For Information
After speaking with the contacts from Sea Golf Regency and looking at the problems they are now having with the Apartment Hotel "Turisto" we have instructed our lawyers to proceed with requesting our deposit plus legal interest of 6% plus costs back from the administrators.
I sent a mail to everyone who contacted me directly to explain the situation.
I'm very disappointed as we were really looking forward to a place in Spain.
There is still no excuses for the complete un profesionalism we have all received including the owners of Sea Golf Regency from Ocean Estates and there complete lack of interest in our current situation.
It would be interesting if individuals who have requested and even successfully received there deposit back post to the forum and share there experience with others who are in the same situation and going through the same issues.
For your information I have been contacted by another lawyer Maria de Castro of http://www.costaluzlawyers.es/ offering her services to help get monies back.
This was out of the blue and I see she has also posted on the Sea Golf Regency message board offering services. If anyone has any experience of them it might be also worth posting feedback. Bear in mind though this is another Spanish lawyer who is offering to help out once you sign over to her to allow to act on your behalf and you cross her palm with silver.
Below are the question I sent to her
Maria
What are the chances of getting the deposits and legal interest back ? I think 100% as every cancellation is implicitly linked to devolution of interests and even expenses involved.
In what timeframe will they be paying the money back ? The Judicial Administrators told me they were having a meeting with the JUdge at the beginning of December, I guess that at the beginning of next year 2007, you will have it back.
Do you feel this is a development that may be categorised as a High Risk ? I am sorry but I don´t understand that question.
What would be the process if we wanted you to assist in getting deposits back ? You all will just need to communicate to the judicial Administrators that I am your lawyer. Then, I will send the formal request by fax ( I would need you to fax your contracts to me in order to prepare that request), as they have asked me to do for another owner. They will bring all that to be approved by the Judge at their meeting of the beginnng of December.
How much would this cost ? I am sending to you the scale of our Bar Association for claimings of amounts. If we get an out of courts solution just the 30% is charged ( time-percentage scale also attached). We request 1200 euros as provision of funds.
I hope this information helps
Regards
Mark