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Has anyone purchased a property through this company

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No, but know many that have. A strange and leading question - Denise ??

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just wanted to provoke a response hehe:D
I just liked an apartment they showed me and wanted to meet someone who had had dealings with them.:)

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Know the company very well but are you talking about Masa the estate agents or Masa the builder? Masa the builder has some very cheap builds that look very nice but the reality is the build quality is very poor (pre fabricated houses) that when a bit of heat hits them seem to do some strange things!!! I am sure you will find someone on this forum that has bought from them to give their opinion becuase I know of people that are happy with their Masa build as well. If it is Masa the agent then they are probably no better or worse than many of the other big agents here. They like the rest will just be desperate to get your money and promise all types of stuff.

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yes i have a property on camposol - how can i help you

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Just because i am considering using their solicitor is this ok i like the property but of course apprehensive;)

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Don`t you remember the advice you were given on this last week?????????

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No way hose b! Independent solicitor only and always!!!!!!!
And the easiest way to tell if an agent is telling you porkies, is to see if their lips move when they tell you something! Always a giveaway!

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I just cant remember the number of times people have been told though others personal experience


USE AN INDEPENDENT SOLICITOR AT ALL COSTS


:D

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ok friends who??????????????????????
dont think i dont appreciate your advice cause i do:)
i AM OPEN TO RECCOMENDATIONS TO GOOD SOLICITORS
bearing in mind i no speekie spanish yet but am taking lessons:D

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i should have looked at the lips dam:frown:

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Well thats what we all had to discover at the time. Me .... I asked around and got local recommendations. Go for someone not local to the builder either. I live in Oliva, but got a solicitor elsewhere

You use a builders solicitor and you stand a chance of being bitten! I used the builders recommended bank and got stuffed for a lot of commission. Looking back I should have done my own research rather than take the easy way out .... but I didn't have the benefit of these forums then :)

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do u suggest i start a new thread for good solicitors jules

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You really need to spend some time in the area in which you are interested and talk to people already there. Never, ever use the agents' solicitor or the builders' solicitor. Go to the next large town and search one out there, or ask locally to the property and see who other people have used. You really should not do these things on an "inspection trip" but at your own pace with no body who has an interest following or guiding you.
Here, it is a buyers market. There are literally tens of thousands of properties for sale. They cannot give away new builds on large developements at the moment, so will promise the earth to shift them. You have to know whether or not what you are looking at is completely legal and above board, some solicitors tend to gloss over small issues like that.
Search this forum for the areas you are looking at. Do a Google search for other property and read everything that you can find about the area, the agents, and the properties.
but please don't think that you can just nip over for a couple of days and find the perfect buy. It just will not happen!

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There is probably a chance that solicitors names wouldn`t be allowed to be advertised anyway. best thing is to ask the moderator.

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Do u know a good solicitor mitz;)

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I have an excellent solicitor, but he is in Valencia City, so not a lot of good if you are buying near Alicante really!
As has been said already, Valencia is a huge area.

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Most known solicitors are based in Torrevieja so there is plenty of choice and I imagine the builders or agents solicitor is based there as well. Best thing is to try and find out who they use and then choose somebody different.

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An extremely good one in Gandia, but if you are buying in Alicante then thats 85 kms away.

As a matter of record, if you were to ask for recommendations of solicitors in the area you are going to buy then there is nothing to stop people pming you these

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for anyone who wonders why im on late night shift nursing duties. some of us do work hehe

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Build quality is very very poor look beyond the dressed show flat move on and look elsewhere. You also need an architect to inspect the build quality if you are heeding my advice and an out of town solicitor. Remember to prime your solicitor with questions to ask they tend to keep their silence otherwise. Please remember its very much a buyers market don't let your heart rule your head it takes sometimes years to sell a property here remember that when your jumping for joy running round a show flat being given loads of bull by the agent.Also banks are clamping down on mortgages make sure your finance is in order before committing yourself. The best of luck.



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Hello Denise,

If you are buying near Torrevieja / Alicante then I can recommend one. Actually not the independent one I used but one I discovered afterwards - he sorted a lot of bad stuff out for many of us in Hondon regarding Water and Leccy supply . a really proactive chappy, actually got out of his office and went to see the Council and Builders several times - nice chap, good English and very assertive.

Can't put the name here as advertising... so let me know by PM if you are interested (Private Message) - link in the top right corner.

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By the way I am talking about MASA estate agents and a resale property in urbanisation

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I’d have thought that you’re in a very good position to drive a hard bargain on a resale property.

No rush really as there’s hundreds around…

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If this property is resale be careful because some of these estate agents the really big ones put very high comsission rates, much higher than the standard 3-5% which most agents charge. There are some well known ones that put as much as 15-18% so be warned. If it is a new property then there is no problem with this as the agent gets a flat comission from the builder.

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That's what I told my stockbroker yesterday when he tried to sell me 200,000
Lehmen Brothers shares for 30 pounds each but I am a shrewd cookie and beat him down to 28 pounds each see its a buyers market no flies on this cookie ehhhhhh :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

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Can anyone tell me when buying an apartment in block who owns the land are they freehold or is there variation
What is the normal situation in these cases:frown:

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Read my private e-mail to you:rofl: What ever you decide do not use the one recommended by the Agent - you could possibly live to regret it.

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I don't think it is normal to own the freehold when buying an apartment.

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You get your share of the land bills, but you don`t get the land. ;-))

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Denise,
I've been following your threads, and can under stand your excitement at moving to a new life.

But PLEASE consider renting in the area first.

If for some reason you need to sell, you simply won't be able to, you will be trapped.

This will give you a very good insight to an area, and you will make contacts and will be able to check out anything first hand, especially if a desirable property needs to be sold privately.
Please take a step back, breath deeply. And rent.

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Good point because properties in Spain today can take years to sell unless you are willing to really slash the price.

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I thank you for your concern, its nice to know people care about others in this world today.I am not going to sell up at home. I am keeping my Uk property

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A long term rental has to be best at the moment and for some time to come. This advice has been repeated ad infinitum for probably a year or longer on this site.

Any apartment etc that you buy now will go down in price as sure as Posh comes up with the best smilies.

In the UK it's going to get worse as far as property and the economy are concerned and with its surfeit of low /lowish priced overbuilds/ apartments Spain is going to suffer at least as much.

As far as solicitors are concerned beware - they are not solicitors in many instances. They are not even Abogado's a lot of the time. They are lawyers. What is a lawyer?