10 Jun 2010 4:22 PM:

 I purchased a villa in Nueva Andalucia  three months ago. 

My solicitor Michael Davies from Davies Solicitors , send me a power of attorney document in English and Spanish by emai, with instructions.

Basically I printed it out , whent to  a notary who witnessed my signature. I then sent it to the legalisation department of the foreign office which is in Milton Keynes together with 27 ponds for the Hague´s Apostille and 6 pounds for them to send it on to the office of my solicitor in Spain. 

He concluded the purchase and he handed me all my paperwork last week. It all whent like clocwork. 

Michael Davies is English , but he is a Spanish trained Abogado (solicitor), who used to the the honorary british consul in Almeria.

Now that I am living in beautiful Marbella ,retired and divorced  I aim to improve my handicap enough to be able to beat my grandson of 12.  

Paul. 

 

 

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10 Jun 2010 4:42 PM:

 All I can say on this subject is that the first villa I was going to purchase  did not have one, and that my solicitor told me to not even put a deposit down until it was in place 

Eventually tired of waiting I found another villa with all the correct paperwork and am now very happy improving my golf in beautiful Marbella. 

From the things I have heard since , I am very happy that my solicitor was so strict, even though I got upset with him, because the agent and seller kept telling me it was of no importance.  The solicitor got into a huff and told me that not having  a LFO can be for many reasons .(the reasons can be from very small reasons to very important reasons). 

His conclusion though was that in my case with no money handed over , I should simply keep away from the property. He did say that if I had already paid over a lot of money , did not have bank guarantees etc, then he would have looked into the matter further as it would be a case of making a choice between two possible evils.

My solicitor is English , but educated in Spain as a Spanish abogado. He has a five year old that has been playing golf since he was two.   

I am very happy with my new life in Marbella. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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