Fed up waiting and shine gone off it! - Page 5

dogsbody wrote on Tue Jun 5, 2018 10:25am:

Stick with it.Many years ago we made our move to Spain from Sussex.The English selling system is a nightmare.At the last moment,in fact the morning we were to complete,the buyer demanded 10,000 pounds Sterling off of the agreed price.He was well aware we were leaving the country & had bought ...

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...a business here.It was a rotten trick & we refused but picked up a genuine buyer very quickly so it worked out well.There will be loads of things you will wonder about,thinking if you have made the right choice.But I can only say I have been here for over 30 years & never want to return to UK.However we are all different.Best wishes for your future,whatever you decide.

Stephanie86 wrote on Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:59pm:

We DID nd up sleeping on the floor- we are far too old to re-live our student days!

This was because I decided not to choose the large expensive removers (bishops Move) but instead, foolishly, chose a small, local firm who claimed to be international removers, although they were very well known in the area as reputable. They were roughly half the price of BM. BiG mistake!!!!! As...

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... soon as they had packed and removed I received a bill for 30% over and above estimate - husband had by this time left UK and i was in Band B sorting out final things - and seeing friends!!! So had to pay. Had to wait 5 x weeks (they subcontracted international I discovered!) for goods to arrive. Most of it ok and the men worked really hard, except 18th century clock dismantled and thrown in boxes with no protective packing to mechanism. I had specifically asked if they understood how to deal with it. It cost quite a lot to get repaired, new parts had to be made etc etc - we were lucky to find and English clockmaker!!! To say nothing of other items. So, you gets what you pays for!!! Lesson learnt AGAIN!!!

Karol1112 wrote on Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:06pm:

Does anyone know the law about waiting times, I have asked this before (sorry) but really am tearing my hair out now, deposit of intention to buy paid on the 28th March, everything has taken a while because of getting POA, but the hold up for the last 8 weeks is the certificate from the town hall...

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... , the ‘cedulla e habitabilidad’ , my solicitor says he is chasing up the vendors solicitor but when I asked how long am I supposed to wait there is no answer, just it’s the town halls fault. I refused to sign the sales contract because this was what I had read was the correct thing to do before the certificate was in. They suggested the the solicitor holds a retainer back but the venders would not agree to that. So I’m just stuck waiting, any more advise, and I only have a receipt for the deposit money , not any type of contract.

dogsbody wrote on Tue Jun 26, 2018 4:20pm:

When I sold a previous property about 2 years ago this certificate was obtained via the agent handling the sale.I recently have put up for sale another property & asked the agent who sees that this is in order.I was told that they would(again) arrange this but it is quite straight forward if ...

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...the seller is occupying the property as the utilities are obviously being accessed.If you want to buy this property perhaps you should approach the selling agent directly as they must have obviously been in contact with you throughout.Don't go off in the huff because this sort of thing could come up again with a future buy.Believe me,having been here for 30+ years you should forget how you would approach this if you were in UK,this is Spain.One time in my business there was a British Kennels owner who came here to pick up a clients dog for onward transport into UK quarantine.They told the Ministry man to"Get off his rear end"!  He walked out & they had to come to our Kennels to sort it out.The pet was successfully on the way once a few feathers were unruffled.I believe Pacoboy that you have said you are on your way back to UK,so perhaps this way of life is really not to your style.

Lesleyrose wrote on Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:11pm:

We went with Pickfords who split the cost with different people we had 6 boxes and when we were settled the boxes followed quite a good way of doing the removal as you just let them know when your settled and of course you split the bill with other 😊

Les