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Hello,
I promised my wife that if we found a real upstanding Spanish Real estate company and bought from them then I would eat humble pie and write about them!I like so many others have not been overly impressed by the UK media coverage and advice from people that either have a feasted interest or from so called friends that have no idea!!
We have spent hours on the Internet and finally agreed on a company called
The reason we choose them was simple. they did not tell any lies and even advised us not to buy on
Now all you people that want to listen to people that have no idea, then go ahead and be my guess!!
Kind regards Guy & His happy Wife!!
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@charlie wrote:
Snap! How about that Claire – we posted at precisely the same moment….7.17pm.
Aaahhhhhh! 😆
Great minds Charlie,……etc etc.
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@ralita wrote:
If you spent hours on the Internet and finally agreed on Polaris World, you really wasted your time. Try spending twice as much time and maybe you can come up with something better…
Can you give me some idea of something in Spain that is better instead of just coming out with sort of stuff?. I love golf, hence can you show me a two bedroom frontline golf property for say E160,000 on a resort comparable with La Torre, somewhere else in Spain.
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@ralita wrote:
If you spent hours on the Internet and finally agreed on Polaris World, you really wasted your time. Try spending twice as much ti
me and may be you can come up with something better…Go on give us clue .LIKE WHAT can you find better,i hate la torre so much im selling my apt to buy a villa i must be a mug along with 2800 others mugs on la torre .offers welcome but nothing E160.000 THANKS
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Still way too expensive for the location. Same prices you can buy on the southern costa del sol!
People need to realize that like central london (for example) with only few exceptions, prices get cheaper the further from the main area one moves!
Its crazy how prices in Calahonda/Riviera are the same as Marbella! Finally some sense is coming back and the price diferentials are starting to emerge!
Enough now, its 25 degrees out there already, its a friday – crackerjack day!!!
Have a good one you lot! 😀
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jameslondon wrote:
Good to see that the snowball started rolling.
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@jameslondon wrote:
Theses are the La Torre also rans and have been dicussed before (see property wanted thread La Torre sale thread), they are not frontline, unless you like road frontline.
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@ralita wrote:
@jameslondon wrote:
Good to see that the snowball started rolling.
If you think thats the snowball rolling you must have a pretty poor understanding of prices on La Torre. Theres much better value than that on the resort (although the townhouse price they are quoting on a different flash is reasonable).
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Mary Hinge wrote:If you think thats the snowball rolling you must have a pretty poor understanding of prices on La Torre. Theres much better value than that on the resort (although the townhouse price they are quoting on a different flash is reasonable).
Unfortunately I had the misfortune to stay one week at La Torre resort.
The prices they quote are incredibly high for that place. Even at 50% of those prices it would still be expensive for that kind of location (front golf or not…).
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@ralita wrote:
@Mary Hinge wrote:
If you think thats the snowball rolling you must have a pretty poor understanding of prices on La Torre. Theres much better value than that on the resort (although the townhouse price they are quoting on a different flash is reasonable).
Unfortunately I had the misfortune to stay one week at La Torre resort.
The prices they quote are incredibly high for that place. Even at 50% of those prices it would still be expensive for that kind of location (front golf or not…).
We’ve had people who have been and and are returning this year. Location is important on La Torre as anywhere. I think you are just on here to run places down.
Have you tried http://www.housepricecrash.com . I sense kindrid spirits.
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Mary Hinge wrote:We’ve had people who have been and and are returning this year. Location is important on La Torre as anywhere. I think you are just on here to run places down.
If they are golfers, maybe they would return.
Otherwise I see no reason. Far from everything and bad quality construction.
I have been in many beautiful resorts in Spain. La Torre was not one of them. Do not take it personally, I have nothing against anybody who bought there.
About the site you mentioned (house price crash), it was good when it went against the
majority’s opinion. Now everybody agrees that the house prices will decrease and that it will be quite a difficult period so why would anyone bother to visit that site anymore? -
@ralita wrote:
@Mary Hinge wrote:
We’ve had people who have been and and are returning this year. Location is important on La Torre as anywhere. I think you are just on here to run places down.
If they are golfers, maybe they would return.
Otherwise I see no reason. Far from everything and bad quality construction.
I have been in many beautiful resorts in Spain. La Torre was not one of them. Do not take it personally, I have nothing against anybody who bought there.
