17 Apr 2008 8:25 PM:

????Am I missing something here???

Thread: Certificate of habitation

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15 Apr 2008 10:59 PM:

This is all very worrying. We are waiting for the same piece of paper for an apartment that we have been waiting four years for - 2 years over the completion suggested in the contract! Clearly this is not unusual. However, our mortgage company will not hand over the money until the LIcense is in place, quite rightly in our view - we are glad that someone seems to be acting responsibly on our behalf.

 The LIcense has apparently been applied for but no-one seems to know when it will be granted, most other buyers on the development seem to be going ahead without it. We do have bank guarantees for the large sum of money that the builder has had for four years, and we are told by our solicitor that we are entitled to cancel because of the delay if we so choose, and receive our money back with interest. This is apparently our legal right, but I guess there's a lot written in the law that doesn't get acted upon?!

Beginning to wish we'd just stuck with the camper van!

Thread: Certificate of habitation

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21 Mar 2007 9:54 PM:

This is all very confusing and worrying and three years on from beginning to think about it I am still no nearer an answer on this vexed question as to whether to use a solicitor or not, and if you do HOW ON EARTH can you check that they have any valid qualifications and relevant experience?? Surely there is some regulatory body involved - can the system really be so slack, or rather non-existent? What do Spanish buyers look for? Who do they pay for these services - or do they just go in to a bar and ask whoever? At the moment I am swaying towards the one and only person who has promptly answered my e-mail enquiries, but that could presumably just be someone with nothing better to do, who fancies taking my money??!! HELP!
Thread: Qualifications for Spanish Property Lawyers..interesting find !!!!!!!

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12 Feb 2007 11:07 AM:

Having read loads, and worried loads, over our very delayed development in Mazarron (it is actually being built thought, so I suppose that's something) we KNOW that we want a recommended Spanish lawyer, but we haven't come across any in this area. Can anyone recommend one in Murcia please??

 

Leigh

Thread: English lawyer/ solicitor required specilising in "Spanish Law" to try and get our money back!

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16 Jan 2007 8:38 PM:

Have spent 2 years deliberating the lawyer issue. Have had prices from 3 and met one and am still not sure what to do. So, it seems that, if you can find a good and reliable one, it is worth it, BUT HOW DO YOU DO THAT?? I know that recommendation is the obvious answer - but we are amongst the first to buy in Mojon Hills on Costa Calida, so there's not so many stories to go on. Heeeeelp!
Thread: Lawyer Costs

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