Dream Home Demolished
January 11th, 2008 - Sandra MarshallFollowing on from my previous article: Homes in the Sun Under Threat, it appears that the demolishions have actually started, and this one is actually in Vera, in our province of Almeria!
“A British couple living in Spain have become the first expatriates to see their home demolished in a move that threatens thousands of properties built on the Costas. Thousands more expatriates living on the Costas could see their homes demolished after it emerged the properties - bought in good faith - had been built illegally. Local corruption and the flaunting of planning laws have allowed swathes of the Spanish coastline to be developed during the last decade.
Countless Britons have been duped by unscrupulous estate agents, lawyers or property developers into purchasing homes that have been built on green belt land or without proper permission, and ast November Spain’s socialist government vowed to pull down all illegally built property on 480 miles of Mediterranean coastline.”
The English owners of the property were involved in a legal battle to save their ‘dream home’ right up until the last day, but literally woke up one morning to find 20 armed policemen, and a team of lorries and diggers! They were given just 2 hours to vacate, and must now apply for compensation to try and recover some of their £750,000!
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About Almerimar
Almerimar is located in the region of Andalucia, Spain. The nearest airport is 30km away in Almeria. Other airports that are within 3 hours include Malaga, Murcia, Granada, and Alicanti. Other holiday resorts in the region include Mojacar , Aguadulce and Roquetas de Mar
Almerimar is a great place to live as an expat amongst the expats, or to work amongst the Spanish. There are all kinds of properties including villas, apartments and town houses for rent or sale. It is a very traditional part of Spain, with traditional Spanish foods so if you plan to travel to Spain either to look for jobs, for your company to trade with companies in Spain, or to learn Spanish and enjoy the Spanish weather then come and take a look.
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Almerimar is also one of the largest marinas in Spain with over 2,000 births and excellent boatyard facilities.
January 19th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
[...] article I read today follows on from my previous post: ‘Dream Home Demolished’. Another English couple fear that their bungalow just outside Vera here on the Costa Almeria is [...]