About the site you mentioned (house price crash), it was good when it went against the
majority’s opinion. Now everybody agrees that the house prices will decrease and that it will be quite a difficult period so why would anyone bother to visit that site anymore?All none golfers that are returning, I kid you not. I like (not love) La Torre and for the prices they (in resale or discount) are asking I consider it reasonable priced. I wouldn’t come on here and ramp it, it certainly has its faults, i’ll list them(again):
A bit of a housing estate on a golf course.
Its a little dense.
Its out of the way somewhat. The Murcia region itself is somewhat bland i’m afraid to say.
The build quality is not fantastic. But its not poor although I am not a surveyor.
Polaris leave a lot to answer for in admin stakes and off plan is a bit of a lottery buy.
Certain resorts, El Val and Hacienda have been left at the mo. without facilities, although they appear to coming online.
etc etc etc.But again prices are (now?) reasonable and the resort is nice.
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@kpw4v wrote:
@Mary Hinge wrote:
@ralita wrote:
@Mary Hinge wrote:
But again prices are (now?) reasonable and the resort is nice.
Current prices may have been considered reasonable when the exchange rate was nudging 1.50€ to the £. However, at 1.25€ to the £ recent reductions mean very little to UK buyers.
Kevin
There are some ‘end of line’ at 35% discount hence effective 17% discount. Some resales are going with deeper discounts, I expect Hacienda to go deeper still.
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Hi Mary,
I agree with all your disadvantage points of La Torre. But I would say that all could be forgivable if somebody likes golf or likes to be far away from civilization.
For me the bid disadvantages of La Torre were the distance to Sea, mountains and decent supermarkets. The Alhama resort might be better located as I liked the Sierra Espuna mountains. Mar Menor is also better located as it is closer to the sea and close to Torre Pacheco where at least one can find some bigger food stores.
But somebody else might see things completely different.
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@Mary Hinge wrote:
@kpw4v wrote:
@Mary Hinge wrote:
@ralita wrote:
@Mary Hinge wrote:
There are some ‘end of line’ at 35% discount hence effective 17% discount. Some resales are going with deeper discounts, I expect Hacienda to go deeper still.
35% discount off PW list price still does not represent value for money. I agree there are some deeper discounts on offer from “investors” who bought multiple units and are desperate to sell. I understand some people bought whole blocks and some even more upwards of 50 units.
From reading other forums, I also now understand their is unrest about the level of fees as well.
Kevin
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@kpw4v wrote:
@Mary Hinge wrote:
@kpw4v wrote:
@Mary Hinge wrote:
@ralita wrote:
@Mary Hinge wrote:
There are some ‘end of line’ at 35% discount hence effective 17% discount. Some resales are going with deeper discounts, I expect Hacienda to go deeper still.
35% discount off PW list price still does not represent value for money. I agree there are some deeper discounts on offer from “investors” who bought multiple units and are desperate to sell. I understand some people bought whole blocks and some even more upwards of 50 units.
From reading other forums, I also now understand their is unrest about the level of fees as well.
Kevin
I don’t think the 35% off is fantastic for the type of properties on offer, except in isolated examples (certain townhouses), yes there is unrest over fees, there are also certain people who spend hundred of posts on other forums trying to work out how to get sky tv to no avail.
With regards value for money, well its subjective, but again can anyone show me front line for the Euro 160,000 on La Torre, or less on say Hacienda.
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@ralita wrote:
Hi Mary,
I agree with all your disadvantage points of La Torre. But I would say that all could be forgivable if somebody likes golf or likes to be far away from civilization.
For me the bid disadvantages of La Torre were the distance to Sea, mountains and decent supermarkets. The Alhama resort might be better located as I liked the Sierra Espuna mountains. Mar Menor is also better located as it is closer to the sea and close to Torre Pacheco where at least one can find some bigger food stores.
But somebody else might see things completely different.
Everytime Polaris do a new development I worry about it more (Hacianda appears to taking a knock), Alhama looks very dense, many properties are just built round pools etc, and I don’t like offplan buying, especially when resale is attractive. Also I worry about quality/specification and finishings on certain of the new resorts. There’s some good prices on the resort but I just slightly worry what the end result will be to arrive at those prices.
Mar Menor is better located than La Torre, of course Mar Menor 2 is the only apartment frontline and the prices are too high for an offplan in the current environment. Theres some (another polaris sale) E175,000 one up one down apartments on there that looked reasonable, but I was worried about the road view.
I don’t disagree with what you’re saying, I agree La Torre is not everyones cup of tee, but La Torre is still a very smart resort, it doesn’t deserve a bad reputation, but it is what it is, La Torre and Hacienda are worth a look if people are considering golf, and the prices are starting to get very interesting.
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