noni

Hi Barry, - welcome - although not good news for you. Things seem to be getting worse for everybody.
Perhaps it would be a good idea if I start a new thread for you with regard to Churchills, and perhaps some of the others will pick it up, and help you, by discussing what they know of Churchills

barrance

Hi Noni, I am thoroughly disgusted with Churchills i would love to discuss Churchills antics with other people.
Regards
Barry

noni

put your story on the Churchill thread, perhaps others will
put theirs, like the thread of Chris Gregory, it is disgusting the way people have been swindled out of their money, and from UK Agents. It is people like these that give all Estate Agents a bad name. :curse:

a_f_d

their website's still up.

AndyD 8-)#

barrance

Hello, you're right the website is still up but when you try to ring them an automated message gives you a new number which when you try to call just rings out, i have since contacted another company who i paid the initial deposit to, this company claim that Churchills have gone bust and left everybody in the shit!!!!! Their M.D had also bought property but is in the same situation as myself we are now trying to find the builder in Goa, i have there bank details but that is about it. I made my payments through Churchill so i do not know if they even transfered the money to the builders account

hemingway

Have a look at the link below to an article in today's herald & decide for yourself which of the above title descriptions best fits the story. . . . . . . . .

http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=8403&cid=26

Mind you, if it meant getting deeds registered, I'm sure many FNs would have been quite prepared to pay a higher percentage registration fee & stamp duty.

Hemingway.

hemingway

You gotta larf, ain't yer

I understood Rs 1 crore to be Rs 10,000,000 - 10 million if I'm not mistaken, I'm sure someone will tell me if I am. Have a look at this link:

http://www.business-standard.com/ind...?autono=331502

If I'm correct, that's £250,000 (quarter of a million quid!) for an apartment & maybe a better bargain, £375,000 for a villa - yes I know that's peanuts for certain parts of the world, but in Goa, would even people from Mumbai or Delhi pay that sort of money?

I remember another development mooted on a headland by the Zuari river, wasn't that being promoted by a prominent prestigious UK estate agaent? what happened to that? it's gone quiet, wasn't there something minor about the developer never having actually bought the land, or the land never going to be sold, even before small details such as planning consent had been received. . . . . . . .

Hemingway

enfield951

1 Lakh = Rs. 100,000 = £1250
100 Lakh = 1 Crore = £125,000
The noughts get a bit confusing sometimes.
Despite that , surprising how much money Indians have got now.
In Mumbai land and property is sold by the square foot not the sqare metre as it's so expensive.
Land in certain parts of Goa has more than quadrupled in the last 2 years.
Who knows where it will all end ? On BBC World News today even the Arab States are in trouble,property prices down 10% , projects halted etc.
Heads below the parapet is best for sometime I detect.

enfield951

1 Lakh = Rs. 100,000 = £1250 (at Rs. 80 to the £)
100 Lakh = 1 Crore = £125,000
The noughts get a bit confusing sometimes.
Despite that , surprising how much money Indians have got now.
In Mumbai land and property is sold by the square foot not the sqare metre as it's so expensive.
Land in certain parts of Goa has more than quadrupled in the last 2 years.
Who knows where it will all end ? On BBC World News today even the Arab States are in trouble,property prices down 10% , projects halted etc.
Heads below the parapet is best for sometime I detect.

Honey Bee

Head down as you say! With the weather we have here, may as well stay in Goa for the winter until the men in karki, green men, or men in white coats come for us.

a_f_d

... and here is the Congress response - in particular:
On the demand of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party for special status to the state for prevention of sale of properties to non-Goans, he said that such a demand was unlikely to be accepted by the central government as it was contrary to the principles of the Constitution.

a_f_d

Xenophobia still rules the Goan government - see link

AndyD 8-)#

a_f_d

... but confusion (?) reigns as to what they are all going to do

AndyD 8-)#

Honey Bee

wish they would use simple english, which they and us FN's can understand.
Why are they afraid of us? because we have brains

wheatsheaf

I sometimes wonder if 'they' only want a piece of Goa because FNs find it attractive?. It's a bit of the bollywood syndrome isnt it?