Kat Mayhew (Reporter)
AFTER going all the way to the Supreme Court, a British woman has finally won the right to a refund of an off-plan property she purchased from developers Marbella Vista Golf.
The woman purchased a home in the Santa Maria Green Hills development in Marbella in 2003. The building was not completed on time and had no habitation licence, denying the buyer the deeds to the property.
The entire development was later declared illegal and its licence for building was revoked by the town hall.
Now, ten years after the purchase of her new home, the buyer is legally entitled to a full refund of €236,000 plus interest.
The only problem: Marbella Vista Golf is filing for bankruptcy.
Could she send in the bailiffs to seize the golf clubs balls?
As long as she’s on the creditors list before a business goes bankrupt she should get the money.
Bankruptcy – the worst ‘legal’ law for people owed money. Turns lives upside down – EXCEPT for the people themselves who go bankrupt, who are protected if they’re a limited company. All debts wiped clean… and carry on…
The original development must have been legal for the town Hall to make it illegal. So the Town Hall was responsible for the Golf Club filing for bankruptcy.
I would sue the Town Hall.