I visited the Medina De Banus development on 30th September2008, and just returned. The original plan I believe was finishing Q4 2008, with handover of keys planned for Q1 2009 after snagging list had been set up and dealt with by all owners. Now they have told me there is a delay until Q2 of 2009, but they could not go in any more details on what month the current time plan is working towards.
I saw that all the brickwork was finished, and they showed me the 2 showflats they are trying to finish asap, which were in further finishing state. That is: cubboards in, kitchen appliances ready, doors and windows in, etc... I thought they wouldn't need much more time before they can put some furtniture in and have the show flat finished.
The pool still has to be built. There were plenty of people working on the site during the 2 (unannounced) visits I made.
The hotel is in a phase where they have drawings and a few coloured pictures, but they still need planning permission for it. They can show the pictures to visitors, but don't want to send any pictures out. I had the impression this was for legal reasons in case they want/need to change their mind on it. They have no doubt a hotel will come there in time.
I was able to take a number of pictures of my flat-in-progress, and the showflat. I have not had time to download them and make them ready for forwarding on as I am in the process of moving house at the moment. If you are interested, let me know what exactly you are interested in and I will forward you the relevant photo's I have.
The site supervisor and the office administrator (I don't know her real title) were very helpful and positive during my 2 site visits last week. They claim to have sold a few more appartments since Spring08, and feel very lucky compared to other developers.
Milko