steve in pago

Jan have sent reply to ur hotmail

Chiclanagir

Steve

Is this an electrician working for Endessa? If my builder has already put in an application how can I chase it? Understand that Endessa can fine us any news on that?

Can you give me the solar heating pool stuff again. Have lost it.

dazzle

Glynis, are you sure that the your application was actually accepted by Endesa? My understanding was that they wouldn't or couldn't accept any applications until this very recent development.

steve in pago

Hi Glynis not sure if he is, but he's working with the guy that is sorting out my application, i would chase the builder again & see if he has actually applied see if you can see any relevant paper work etc.

That pool heater details are http://rudy-shop.com/buyheatingen.html

poollounger

Hi Niccol......Have finally bought in Pago, completed last week after a year of searching... a very long saga. Thru attempting an inland purchase at Puerto Serano, a cortijo at Moron and finally a chalet at Pago. We dealt with Jackie Lopez at Unseen Spain and I find it difficut to fault her. She was the most clued up agent re local regs etc, and drives around with a folder of all the plans, to check on sites. There was a property that was top of the list, but the agreement to share the meter had been rescinded by the neighbour, and she said there was no way she would let us proceed without a legal meter. Our place is on the other side of the road betwixt the Forentina and the Sopresa, and is a freehold plot which the solicitor assured us was unusual and excellent. I am glad to have found this site and look forward to reading much more about you guys who have bought in Pago/Chiclana

dazzle

Congratulations poollounger. Is your property a holiday home or are you planning the big move?

Chiclanagir

What do you mean freehold? I was under the belief that all our properties were freehold and it was just normally leasehold when in a block of apartments! When are you promised your electric meter.........

jjh

Me too, Glynis.

poollounger

We have our meter already and were powered up the day we completed. The agent said she would stand in line and get the account put into our name, but the vendor, who seems well connected said he would do it by telephone. And so it seems to have been done. There is already a meter at the property. It is a new build.
Ok the freehold bit can be a bit confusing. As I understand it the horizontal divide allows, for eg., two houses to be built on a plot which is the legal minimum. There is then a contract between the two owners stating that they own 50% of the plot. This is acceptable to banks etc for mortgage purposes. The is also something called 'indiviso' where many share a larger plot with no delineations, but I was told that this is not acceptable for a mortgage. My plot is entirely owned by ourselves,with no sub-contract. If anyone knows any different perhaps they can post??

poollounger

By the way, Quimi Pool also offer the solar pool heating system, and they said it can be fitted retrospectively. We are making a decision as to whether they or a local builder are to install our pool. Quimi seem to offer standard choice of tiles etc, while as local buider can offer colour variations. Some friends of mine were the subjetc of a TV show choosing between houses in Devon and South Africa--they chose neither in the end--but one of the houses featured had a black pool, which apparently retains the heat better, hence it is warmer. We are looking at a lovely deep turquoise blue.

NicCol

At last someone with some good news!! I hope you'll be very happy.

We are coming out this weekend to check on progress, we are nearly there now! We are also going to check the water, as jjh suggested, what is your water like?

Would you tell me who your builder is (if you don't want to on this site, please pm me, as I know my builder was hoping to complete with someone English, I was just wondering, or is it hoping, its you, considering your success with the meter.

poollounger

have sent you a PM

mitzipurr

Hi Poollounger

Please read my post "Spanish home buyers beware" url pasted below. http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=253684
A warning for some people but maybe too late for others!!

poollounger

Hi Mitzipurr
Yes I have read all your threads with interest. Without hearing both sides of the story I cannot comment..it wouldn't be fair. I am sory for the trouble you seem to be having. I also have a Spanish friend who has a house in Barossa which she bought years agao,and she has no problems whatsoever. You do seem to have bought your house as an 'indiviso' as opposed to a horizontal divide or a freehold, which I was advised against, as I was told that banks won't lend as they cannot be clear which actual piece of the land belongs to you. On my escritura there are clear descriptions of the site, with details of the boundaries north south east and west plans of the house, the mortgage valuation report.It even states that 20 meters of the plot size are part of the communal cul de sac and cannot be obtructed. And a clear statement that it is a freehold site, not a horizontal divide. If in spite of all this something goes wrong well then I will have to suck it and see!! There is also a clear, to scale, plan of the house accompanying the deeds which was registered and ratified at the notario. What more can one do??

mitzipurr

Hi Poollounger

Sorry but you are incorrect re land. It clearly states on both my nota simpla that my land is horizontally divided. It has taken some time but the whole matter is very shortly being dealt with by a competent lawyer who is absolutely appalled at the way I have been treated by various parties. It will take some time but he is very confident that I will win my case.

Your Spanish must be excellent if you can read all this information for yourself about your land etc from the Escitura. I have had mine translated and officially stamped by an authorised Spanish to English translator and the information is nowhere near what I was told or not told originally by parties whom had a vested interest in the sale.

However I do hope all goes well for you as I would not wish my situation on anyone else.