Three years ago we embarked on buying an off-plan apartment on the Costa del Sol, Spain. We should have completed in January this year but the developer was accused of money laundering and the white whale case was born. We had concerns about our property, the estate agents (Ocean Estates), our solicitors and the developer. People have been trying to bully us into completing with no occupation licence, snags not completed, appalling furnishings etc. We are at our wits end and cannot believe our experience is typical of all Spanish purchases. We are hoping that we can came to some agreement with lawyers about our apartment or get our deposit back. I stopped buying your magazine so I am not sure if you have covered this case in any articles. But there are a group of people who are very dissatisfied with developers etc. and need their grievances aired.

Hope you can help.

Steve and Glynis Pratchett