I first paid a deposit - that almost insignificant £2k or so in Dec 2006 - here we are then 6 years later, £60k poorer and an apartment which will surely be resigned to the history books later.
I managed to pay almost £4.5k in legal fees to Criado and Kraus for nothing and then another £1.5k or so to Costa Luz.
I then moved across to Maria and Costa Luz in 2009, two and a half years ago and we're still not much further on despite one court appearance which by all accounts did not go too well.
I hope that most of you have managed to rebuild your lives and if you also have not recieved a bank guarantee then I hope we shall a little luck with future court cases in 2013 and 2014:)