Pam Sarky

We watched the match in the club house yesterday

jdr

Was they open that late

Pam Sarky

Its getting better, they open till 10pm now

Masey

Maybe the V shaped areas are for planting? anyway most of the feedback is positive which is really encouraging

CAROL TAFF

Andy

We also own a Rago 2 apartment, having completed in early 06, and have foul air emanating from the aircon ducting, be it intermittently; some days its OK and others unusable. We initially blamed the installers and it was not until December 06 that it become apparent that it was a Fadesa ducting problem. Since then we have addressed the problem to Paul in the shed, in writing to Fadesa's head office, and to the after sales office (Vanessa). The girls acknowledge that there have been a number of similar complaints, and that it is a Fadesa problem; however, I have nothing admitting this on paper. There has been no response to my letter to head office which was written in English.

I will be returning to CE later this month and will follow up with after sales. It also had been my intention to write again to Fidesa HQ, and thereafter to seek legal advice. However, I would be more than pleased to join any joint action.

If you require any more info please ask, and I will respond by PM.

Taff

Karen Reilly

I have just got my 'snagging list' and am absolutely horrified to find 10 pages of faults........... has anybody else received their snagging list and found all and everything to be either broken, tarnished, missing, hanging off, leaks, locks not working and on and on and on. What has been the time scale for getting things put right? Please can somebody reassaure me that it will all turn out okay and our duplex apartment will eventually be habitable. I dont know wether to cry or what, we are due out to CE on Friday and thankfully are not staying in the apartment, have booked into a hotel instead, its just as well though isnt it as we wouldn't have been able to stay there. I know I am just rabbiting on and on but I just need somebody to put my mind at ease.............. H E L P ! ! ! !

Pam Sarky

Karen, 10 pages is a hell of a lot of snags!! My husband does snagging lists and the most he has done is around 4 pages. Please dont worry too much. Wait till you come over with your snagging list and check your apartment. You will probably find that a lot of them are not as bad as it looks on paper. You will also find that most of them are minute snags that you would never pick up yourself and can live with.

Steve and Pat

Hi Karen

Don't panic. You'll probably find that your surveyor has probably been a little over enthusiastic and a lot of the 'snags' will be quite small and easily put right. You'd be very unlucky for it to be overwise.
My only advice would be do not complete on the purchase until you have checked the position out; and if possible not until the majority (if not all) of the faults have been put right. (Strange as it might seem, it is the little things that seem to take the longest for Fadesa to get round to so holding off on completion may give them a extra push.)
I'm sure everything will come good in the end.
Steve and Pat

Yvonne King

Steven, Pat and Sam are all right Karen. Sam's husband, Benny, did our snagging (Rago 1 apartment) and could barely find anything wrong. Some of the things he put down on the list, we would never have picked up - it's probably nowhere near as bad as it seems. Have a lovely time when you get there on Friday.
Yvonne

Karen Reilly

Thank you everyone for your replys on my 10 page snagging list. Yes I guess some of the snags are small faults, but when it comes to cupboards not attached to walls, locks not working, leaks and smashed tiles, windows lose, damaged door frames, no sealant around windows and doors, tiles on steps broken, rusty taps oh it goes on and on. The company Let & Care have done a brilliant job for us and thankfully they do 2 follow up visits to the home too, but I had visions of just having the odd jobs to be done not the house apartment from top to bottom. I am atRM1 Manzana 1 if anybody knows where that is, the only good thing will be the view we have. It really has taken the shine away from the apartment. Unfortunately we completed in July and this will be our fisrt time to see it. Rob from Frontera is giving the place a clean, god help them apparently its full of insects and extrememly dirty, then the furniture will be put in place etc. Does anybody know if its okay for these workmen to go into your home when you have all your things there, is it safe or do you have to lock everything away ? I must stop, I am once again rabbiting on at full speed,, have not calmed down at all, just keep looking at the 10 pages and thinking 'god what have I done', will defo go to the club house when we are up there and see if anybody else is there. Thanks everyone for your comments, it does help to moan doesnt it.

Pam Sarky

Please stop worryng Karen. It always seems worse when you are in the Uk reading it from a paper. Wait while you get here and take it from there. Make sure the after sales office already have a copy, I am sure Let and Care will call in to make sure.

A & M

Hooray!! have finally completed our Rago 1 Bloque 1 purchase. We actually completed a few weeks ago, and have been having a very frustrating time since then trying to get any information whatsoever out of our solicitors (Moron Pendas) about what all the mysterious payments out of our bank account are, whether there are any more to come, how much per month our mortgage payment is going to be, or anything else for that matter. Neither email nor phone calls to the helpful but terminally overworked staff seem to produce a meaningful response. Has anyone else had this difficulty? Or are we just being over-anxious Brits who don't yet have a proper sense of manana?

But never mind! These are just minor irritations, compared to the thrill of actually owning a small slice of Spain! We will be out in Oct from 6 - 13 rushing around trying to equip said property so would be interested to know who else might be out there at the same time - any chance of comparing notes with fellow Rago 1 -ers over a drink at the clubhouse? (Steve and Judith, we haven't forgotten we're going to meet up - tee times booked, will PM you).

Hasta luego, nuestros vecinos nuevos.

Yorkshire Scratcher

Please post me your email of you would like to join the Rago 1 action group.

Mike

Yvonne King

I can sympathise with the lack of info about cost of the mortgage, payments coming out of your bank account and so on. We completed on Rago 1 in June and we've still had no paperwork about our bank account or mortgage. The only thing we've had from the bank is a credit card that they charged us 12 euros for - that's going back today for a refund! I managed to find out the cost of the mortgage from the broker, but no paperwork from the lender at all. It's all very strange but seems to be how they operate out there. (We had a different solicitor to you who has been great, I have to say). In the end, I asked someone at work who is fluent in Spanish to ring the bank yesterday and find out what these odd payments were coming out of our account and have finally got to the bottom of it all (until the next time!) One payment of 24 euros was for paperwork for the mortgage - what a cheek! Needless to say, I'm following that one up.
Aside from all that, enjoy your apartment when you get out there - I'm sure you won't be disappointed - we love ours and can't wait to get back out there.
Yvonne

Val D

Hi Adrian and Miranda
Congratulations on completion!!! At last you must be really please to be in,
as we have to stick to school holidays it may be a while before our paths cross again but we are still looking forward to visiting you in your apartment sometime soon.
Good luck in your new home,
Val