The Den

Rich and I are a bit bored at the moment and are taking every opportunity to explore all the little roads and lanes around us. We love finding a bit of mud or a river to play in (in the car obviously).

Last night, well early evening we went for a little venture out in my Landy, hoping we may see some interesting houses (out latest hobby) or maybe some wild life ( as we're a bit past wild life). We kind of drive up tracks only suitable for 4x4's. It can be a bit embarrassing when you roll up somebodys drive by mistake or go swanning down a dead end road, past houses with people outside BBQ-ing, pretending you know where you are going, only to have to do some very technical reversing, past all the BBQ-ing people again, whilst still trying to look like you are meant to be there and are not burglars, casing up potential houses.

Towards the end of our drive I decided we should take a right, up a little track. We admired the little stream on the left and commented how remote the place was when suddenly, around the corner were around a million tissues, I kid you not. We also came to a dead end. Whilst maneuvering, I got to inspect the 'tissues' closer. The tissues were in fact wet wipes and between the wet wipes were around a million condoms, all colours of the rainbow!

We soon realised that this is where the prostitutes must bring their punters. I always wondered how they managed to do business on the side of the road but they obviously have 'dens'. Judging by the amount of wet wipes and condoms, they must do a roaring trade!

The locals must know where these dens are so I was totally mortified to be spotted by two cars driving out of one, in our sign written Discovery!!!!!

Stage 3 Buying a house in Spain ONLY IN SPAIN COULD THIS HAPPEN!

So the legal lady gets given the casteral number to do a legal check on the property, make sure its all legal and there are no debts or fines. Does the check but the land doesn't show up, just the house. On the map it shows it on a plot of 4000 m2 and a plot of 500 m2 but by law plots can't be divided. We were told that the plot is 1700 m2??? A bit of a difference.

She phones the agent to find out what it says on the deeds. They tell her to call head office. She calls head office, they tell her the bank holds the deeds. She phones the bank, they tell her the town hall would know. She phones the town hall, the person is on holiday and they tell her to call next week. FFS!!!!!!!

Does anybody in this country know what they are doing???? Surely the bank didn't give a mortgage on this property X many years ago if the property is illegal???

Lets see what happens next week *(sighs very loudly)

Buying a property in Spain - Next stage

The day after the offer went in we were informed by the bank that the offer had been accepted! After a really shit week, this news was most welcome.

We spent the next week chasing the agent for the casteral number so we could check out the situation with the electric. In Spain if there are debts on the electric, it goes with the house and the next owner has to pay them before being re-connected (for a huge cost).

Four days and 5 chase ups later we finally receive the casteral number. We already had the address for the property but the casteral number showed a different address but the right property? (Only in Spain).

Phoned Iberdrola (the Spanish electric company) who didn't have any details of the property ever being connected at that address. Now, this could be because the property has been disconnected for many years and its gone from the system or it could be the wrong address. What do we do now????

In the mean time the bank were demanding more details of finances which haven't yet been submitted as the quarter only finished last week, so more delays. However the papers for the mortgage application are now signed and a mortgage application fee (€1000) has been paid.

Meeting the builder tomorrow to discuss Daddios renovations that he wants.