Free at last - refund as island has no planning permission

Hi all

Just to let you all no that I have just got a full refund on my deposit - reason, the town hall hasnt given planning for the island build.

 So i executed the bank guarantee through my solicitor, and after a couple of anxious months, eureka, happy as larry

Phew what a result, if you need more info contact me

Geoff

This message was last edited by EnglishGeoff on 26/06/2009.

Hi, just one question, when you got your refund was it for just the amount you paid or with interest as is generally accepted.

Cheers

with interest

Thanks, I will be on to my solicitor post haste.

Cheers

goog morning from spain. Can you say us the name of the bank the guaranties. I have guaranties of Bancaja. Can you tell us the name and phone of your lawyer?.

Congratulations and tkaks

Hi Geoff,

Great news, would you be able to message me, in a similar situation.

Would love to get in touch with your solicitor to see if I have a case.

Thanks,

Regards, Steve

Hiya Geoff could you post the name of the solicitor you used or pm me trying to get my money back from the islas but my solicitors are as bad as polaris at getting in touch.

Many thanks Steve

Geoff,

Congratulations on your refund with interest.  I'm also an island buyer and would appreciate a PM with details of your solicitor for advice on how best to proceed in obtaining a refund with no guarantee.

Ewelmedave

Hi Geoff,

Can you please provide us with some more details on your refund? And contact details of your solicitor?

Many thanks.

Edmy

I receive private messages but I can't open them, it is not active. I submitted several requests to activate my PM's, but no reply. How should I proceed?

hiya edme sorry cant help with your problem but if you do get any info on how to get a refund  could you post it or pm me as not heard anything many thanks Steve

Thank you for this information. We (Murcia Golf Properties Ltd) have a few 'Island owners' trying to sell their contracts at the moment. We will advise them to seek legal advice.

Thanks again

MGP

Can anyone advise if they got info from EnglishGeoff? I sent a PM but never got a reply. I don't want to brand the man a fantasist without due cause but found his reticence a bit odd after his posting.

Would love to hear if a refund is actually a realistic possibility or just Geoff's idea of a joke on us all.

If you are out there Geoff, a reply would be great.

Dave

Have'nt heard a thing

I received a couple of private messages from Geoff back in July with full contact details for his law firm in Spain. Their details did come up on google and his solicitor's email appeared to be active but I never received any acknowledgement to my request for further information on the town hall's refusal. I passed this information on to my solicitor in spain and asked him to raise the question with PW legal department but there was no offer of cancellation.

Ewelmedave

Oh well, I suspect if Geoff was for real then he has probably never looked back at this forum. Lets give him the benefit of the doubt and just say he is sorted & no longer gives a hoot about Terrazas.

No doubt we will all continue to look for info & if I get anything concrete - well I will tell the world of course.

Happy Halloween to all  (dead or alive - that includes you Geoff)

Dave

Hi,

Whilst out in La Torre in October we had three meetings at head office. When we raised the question of our plot which was on the bend to the town centre we were told three different things relating the the now phase 2 and the isla's.

1, The isla's would be built as more than 40% had been sold????

2. Another employee stated they wouldnt be built just now but were hoping at a later stage they would be and in the interim period they would be building a temporary club house?

3. The road that we have bought on which is Plot 2760A  would be built and we would have a date after January but is definitely being built. Also across from us on the other side would not be built.

Conflicting stories from Polaris staff which I have to say although very pleasant and coming across as helpful their stories differ. Maria in sales very helpful and pleasant and would tell you what she knew to a degree and Fernando in Customer Services again very pleasant but in air conditioned office was perspiring with the lies he was having to tell on behalf of the company. Feel sorry for him having been put in this position.

Still work is progressing but not the house we signed to and taking adviced from forums which may I say is giving us some hope with the help of some individuals ie Dave Bangor, Keith, Jean and of course Maria from costadeluz lawyers.

Anyone else told these stories or any different versions.

Cheers

Hi Mikey2009

Last time I spoke to customer services in September I asked about my specific block which is on the new phase 2 (block 275) so I am only next door to your block.  I was told that they hadn't started building my particular block at that stage but it was likely to be started in December 2009.  I think they have left those blocks at the moment to get easier access to the town centre but I was told that the property would be completed by 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2010 maybe even the end 2010.  That said I know they have made huge progress in the last few months which may account for the difference in completion dates......

Hi,

Mikey and Smivs,

We have bought in block 276 (Oct 2007) and were over in Aug and went to the offices with questions like yourselves after realising our part of phase 2 wasn't being built at that time. We were told very similar information; starting to build ours in last quarter of 2009, to be completed in 2nd/3rd quarter of 2010.

We saw that the cranes were over the remaining plots of phase 2 which gives you hope! When we were over in late October, the penthouses were looking almost complete, being painted etc and they were also working on the Hacienda and the town centre.

We understood that we are on 'new' phase 2, 'old' phase 2 being a continuation of the apartments in phase 1 going left of the main entrance. We are what was the original phase 5 in the old brochures (which we kept). We think that the penthouses on the right hand side of the road to the town centre are no longer being built.

They didn't say anything about Las Islas - sorry davebangor!

Anyone got any news as to if the rest of phase 2 has started yet?

Jan and Stu

Thanks for the update Jan and Stu it is really appreciated.  The timescales suit me personally but I can understand the frustration other people are going through with the length of time this has taken.  I was totally unprepared for this foreign property buying but in reality the long delays have been to my benefit financially as basically I haven't got any money.....  lol..!!  should be fun when they finally give us a completion date you might just see me sitting on the corner with a begging bowl !!!!!   still with a bit of luck the exchange rate might improved to our advantage.... one can only hope