sondeck53 wrote on Wed May 25, 2022 3:42pm:
I can also confirm do not use Sun Lawyers, we purchased our Villa through them last July, however until we had WC sewer problems the plumber asked if we had a Certification of Habitat which should have came with the sale, of which we were unaware of and our Lawyers did not inform us the property ...
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...did not have one!!!!!!! which in some areas it is an illegal property and also very difficult to sell without one.
We have tired to issue litigation through another Lawyer with no positive response only to issue a claim against the seller which is futile and costly.
To be legal an Architect has to survey the property (£350) and submit the plans to the local town, we have been told by our plumber that old septic tanks are now being replaced with Bio-tanks (£4000 approx) which most town halls insist upon, and then issue a Certificate of Habitation which is renewable every 5 years.
DO NOT PURCHASE a property without COH be warned and do not use Sun Lawers
Hi .....So sorry you had to go through the sun liars nightmare......amongst all the unregistered extensions to our house we weren't told we had a problem with the cesspit which hadn't been emptied for 5 years and had never been connected to main stream sewage.......
Out of curiosity which branch of sun liars did you use? Was it cabo roig?
Hope you get it sorted out we've been here 5 years and still trying to get the house up to standard with the land registry and town hall......and running out of money fast.