We moved here in June 2003 buying off plan via ATLAS.They advised us to do all our legal business with AROCA SEQUIER(not sure of the spelling) & not knowing any better we did this.
In the light of what I have read in the press & have knowledge of people buying on our urbanisation I now realise we have been very lucky.By early 2004 we were in posession of our escrituria as were lots of others.
We live on a Bosque de Las Lomas urb. & there are nearly 200 properties,however there are some residents who are still waiting for their escrituras.
We are not on builders supply,all the urbanisation has now been connected to the services except the apartments which sometimes are cut off because bills have not been paid & THEY are still on builders supply.The apartments are in the middle of the urbanisation behind the commercials.There are people in these properties who are also without escrituras & have been told the builder has 2nd mortgages on their properties which they have fully paid for & truly believe they own.Apparently the only ones who have been successful recently are the residents who took out mortgages.
There are also commercial premises which have had to close down because of the same thing,& they were fined by Iberdrola which was very costly for these businesses who were trying to make a decent living.
The thing that is so annoying is that although we have our escrituras & we have our utilities the issue of our Certificate of Habitation is still outstanding.The Ayuntamiento says we cannot be issued with them because the builder has not passed the estate over to them.
I think this is ludicrous,after all they know we live here,we pay SUMA,water & electricity.We have our residency & we are on the Padron.So why does the Ayuntamiento not recognise this.It is totally unfair.
We have now terminated our legal business with AROCA S. & as for ATLAS well they don’t want to know you once they have your money.It is a joke!!
Why don’t the powers that be just have a look round the Orihuela Costa at the unfinished buildings which Technologia Urbanistica have walked away from. Or are they just acting like the ostrich with its head in the sand & don’t want to know.
We are happy here,but the area is blighted with unfinished building work,dog mess polution,& landscaping that has not been maintained.
bettyespana
