25 Aug 2013 6:40 PM:
We bought our house in Spain in 2007 it was just what we were looking for, the courtyard was just a concrete area just over 400 sq mt which was not that nice to look at, we went to a "HOME & GARDEN EXPO" & met two english chaps who's business was called "THE CHASE GROUP" who were avertising a product called "SPRAYED IMPRESSIONS" which they claimed would be the answer to our concrete problem & would greatly enhance our coutryard & add value to our property, we made arrangements for them to view & give us a price for the work to be carried out. They were really quick at coming to us & gave us a price which we did manage to bring down to €8000:00 it took several phone calls to get a date when they were going to start after paying them 50% of the total cost, they did start after a couple of months, & during the treatment being done it did not look anything like what they were claiming, & after several more phone calls to complain we decided to tell them if they never put the problem right we were not going to pay the final €2000,( we had already paid an interim €2000) were wer told if we did not pay they would not finish the job!!! So being new in Spain & not knowing where to get advice we agreed to pay.
We have been trying to get in touch with these so called builders because the treatment has all liffted off & our courtyard now looks even worse, we left untold messages obout the problem but it seems they have just dissapered off the face of the earth, we have sice found out that there were other poor "MUGS" like us!!! We have now given up trying to find these so called builders, & have just put it down to a bad experience & "NOT TO TRUST ENGLISH BUILDERS OPPERATING IN SPAIN" You would think that "EX-PATS" would stand by eachother??? How wrong can one be???? Just be very careful who you get to do any work for you, & watch out for "THE CHASE GROUP" thats if they are still opporating here in Spain??? €8000 is a great deal of money for me as I am a pensioner.
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Have you been affected by a Cowboy Builder?
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