Sunday, October 4, 2009

THE FIRST MEETING FOR HABITATION CERTIFICATE WAS A SUCCESS!

At least 70 people attended the meeting regarding the lack of Habitation Certificates organized by Los Verdes de Orihuela (the Green Party) at the Celtic Isle on September 30th 2009. There were affected owners and presidents from more than 20 different Communities, such as “Bosque de las Lomas, Laguna 3, la Ciñuelica, Marco Polo, El Barranco, la Zenia Elite” etc., that represents 3.000 houses in Orihueal Costa.
We apologize for the problems organising the event but we did not expect so many people to attend.

The meeting was to inform everybody about the proceedings being followed by the P.P. Building Councillor, Mr. Barberá.
The Green Party’s Councillor Monserrate Guillén commented : “I am working together with the technicians to be able to offer a solution for each case. It will be absolutely impossible to find one solution for all. We have agreed a meeting with Mr. Barberá in the Town Hall of Orihuela Costa, at the end of October or beginning of November, to find some possible solutions. This meeting will only be with the presidents or representatives of each of the affected communities. In principle, we expect an initial satisfactory solution for the end of the year. In any case, like until now, you will be informed by the press or by e-mail”.

On Tuesday October 6th, the Ombudsman’s office (Síndico de Agravios de la Comunidad Valenciana) moves to Orihuela to take care of the citizens who wish to formulate and present any complaints. Representatives of Los Verdes seized the opportunity and have an appointment on this day at 11 am with a team of legal advisers, together with persons affected by the lack of Habitation Certificate in Orihuela Costa.

The benefit of a legal and suitable house to live in, in agreement with the rules established by the Spanish Constitution, is a fundamental right of all the citizens.

Likewise the house has to be passed as fit to live in; this is explained in The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union : “Art. 7. Respect for private and family life”.

Los Verdes de Orihuela (the Green Party) ask the Town Hall of Orihuela via its representatives to respect the law and find a solution for all those affected. If they do not, our next step will be a citizen petition to the Committee for Petitions of the European Parliament in Brussels.

Gérard Perret & Ulla-Britt Perret Lundberg
Los Verdes Working Group in Orihuela Costa
losverdesinorihuelacosta@gmail.com
http://losverdesinorihuelacosta.blogspot.com
phone : 686 717273 Orihuela Costa, October 4th 2009.

Monday, September 14, 2009

DO YOU HAVE YOUR HABITATION CERTIFICATE ?

Press Release

COME AND SHARE YOUR CONCERNS WITH LOS VERDES!

Los Verdes (the Green Party) in Orihuela Costa wishes to invite you to a meeting with Los Verdes´s Councillor for Orihuela Costa, Monserrate Guillén Saéz,

on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th from 10 am to 12 pm
at the RESTAURANT CELTIC ISLE (next to Saturday market)

This meeting will be a good opportunity to gather people who have property without a habitation certificate, and to share our concerns with the Councillor.

Los Verdes (the Green Party) started the Campaign in July and there are already 2.500 houses in our database and some of these houseowners have asked for a habitation certificate 5 years ago without any response from the Town hall.

As we have already stated in our press release published in July in the English newspapers, we think there are at least 10.000 houses without habitation certificate in Orihuela Costa.

Los Verdes (the Green Party) has already started negotiations with ruling PP´s Councillor for Building, Mr. Rodríguez Barberá, who is said to be committed to find a solution depending on each case. This compromise is not signed, which means that the ruling PP can change the agreement at any time. For the moment we have no other option than trusting them.

We hope you will be attending.

Best regards

Gérard Perret
Ulla-Britt Perret Lundberg
Los Verdes Working Group in Orihuela Costa
losverdesinorihuelacosta@gmail.com
http://losverdesinorihuelacosta.blogspot.com
phone : 686 717273

P.S. We suggest you to come with your Community President.

Friday, July 17, 2009

THE INHABITANTS IN ORIHUELA COSTA ANSWER EN MASSE TO LOS VERDES CAMPAIGN

Los Verdes (the Green Party) have already indicated that the lack of a Habitation Certificate (Cedula) is a recurring problem in the Orihuela Municipality.
So far we have already received information showing that about 1.500 houses are affected. In addition, Presidents of Urbanisations have also contacted us.
We post some of the most representative replies:


Hello

My name is xxx and I am the President of xxx.

I have just read the information you have placed in the local newspaper and I speak on behalf of our whole community.

