Thanks, i still have not heard anything back from my lawyer regarding snags but i will take your comments on board. What worries me is the snags in question need a fair amount of work and going by arenals track record this might take another year!! i also have some friends in calahonda who waited 9 months for their developer to carry out the work so i am sceptical to say the least. I will wait for reply from lawyer b4 my next step, but just want to be able to finish things and enjoy.