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Season's Greetings to everyone and I hope that we all get what we want this year. I think this year will be make or break with respect to Cortijo and it will be interesting to see what happens with the permission to recommence building work.

I see someone has an apartment on Cortijo up for sale on the property pages so without knowing who it is, I'll wish them 'the best of British!'

If anybody gets any firm news regarding Aifos or building restarting please let us know about it.

This is the latest news I have received from Christine (Casa Blanca Real Estate).

Aifos informed me in our last meeting that the townhall of Fuengirola approved the development of Cortijo de Torreblanca in December. The projet now needs to be appoved by the Junta de Andalucía. Aifos is confident that it will be approved, but abviously it is very difficult to give you a time schedule. It probably won't be before the General Elections which will be hold in Spain in March.

The projet now needs to be appoved by the Junta de Andalucía. Aifos is confident that it will be approved

I think Aifos should be more realistic. The Junta and the Defensor del Pueblo are already aware of this concrete nightmare and approval is not a foregone conclusion.

Whilst I sympathise with the hundreds of people who have been conned by this cowboy company you should remember that there are already people living in and around this area whose property values have decreased due to this development. It would be better for everyone if this project was completed, as long as the infrastructure is in place to cope with the hundreds of new residents. At the present time, the only access to the development is a narrow lane which cannot cope with too many cars, let alone HGV's. The land that was formerly used for access has now been locked off, due, we think, to either expiry of the lease or non payment of rent to the owner of the land.

Lorries are now coming to the site to take materials away instead of delivering them, and it will probably only be a matter of time before the cranes are dismantled and taken away as well. What then ?

Like all the owners on this thread, the residents here have a vested interest in the completion of this complex. The last thing we want is to be left with a concrete jungle that will become a haven for down-and-outs, or worse.

Never mind, the whole Spanish property market is about to crash and burn big style. After the March elections Aifos and all the rest of the ne'er do well fly by night operators will go to the wall and prices will come crashing down. Nobody will buy in Spain for a long time after the rampant corruption and malfeasance that has taken place in almost every region. Foreign nationals are bailing out of Spain quicker than you can say 'Iceberg!' You are correct about the concrete jungle, Cortijo is now Castlemilk in the sun; pure greed and unadulterated stupidity have killed the goose that laid the golden egg. Anyway, life goes on. Now, where's my map of Bulgaria?