I am the owner of an estate agency in Fuengirola and have been based here in Spain for over 25 years. I have sold numerous units in the Aifos Hipodromo and even purchased one myself and after reading the posts in this forum I thought I would keep you up-to-date with what is happening there.
Aifos were never granted the necessary permission to build Tordo, Pinto and Herradura from the very beginning way back in 2002 from Mijas Town Hall. Aifos maintain that they can have this decision overturned and seem fairly confident that they can do so.
In the meantime Aifos have been building the perimeter blocks, Derby, Alazan, Ascot and Brida. They hope that by the time these blocks have been constructed they will have been given the go ahead for the construction of Tordo, Pinto and Herradura, so along with Espuela and Estribo the completion for the whole development finished would be around mid 2009.
If permission has not been granted they will proceed with the construction of Espuela and Estribo (which have always had permission) to complete the whole project but with 3 blocks less the finishing date would be much quicker for obvious reasons.
For those who have paid deposits in Tordo, Pinto and Herradura, they will be switched to another promotion in the event of building permission not being granted.