Hi All
Went out last week to do Snagging and complete on our 2-bed property. Whoever packed the Manchester rain and let it out over Murcia THANKS it wasn’t us.
We didn’t complete due to no Habitation Certificate, disappointing but no surprise, but we did do the snagging so hear is the result of that.
We did the snagging on Wednesday the 24th September at 9am weather was good at this point, we arrived early which was just as well, as we had trouble finding the completions office, no signposts for it, turned out to be a portocabin with a sign outside saying Customer Services. We had expected it to be in the new sales office but no, the cabin is on the next road off the roundabout a short way down on the left, when we arrived at the office Carol (Angelbabe) was their sorting something out, obviously we should have asked her were it was.
We was accompanied by Lady from PW to do the snagging and as we identified something she noted it down on her snagging sheet
Outside, on approached to the property we noted a number of telegraph type polls carrying electrical cables running though the Jardin which we mentioned and was informed they are temporary and are the builders electric to the site and will be removed once the utilities are all connected. The Jardin was looking good, gardens already looking well established, the tiles inside the pool are lighter than I have seen on other pools and we liked this lighter look, the fence around the pool is made of wood and not in my opinion very substantial and will require replacing in a very short time??? May be worth stating this in your Snagging. The penthouses opposite to our garden are not overbearing in my opinion. On the other side of the jardin are the Villa Jane’s which we overlook so basically we have uninterrupted views of the mountains beyond (hope it stays that way). The outside of our apartment was in the main very good, we did see some problems being: a significant amount of mortar on the solarium and front patio tiles, some surface cracking of the render in the solarium and the gate housing was coming out of the wall also the bedroom windows required sealing down the sides of the frames.
They have made some slight changes to the outside of the properties for example on the Jardins they have as you go up the stairs to the property, one light for each property at the top of the stairs and another outside your door and another half way up the stairs to the solarium 3 in total (wiring only) which is turned on by a switch at the top of the stairs.
In the Naranjos Jardins this has now changed to as you go up the stairs to the apartments wiring is only provided for one light at the top of the stairs, I was told this is controlled by the right hand apartment and the light switch is now moved to outside your door. The light outside the door and up the solarium stairs are as before so basically the left hand apartment has one less outside light to supply. I asked the reason for the change and was told this looks better and will not be a problem as all apartments have street lighting at the bottom of the stairs so they will be well aluminates, which is correct.
Inside, only very miner problems were found the worst of which was a mark on a wardrobe door the others being grout missing from one floor tile, kitchen unit doors out of alignment and a joint missing from the kitchen unit plinth. Overall the standard of finish in our apartment was excellent and exceeded our expectations. Again they have made some small changes to the apartment being, the bathroom suite albeit the same make and quality as the Jardins they are now have a squareish look to them and the bath is a little longer, the WC has a duel flush button. Light switches in the apartment are slightly different design, rounder looking. No electric or water was on when we did the snagging visit so wasn’t able to check anything relevant to this.
All snagging problems were noted down and we went back to the office to be given a copy of the snagging list and was informed we would be emailed when the snagging was completed and we would then have 3 months to re inspect and comment, if we don’t do so within this time it will be considered to be satisfactory by PW.
I have posted some photos on the condado forum dated 24 September 2008.
Regards
Phil