BUYING PROPERTY IN SPAIN - Easy peasy????

Whilst browsing through the Internet, for properties for a friend, who is thinking of investing in a property in Spain but lives in the UK, I come across the perfect property. The property in question looked amazing value for money although did require a bit of updating but nothing major.

We roughly knew where the property was so off we went, to have a look. As a bank re-possession, it was obviously empty, the gate was open and on closer inspection it was minus its doors and windows! Feeling a bit criminal like, we threw caution to the wind, traipsed through the jungle of a garden and had a good look around. Every light switch, bit of wiring, everything really had been robbed and there was a gaping hole in the roof where the property had been entered. Undeterred though we thought it was worth an offer.

On the website it gave you a box to tick if you wanted to put an offer in. It also asked if you'd viewed the property and then gave you a box for the offer. First though there was a trip to the bank to check the mortgage situation. All good, so far. We waited and waited for a response on the offer - nothing.

We contacted the bank, who contacted the agents representing the bank and were told the offer wouldn't be put  in until we'd viewed the property with the agent. No problem, we contacted the agent who promised to call us back with an appointment. Two days later, still nothing. Phoned again and were told the person we needed to speak to was on holiday. Another four days pass and still no contact. Another call to the agent and we were given the contacts phone number. We phone the contact, Natalia, no reply. Repeat 6 more times, give up! Do they actually want to sell houses????

Natalia finally calls us and tells us she hasn't got her diary and she will call the next day. Next day, nothing! Eight more attempts to get Natalia to answer her phone and we finally get a message from her telling us to contact Pablo. Contact Pablo, who answers after call number three and make arrangement to meet him the next day at 5.30! Yaaaaay!!!

Next day at 5.30, we all await eagerly for Pablo to arrive at the property. No show. We call Pablo, no answer, we call Natalia no answer! We continue ringing them both until Natalia finally answers and tells us she will contact Pablo. Finally we call Pablo and he answers!!!! He denies ever making the appointment but promises to meet us in the morning. Exasperated we head home for a much needed wine. Hard hard can it be to put an offer in on a bloody house?

Two bloody weeks, yes two weeks it takes to put an offer in on a house! Did have to laugh though that  when Pablo finally shows, he optimistically arrives with a key for the now existent front door.

Pablo hadn't realised how bad the house had got and thought the offer was a good one, so apparently the offer is now in! Watch this space .......