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27 Feb 2014 / #1
Good Evening may I enquirer for help.
My patience has dried up and now have to go the extra step what most people fear doing and take the issue to court, not something we wish to do. What should be a plain simple transaction has become a real life horror for us and I need some help or advice. Without naming names I will tell the story only to get some recommendations / advice from people who may have had similar experiences and without prejudice.
Two years ago we purchased a apartment in Lodz for rental income and still the only thing done in the townhouse was the apartment spaces and not the building. To make things worse a year ago I lost my job and as you know you do not get any help from the UK government if you have assets worth more than 16k. We decided to leave the UK and go to Poland and complete the apartment inside, the alternative was spending the last of our savings in the UK with no help and still stuck with the apartment. The plan was to complete the developer stage flat and put it on the market and return to the UK or start renting it out and get something going as for money. The developer kept telling us the property will be complete before the end of the year. So no problem packed up the family and headed out.
We finished the inside of the apartment but the developer left us without hot water and power, in fact the whole process was made very difficult but two months later we completed the inside of the apartment. Note there are other people living already in this building with similar problems. We are then forced to by a electric boiler and heaters, after already spending 2.5k on radiators meant for city heating.
Comes Christmas and snow, we still have no heating. Winter in a cold flat with a baby while Ice is forming inside the windows of the apartment (causing more damage) and still no sign of workers doing anything to the building or heating. They did managed to give us a few more lights and electrical sockets (75% working but still wrong) before the snow started. We also now have growing amount of penalty charges with the electrical company as they developer has not paid them to repair our power issues. Yet the electrical company charges us penalties because the developer has not sent the electrical certificate for the change?
My other half has managed to find work (2k peanuts) , but as for me and the recruitment companies they don't even reply! They don;t even reply for English speaking positions with correct qualifications! The one or two lame English companies are afraid my qualifications are too high for the lower position! So as a skilled professional I am keen to GET OUT. This when Lodz is so keen to attract skilled people to Lodz and investors???? What is wrong with Lodz?
We are still living of our savings and nothing seems to change here except the excuses.
It seems the government protection scene when purchasing property is nothing but hot air and worthless.
We only purchased the apartment after been told this protection is there to make sure the developer finishes. It seems the developer and his solicitor have found a away around this protection. So take note if you are a new buyer.
So we estimate the value of the apartment as it is now to be 1/3 of its purchase price if we are lucky. But of course the UK wont accept this as its still underdevelopment. The developer tells us he is struggling due to the slowdown in the market, but it seems all the money is pouring into other projects and did not stop him buying more townhouses for a few million, and we are just left on the sideline. Wham bam thank you mam, got the goods and off they go. We feel cheated and its starting to feel like we have purchase a extremely expensive wreck (lemon)
Please if you know of any good lawyers/media/reporters post the detail below. please thank you.
My patience has dried up and now have to go the extra step what most people fear doing and take the issue to court, not something we wish to do. What should be a plain simple transaction has become a real life horror for us and I need some help or advice. Without naming names I will tell the story only to get some recommendations / advice from people who may have had similar experiences and without prejudice.
Two years ago we purchased a apartment in Lodz for rental income and still the only thing done in the townhouse was the apartment spaces and not the building. To make things worse a year ago I lost my job and as you know you do not get any help from the UK government if you have assets worth more than 16k. We decided to leave the UK and go to Poland and complete the apartment inside, the alternative was spending the last of our savings in the UK with no help and still stuck with the apartment. The plan was to complete the developer stage flat and put it on the market and return to the UK or start renting it out and get something going as for money. The developer kept telling us the property will be complete before the end of the year. So no problem packed up the family and headed out.
We finished the inside of the apartment but the developer left us without hot water and power, in fact the whole process was made very difficult but two months later we completed the inside of the apartment. Note there are other people living already in this building with similar problems. We are then forced to by a electric boiler and heaters, after already spending 2.5k on radiators meant for city heating.
Comes Christmas and snow, we still have no heating. Winter in a cold flat with a baby while Ice is forming inside the windows of the apartment (causing more damage) and still no sign of workers doing anything to the building or heating. They did managed to give us a few more lights and electrical sockets (75% working but still wrong) before the snow started. We also now have growing amount of penalty charges with the electrical company as they developer has not paid them to repair our power issues. Yet the electrical company charges us penalties because the developer has not sent the electrical certificate for the change?
My other half has managed to find work (2k peanuts) , but as for me and the recruitment companies they don't even reply! They don;t even reply for English speaking positions with correct qualifications! The one or two lame English companies are afraid my qualifications are too high for the lower position! So as a skilled professional I am keen to GET OUT. This when Lodz is so keen to attract skilled people to Lodz and investors???? What is wrong with Lodz?
We are still living of our savings and nothing seems to change here except the excuses.
It seems the government protection scene when purchasing property is nothing but hot air and worthless.
We only purchased the apartment after been told this protection is there to make sure the developer finishes. It seems the developer and his solicitor have found a away around this protection. So take note if you are a new buyer.
So we estimate the value of the apartment as it is now to be 1/3 of its purchase price if we are lucky. But of course the UK wont accept this as its still underdevelopment. The developer tells us he is struggling due to the slowdown in the market, but it seems all the money is pouring into other projects and did not stop him buying more townhouses for a few million, and we are just left on the sideline. Wham bam thank you mam, got the goods and off they go. We feel cheated and its starting to feel like we have purchase a extremely expensive wreck (lemon)
Please if you know of any good lawyers/media/reporters post the detail below. please thank you.