At the end of the day . . . .

As I am doing this by remote control, it is difficult to get the story.

Anyone know what is the problem with the swimming pool and what (if anything) is being done about it?

The pools need a licence before they can be used.  Our solicitor originally told us we would not complete until licence was issued, but is now pushing for Nov 30 completion without the licence.  We do not want to complete until licence is issued and all communal areas are finished as we cannot rent it out until then.  We have been told if we do not complete by 30th the Developer will charge us interest!     What a cheek - he has had our 30% deposit for over 2 years longer than we were told- he should pay us interest.  Has anyone in block 6 completed yet?

I am waiting to complete on Block 612  but there seems to be no hurry from the Developer's side. Do you have any update on Block 6 -Thanks

I was meant to complete on 6311 on 16th Nov, not heard anything back from lawyers, though not surprising...

Has anyone heard what the latest timescale is for completion of communal works & especially the pools?    I don't seem to  be getting much joy from our solicitor.  are the car parks & lifts working yet? I have heard horror stories in other developments where the communal areas were still not finished a year after completion - meaning that the apartments are not rentable ,   If we were all to push the developer for these to be done - or not complete until they are done - or alternatively hold a retainer ( say 5% back) perhaps these & the snagging would be done on our terms and not just the developers.   It appears to me the developer says he wants his money & he gets it even though he has not fulfilled his part of the bargain ( see other problems under SNAGGING thread).

Has anyone any comments or suggestions please?

 

There could be a greater problem with the pools. I have heard that under a recent change in Spanish Law all communal pools must have a Lifeguard present during use.

With all the Pools at Calanova and presumably we owners having to fund these Lifeguards, I can imagine the whole thing being rather expensive from a community perspective. Until a formal community organisation is set up the owners will have little authority. This  probably can't be done until all the existing owners have completed.

Anyone know the legal process for formimg the community - does it need to be managed by the developer or can we get together and do it ourselves.?

 

 

 

 

 

 

As far as I know, an alternative to lifeguards is for the pools to be fenced and locked. All owners should have a key and be responsible for their own and their family's use. This is being done on our development this year to comply with the rules. Again in our case, the developer set up the Community and appointed an Administrator before all the units were sold but after they had finished all the building works and left the site.

I would have thought there should be some sort of handover by the developer and the Community set up before they leave the site. 

An important point regarding the pools is that fencing is obviously cheaper in the long term than hiring lifeguards for the summer months, but it may be left to the community to decide on and to pay for, if the developer doesn't fence them in. I understand that the developer is awaiting the licence for the pools from the Town Hall.