BUYING FOR BLACK - I WANT A SPECIAL THREAD PLEASE

Smiley sweetness,

Re-phrase the thread's title and Justin MAY take you seriously!

When I read the thread title, I thought you were doing a bit of sewing on your party frock and wanted advice on what thread to use!

So, if it's Lycra, use a nylon based thread............ cotton? use cotton...............pink tutu? use pink coloured tutu thread of course!

Oh you know what I mean, men, nightmare typists or what?!!!

Fibby, that's ace. Trust you to think Smiley was after sewing thread   

You know me Gillespie lets call a spade a spade - Justin aint the nervous tyoe and lets call it what it is -

Fibs I can tell youre bloody getting better - I told you to stay away coz it was a relief not to get the piss taken so much out of me - now youre back Janice has got her talons in again you bloody encourage each other - still I am a man what can I expect - all I want is a quiet life with a bit of peace and quiet but no

Yes, girls, leave Smiley alone! He want somewhere quiet to do his sewing!!

Sorry Smiley I too thought it was a question about cotton to sew something black!

Tee hee

Trish x

Ok Smiley ...... don't get stressed.

I'm flying out tomorrow and will bring some with me   - cotton or nylon ??

Smiley,  I happen to think it's a very serious matter too.

As you likely know, Chris & I were forced, yes FORCED, & don't anyone say "but you didn't have to comply with your builders demands" as we ruddy well did or lose 100,000€ as our builder just ignored us, having insisted we completed, with us paying him around 25% of the total purchase price in black money. He took our original contract off us at the notary & replaced it with one saying the purchase price was 146,250€ not the 195,000€ we actually paid. (No habitation certificate either BTW.)

Builders know that by the time they throw that gem about the black money at you, you have bought your flights to go to Spain for your completion, booked a hire car & hotel. You've organised your transfer of funds, sorted your NIE, organised removals, got the cat into a cattery, booked a taxi to the airport & in my case, had a nervous breakdown because of everything else which had gone wrong !!! Our bad experiences cost me my sanity for a year or so.

So, Smiley, I'm with you on this.

Janice

I didn't even know it was called Black money originally.  We were just told by them nice agents that "this is the way it's done in Spain".  So, shrugged shoulders and away we go..

Agent, builders, solicitors and even the notary were complicit in what was essentially breaking the law.  But, because of "this is the way it's done in Spain" we now have problems when we try to do things properly.  Same with the other thread and land-grabbing.  It has been condemned by the European courts and Spain has been ordered (several times) to compensate the landowners.  However, at the risk of repeating myself, this is the way it's done in Spain.  If I even hear the words "go to your bank and give us cash" on my next purchase, I will pull out of the deal inmediatamente!!!

Signed,

Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells

We were just told by them nice agents that "this is the way it's done in Spain ". 

Yes, that's their catch phrase, isn't it ? We had heard of builders saying they wanted to declare a lower figure on the escritura so we spoke to our agent about it on the inspection trip & was told it wasn't up to the builder, it was up to us if we wanted to underclare, or not, so we did ask almost two years prior to completion. Wished we'd recorded all our "chats" with agent & builder.

Hi Smiley,

I am sorry for winding you up, just couldn't resist it!

Yes, getting bloody better, better day by day! (Glad you could tell sweetness!)

Not been on here for a while, family visiting etc.,

Has Justin sorted your well earned thread yet, cos' I couldn't see it................

Hi Bolbaol,

Since when was Tunbridge Wells in Leicestershire?