Is it my imagination?

Hi Everyone

Went up to the site on Wednesday, not much change, the builders seem to be concentrating on phase 3 and a few more houses have been erected...we in phase one now have house numbers on her pillars...whoop de doo....but thats about it. We still have no completion date, Builder is just not answering any of our emails. Jim due back at the weekend for three weeks so a "VISIT" to the builder is definetly on the agenda. Probably won't make any difference whats so ever. I have never experienced anything like it. It has been very badly managed by all the agents, Medsea,Quara and Lawyer, The only "comfort" is that we are not alone and everyone has had problems. It just seems to be a handful of us who are communicating although our "Concerns" are viewed by many. Hopefully people will learn the best way to purchase is Spain, is to come out, rent and look around and buy RESALE, they are building a further few thousand houses in San Miguel, you just feel so sorry for the people who are going to be taken for a ride, paying WELL OVER the odds for a new property. I feel Jim and I have been very naive and I am angry at myself, afterall we have built,bought and renovated properties in the past and didn't apply the experience of buying and selling property in our house purchase in Spain. We trusted Medsea the lawyer and the builder ...not realising that they work for their best interests and just take our money...it has all just been so unprofessional. Wish we had all got together much sooner on this site and maybe collectively we could have had some input into what has since transpired and goes on and on,....sorry for the moan..but it was 2yrs on the 1st April that we signed....how APT was that APRIL FOOLS DAY.

Anne

Hi Anne,

We were buying into what for many years was a dream.  We let our heart rule but take comfort in knowing that the greater percentage are bought in this way.  The more people that know this is NOT the way to go the better it will be. 

We are all wiser with hindsight and you are not alone in feeling ripped off.

We have a completion date but are not rushing as it would seem that the site is nowhere near finished.  We were unable to visit the site when we came over briefly a month ago but thought that as we had a date that everyone else had.

We were originally planning to rent this property out for an income but see that may not work with the vast oversupply.  But selling will not be easy either so do not know what the answer is.

Any chance that someone can take some photos of the state of the site please,  is the pool area on phase two completed?

I've just had this message from my solicitor:-

We have just been informed by Carmen (Villamartin´s lawyer) that they are signing the "Obra Nueva" certificate today. Once it has been signed it must be forwarded to the Land Registry office for inscriptions and registration. Consequently, we should wait for another 2 - 3 weeks to complete and sign the Deeds to your property.

We are phase 1 at the front of the development.