All,
As and when you get your property in the sun (fingers crossed), we want to bring to your attention an extremely important piece of information that has been sent to our local newspaper regarding neighbours holding keys to others properties.
"I live in the UK for parts of the year and in Spain for the rest, as I’m sure many of your readers do. I recently had the misfortune of my house in Spain being broken into and possessions taken. I went through the usual channels of the police and my home insurance company, only to find out that my home insurance was invalid due to the fact that my neighbour (who is also the urbanisation president) held keys for my property and action would be taken against my neighbour by the police for improper trading. I was dumbfounded!
Like many of us I had been paying my neighbour 50€ a month to look after my property and keep an eye on it only to find out it was all for nothing! I trust my neighbour implicitly and know that none of this is his fault and feel really sorry about the whole ordeal. I have now replaced most of my stolen goods at my own expense and use a licensed property management company to look after my property when I leave the country, it was a very expensive lesson for both myself and my neighbour. "
Many people we have spoken with on here probably do not need Property Management to it's full extent however, whatever you decide to do (when you get your keys), please be careful.
D&M