Last year other urbanisations received their habitation certificates and their properties were released after our urbanisation, when I challenged this with San Antonio in Villamartin, being the builder of our urbanisation, I was told that the information was given to the Town Hall in Playa Flamenca and that they had made the mistake of issuing other releases before ours, our community has an escritura, but not actual certificates for individual properties.

There are 170 properties on xxx and I believe only one has their certificate simply because he paid ?? Euros to have it fast tracked through the system.

I am also a co-ordinator for xxx with Vecinos Colaborando and took the opportunity of asking Stefan Pokroppa at the Town Hall to look into why our certificates were taking so long to be ready, but had no reply from him on this subject.

What I would now like to know is what happens from here? plus what information do you require from me as a president and property owner on xxx.

I await your reply.
Kind Regards



Further to your article in the Coastrider Edition 283, I would like to provide you details of our Urbanisation as follows:

LA SAGRA 1
CALLE LEMAN
LAGOSOL
03189 ORIHUELA COSTA
ALICANTE

The urbanisation consists of 9no. properties which were all sold prior to April 2004.
We have all been on our own Electric Supply since August 2004, but we are still on Builders Water supply and we do not have Habitation Certificates.
The builder is: MEDITERRANEO BEACH S.A.



Have read the article in todays Coastrider regarding the above with great interest.
I am from Bosque de Las Lomas III at El Galan, Orihuela Costa.
The urbanisation is a Tecnologia built community and of course they have abandoned us leaving unfinished properties, large debts, and still on builders electric and water that we are now having to pay for.
We do not have a habitation certificate and the Town Hall is unco-operative and totally unsympathetic to our situation. They refuse to put in writing what we need to do to bring the urbanisation up to a minimum standard to gain the certificate.
The urbanisation consists of 137 dwellings of which only 70 have been sold. Neither the urbanisation nor individual houses have habitation certificates. Because of this we are also unable to get insurance for the community as we have been informed by the largest Insurance Company in Spain that they would not meet any claim because of the lack of this certificate.
Any help or advise you may be able to offer would be appreciated.
Regards



Dear Sir or madam
I am replying to you having read a recent article from you regarding communities without habitation certificates.
My name is Mr XXX and have a property at Bosque De Las Lomas III, El Galan. I purchased the property 5 years ago, we on our urbanistion have been (as have many more in Spain) let down by the builder having disappeared without completion of the urbanisation. Thus we are having great problems gaining habitation certificate for the urbanisation. We have formed a committee and are trying to complete work we have been told is required then we can get the certificate - unfortunately the list of work changes every time we go back to them.
My personal concerns is although I have my deeds (many on the urbanisation have not) your article states that we need both certificate and deeds if we want to sell at some stage.
It is fairly clear that the builder (Technologia) will not be returning.
Is there anything I and our fellow owners on the urbanisation can do in order to obtain habitation and therefore give us peace of mind and feel as we belong
regards



Further to your editorial in the Coastrider our property does not have a Habitation Certificate.

We completed the purchase in February 2001 (new build) through Playas de Orihuela and eventually received our escitura in 2007.

We have had electricity and water contracts since completion of purchase and have obtained NIE, SIP cards, Residency certificates and Spanish driving licence.

However, we have never paid Town Hall rates and understand that some 50 properties on our urbanisation of 157 are in the same position.

Although we have the deeds we know that selling in the future could be a problem without the Habitation Certificate and are anxious to get this resolved.

Regards.
Urbanizacion La Florida
03189 Orihuela Costa
Alicante



Reference the article in Coastrider 7th July 2009 re the above subject.

I wish to advise you that Costa Dorada III Fase I (total of 49 Townhouses) do NOT have their Cedual de Habitabilidad.

We have water and electricy contracts and have paid SUMA since 2006, plus having to pay in retrospect for 2003, 2004, 2005.

(I also believe that Costa Dorada I (seven houses) and Costa Dorada II (19 houses) do not have theirs either. You may hear from them but the President of Costa Dorada II is not a resident)

May I congratulate Los Verdes on taking the initiative in campaigning for these certificates.

I do get upset to read of the infighting between the political parties. Obviously each party have what they consider their priorities. In an ideal world all the residents of Orihuela Costa would like to see Sports Centres, more green areas etc.

Personnally I consider the priorities to campaign for these certificates (even if the criteria has to be changed). It is important that everyone should water and electricity and not held to ransom by the utility companies. This should be a right irrespective of whether or not the urbanisations are finished or not.

The next priority is to clean up the whole of the Costa, by demolishing unfinished buildings and removing the unslightly 'skeletons' of buildings. This would immediately enhance the area, and hopefully encourage all the people who litter the area dispose of their rubbish in the proper containers.'

