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A house was demolished in Guadamar ,South Costa Blanca,yesterday . At last the Spanish press at least here on the Costa Blanca is commenting on the issue. According to INFORMACION newspaper a total of at least 5,000 properties are under threat of demolition ,in Spain; 65% are on the Costa Blanca from Denia in the North to Torrevieja in the South.
Spain at the moment is a public relations disaster. Benidornm council can spend millions on publicity campaigns, but one demolition will cost them a lot more than that.
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what a waste of oppotunity? If the poor owners had been compensated in full by whoever gave the ‘go ahead’ and then they had gone to press saying they had at least been given time and money to buy a replacement property, as their place had been build illegally, what a different story? Why on earth is Spain not punishing the guilty and compensating the victims??? Anything less, as you say will be a public relations disaster, as the world is just waiting for Spains next injustice. The sad thing is, many of the monstrosoties that have ruined Spains coastline, do need pulling down, but that will never be right until the innocent victim buyers are compensated in full before the demolition. Where will the money come from? well how many millions are in accounts or assets of the low-life we all read about?. Until these scum bags are bought to justice and forced to cough up, what chance of a PR turnaround for Spain?
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what a waste of oppotunity? If the poor owners had been compensated in full by whoever gave the ‘go ahead’ and then they had gone to press saying they had at least been given time and money to buy a replacement property, as their place had been build illegally, what a different story? Why on earth is Spain not punishing the guilty and compensating the victims??? Anything less, as you say will be a public relations disaster, as the world is just waiting for Spains next injustice. The sad thing is, many of the monstrosoties that have ruined Spains coastline, do need pulling down, but that will never be right until the innocent victim buyers are compensated in full before the demolition. Where will the money come from? well how many millions are in accounts or assets of the low-life we all read about?. Until these scum bags are bought to justice and forced to cough up, what chance of a PR turnaround for Spain?
Very interesting report on the radio station website, rem.fm website in the news section about how deals have been done concerning the ex mayor of Marbella, SMALL FINES AND SUSPENDED SENTENCES.
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@135yearswaiting wrote:
Spain at the moment is a public relations disaster.
Absolutely.
And apparently Costa Blanca holiday homes are no longer even popular with Brits and Germans.
The Germans who still own property are selling up, and much fewer British are buying in Alicante (sales to Brits. down as much as 90% in last few months).Legal uncertainty and high prices are quoted as the two main reasons.
Suppose we can read that as corruption and greed.Keep shafting purchasers with bribe-involved illegal builds and they will eventually go elsewhere……where prices are cheaper.
Keep pulling stunts like demolishing a retired couple’s home with (so far at least) no compensation, and see how what is happening in Alicante may spread like wildfire.Maybe life is beginning to finally backfire on all those involved in Spain’s property gravy train. And I include the Government in that, because they were happy to receive all the taxes, including the Prior’s in Vera.
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_14849.shtml
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BornFree,
I’m assuming the OP was referring to the demolition order issued for the beachfront homes at Playa Babilonia, Guardamar.
In this instance there appears to be an innocent explanation.
Over recent years a stretch of beach 100 metres long has disappeared as the sea encroaches onto the land and now around 100 houses which sit right on the beach are under attack by the forces of nature. The storms of last year have caused damage to these houses and shows how fragile their condition is.
The terraces of many have collapsed completely, while some houses have suffered damage within, which has resulted in a good number of the buildings now being considered too dangerous to live in. Nearly all are regarded as potentially dangerous and demolition orders for 12 of them have already been enforced, with more to follow in the near future. Most of the houses have already been vacated but there are still a few in use.
The lease on the land where they lie expires in 2018 and the Ministry of Environment plans to replace all the houses along the Avenida Ingeniero Codorniu, which runs parallel to the beach, with a 2km long coastal dune by that date.
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