26 May 2008 10:26 PM:

Just to add one further thing regarding valuations. We had loads of problems with undervaluing our property from the time we bought off plan to completing. In 18 months 3 valuations (2 SPANISH BANKS AND 1 ENGLISH BANK VALUATION) all came UNDER valuation from what was quoted in September 06 NOT March 08!!...it appeared our property had lost money not gone up in value. This had a knock on effect with the 80 percent and our budget was knocked for six! Even if the pound had fallen against the euro we certainly didnt expect in 18 months our property to de-value. That is another reason why we opted for the cheaper 2 bedroom apartment. Luckily apart from the 3rd bedroom, the living area is the same square footage but we have the bonus of loads more outdoor room as i mentioned in my last post.

lordy lord!!

Julia

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26 May 2008 10:18 PM:

Hi Geri,

My partner Martin & I  bought offplan for a 3 bed apartment in Guardamar in September 06. We completed March this year. We had great difficulty getting a 80 per cent mortgage as the euro crunch hit us too. We went to several banks who had initially said no problem. One of them had us trawling into a internet cafe to get our credit details from equifax etc, before they would consider us even though our salaries shouldnt have been a problem.
Finally after alot of stress and thinking we may lose our deposit etc.... the developers liaised with another bank who we hadnt even considered and some strings were pulled and we finally got our mortgage and it went through really quickly.
We also edged our bets and took a 2 bedroomed property on the same site and as it was ground floor we had loads more outdoor area space....so all turned out well!!

We are now looking forward to our 3rd holiday in our lovely apartment in July..

Dont get too downhearted, things like this happen and at the time you think you are the only ones going thru it!

Hope this helps

Julia & Martin

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18 May 2008 12:00 AM:

 Hi everyone, im new to this site but i have found all the forum reads extremely helpful. We have recently bought a apartment in Guardamar and eventually hope to move there. In the meantime, we always hire a car but there may be times when we just want to go for a long weekend and not need a car.

Our daughter got a taxi in March and he just dropped them in Guardamar not at the complex and as they hadnt been there before rang us in UK to get directions to walk.

Does anyone know any other alternatives? Anyone do transfers down to Guardamar or has a reliable taxi firm they have used who if we cant book from uk at least book for our trip home? Appreciate any help.  

Julia

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