Help! Major Wasp Problem

Hi,

Has anyone heard from their agents that the Certificate of Habitation has been issued for the properties ready for handover? I cannot get a reply from Mercers.

Regards

Pat & Trish

M14-12

Elaine & Steve - Open 15-46

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

We have had phone calls from both our Solicitor and Agent this morning to say that the electric and water are not connected yet so Murcia Town Hall will not grant the Habitation certificates.   They also said  that, at the moment, they do not have any dates for when this work will be completed but thought that M14's would be connected first. 

Those of us who have already been given dates can still complete but will not be able to move in.   We can't move over for a few months due to work committments but we're so sorry for the ones who did want to move straight away.  Maybe when it gets nearer to our signing dates we will have better news.

Best regards

Thanks for that info.  We had been given dates in August and Sept for handover of our Eagle 14.32, but I shall now wait until everything is in place before completing.  Masa have had our money since May 2004, they are not getting the balance if we can't move in!!

Hi both, have just had email from my agent, with some pictures taken yesterday - sorry can't upload them -  pc won't let me!

Photos show our houses on M14 and M15.   Good news, the agent says that the electric and water are connected to both properties - but he was not allowed inside to test this - maybe.  Also, unnmade pavements can be clearly seen in both photos, but apparently they were working on these yesterday.  

There seems to be some confusion here in the way that the Spanish system works relating to The Certficate of Habitation and utilities

Legally on any property that completes, if there is no Certificate of Habitation in place, the developer must provide builders supply utilities, free of any charges for that period

The fact that water and electricity is not connected now is not relevant to the issue of The Certificate because the Town Hall is checking that the required infrastructure and Certificates for the safe occupation of the property, the Bolletins for electric & water are in place

If the external areas, pavements, street lighting etc are not ready then chances are that The Certificate will not be issued

Builders supply can be a problem as for example if they are using generators the power supply can spike causing damage to TV's and there is no service level so if the power or water goes off you have to rely on contacting the builder

As part of the inspection process we normally measure the current to check for this running a 30 minute test

Some banks are now refusing to give mortgages without the Certificate being available

For more information on the whole process see our website www.inspectahomespain.com