzgado/nuevo/juicio/alcalde/atarfe.htmlSo
Meanwhile we are still in limbo. Our licences have not yet been ruled on in court so we just pray we can get a permanent water supply contract while we still can.
We're told that our developer is now in receivership so all of us - including our community which is owed several thousand euros in fees debts - will have to wait until the administrator assesses what assets exist and proportions them out amongst what we imagine are many debtors, with the tax man and others having first dibs. All the other developers on Medina Elvira have also gone to the wall, so we are left in the hands of the banks and the Town Hall & without any guarantees of having any public services provided. So, happy is not quite the word any of us involved in this scenario would use.
Good luck to everyone involved, and I suggest talk to your lawyers about being represented personally in the investigation as injured parties. The judge has asked to hear from all those affected and we hope to receive a judgement which gives us all something to work with, for those of us with ownership commitments this will be the possibility of having our developments legalised.
I'm more than happy to talk to anyone via p.m. e-mail or phone.
This message was last edited by hosilverlining on 03/12/2012.