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are you helping promote an ILLEGAL property?
I am looking for anyone who has secured an AFO or been able to obtain urban status on their property in the province of Almeria via PGOU, can you please notify me. I was asked for my advice and it has opened a can of worms and decided further investigation is vital, a chap came to me explaining his house has been on 4 Albox Estate Agents websites for sale registers for 2 years, they all insisted he provide them with a copy of their title deeds, IBI receipts etc to check legality etc, after checking his documents they all advertised his house on Rightmove, A Place In The Sun etc etc During the two years no one has viewed his home, it is walking distance from the town, has lovely views, detached, not overlooked, I asked to see the photos and was stunned thus decided to visit it personally, it is a lovely property, furnished to an exceptionally high standard, well decorated and well priced, thus it did not make sense, I asked him what the agents had advised - "REDUCE THE PRICE", the house is on the market for less than Euro 140k. We investigated further and established his house is Illegal, it was built on rustic land, I asked if any of the agents had told him - no was the reply, they just advertised it on their website, Rightmove, A Place In The Sun etc.. We could not understand why the Estate Agents advertised a house which could not be sold because to receive their comission they must sell the property, it could only be to provide a HUGE choice of properties - many not available to sell. I plan to contact A Place In The Sun and Rightmove etc to alert them that they are promoting illegal properties and that I plan to pass this information to one of the London papers to publish these findings, we need to warn the poor unsuspecting potential buyers who are considering buying a property in Spain, we will be seeking the opinion from the Spanish equivalent of advertising standards to investigate too. Has anyone been told by the Estate Agent they need the AFO?Has the agent offered to help them obtain the AFO plus recommend the Architect, Abogado, Notary, Septic Tank installers etc., I need their price quotes too. During this research, we have learned 4 people have died from stress-related mortality, they all lived in the same road in Spain where they all had their dream villa built by the local builder - an illegal property. One couple paid Euro 250k for their villa and the land, they were told they had permission - they discovered the villa had no permission because it was in the campo and built on rustic land, thus was illegal, they had to sell for Euro118k, the chap died as a result of a heart attack caused by stress, his sale was pre AFO,, I understand Mr Prior whose property in Vera was demolished had a heart attack too, yes we had all read these sorry tales but why are the ESTATE AGENTS advertising these properties knowing they are ILLegal. We now have a team checking every country property they can find on the internet for sale, we will check all the portals plus all the Estate Agents websites too, we will go to land registry to establish if the property is built on rustic or urban land, if it is rustic it will be illegal, we will be notifying Rightmove and A Place In The Sun etc of the properties we find which are ILLEGAL. If you want to guard your identity I can be contacted on my email, just ask me for the details
