Hi,
Probaly a bit out of date, but then again Iīm allowed because Iīm new to the forum.
We had, more or less the same thing happen to us. We were looking to buy a house in Torrent, Valencia. Gave the agent a deposit on Euros 1,500. Went a viewed the house a few times and was on course to buy it. My partnerīs sister happened to ask if the house was built on urban land or īrusticī As it turns out the house was built on rustic land, and with the Valencia land grab laws there was a chance that the house could be knocked down one day to make room for a new shopping centre, railway line, motorway whatever and we decided that we couldnt take this chance so back out of the sale.
Sadly we lost the deposit, and when my partners mother tried to re-claim the money, the agent got very nasty with her, despite being threatened with media attention, no money was forthcoming so we handed the matter over to the Spanish citizen advice who are working on the case. If spanish agents are happy to rip off there own country-men, what chance have the rest of us got!!
You just got keep on them, I guess.I hope you get it sorted.
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