Once this has happened then request the luxuries of leisure centres etc.



Hola My name is Mr XXX my mobile phone number is xxx, I bought a property from Tecnologia Urbanistica in 2005 on Bosque de las Lomas, bloque 2 number x calle azores Las filipinas oeste orihuela costa we are still waiting for our habitation certiticate as is the rest of the urbination consisting of over 100 properties.We do have a comittee and president and i think the president has been or will be in touch with you soon as we all wish for our properties to be legal.
Best Regards




Dear Sir

I am one of the unfortunate owners who cannot obtain a habitation certificate in the Orihuela Costa area, due to our builder (Technologia) not completing our urbanisation, and leaving the area unfinished.
My name is XXX, and address is, Bosque de las Lomas 3, El Galan.
I fully support your campaign to urge the government to force these criminal builders to live up to their responsibilities, and complete their building projects, or at least use the deposits that they are supposed to leave with the local authorities, which are there to cater for just this kind of situation.
Please contact me by email should you require any further information from me regarding this matter.

Yours truly,



Dear Sir/Madam

We are replying to your recent article regarding communities without Habitation Certificates and properties still without Title Deeds.

We purchased our property at No x Bosque de las Lomas III, El Galan, 5 years ago through Atlas and we are still without our Title Deeds and our urbanisation still does not have the Habitation Certificate.

Our solicitors do not seem to be making any progress with obtaining our Deeds and our committee on the urbanisation are doing everything possible to complete the necessary work (at more expense to house owners) to get the Habitation Certificate but without much success.

We understand that we are in a similar situation to many others and any assistance that you can give would be very much appreciated.

Regards



Hi

In response to your article in Coast Rider, we are among the many with no habitation certificates.

We fought for four years fpr our title deeds, only recieving them after paying more than three thousand euros for builders interest on their mortgage they had secured on our property after we had paid for it. ( We did not have a Spanish mortgage)
Our property is at Bosque De Las Lomas 2.
Builders are Technologia.



I live in Bosque de Las Lomas 1 in Orihuela Costa and we have been promised out HC's by the town hall for over a year. We have completed all the work left by the builder but the town hall consistently 'move the goalposts' by demanding that we do more and more before out certificates will be approved. We believe that the certs are at the town hall although they say that they are waiting for the builder. The latest is that they want us to renew all the broken pavements surrounding the urb., which were already broken when they were originally laid by the builder.

xxx Calle Cabo Verde
Bosque de Las Lomas 1
Orihuela Costa



manolita Anton x
San Bartolome 03314
Orihuela
Alicante
Spain

Hi
Thanks for your promp reply, we agree to your terms and conditions
we do not have a president as we are a private house
The Builder has built in 3 different areas in the village, 20 houses and approx 70 apartments the blocks of apartments have presidents (who I dont know) I do know that the last block to be built are having problems with a swimming pool and also deeds/certificates it is hard to say how many as some are permanant and others are holiday homes, I do know they are on builders electric and have been for 2 years and the builder takes 60 euros per flat per month some pay some dont !!!
We are unable to get a phone number or addres for the builder as he does not want to be found (he is still selling) I will ask about and try to find out and also try to get info about deeds/certificates of others
One again thanks

Kind regards



Good afternoon.

I telephoned you this afternoon about habitation certificates. I am the president of the community Numancia Playa Flamencia, we have 40 houses, some of us have lived here between 10 ans 8 years, and we can not get our certificates, we do have water and eletric connected for about 6 years. The builder was a company called Travensa s.a

Y full address is, CL PARANA xx. NUMANCIA CASA xx LAS PISICNAS 03189 ORIHUELA -- COSTA ALICANTE.
I look forward to hearing from you. YOURS xxx



Dear Sir or madam,
I am replying to you having read a recent article from you regarding communities without habitation certificates.
My name is Mr xxx and have a property at no. xx Bosque De Las Lomas III, El Galan. I purchased the property 5 years ago, we on our urbanistion have been (as have many more in Spain) let down by the builder having disappeared without completion of the urbanisation. Thus we are having great problems gaining habitation certificate for the urbanisation. We have formed a committee and are trying to complete work we have been told is required in order to obtain the certificate - unfortunately the list of work changes every time we go back to them.
My personal concerns is although I have my deeds (many on the urbanisation have not) your article states that we need both certificate and deeds if we want to sell at some stage.
It is fairly clear that the builder (Technologia) will not be returning.
Due to changing circumstances we are very keen to sell our property and are prevented from doing so in the absence of the habitation certificate. We would be much obliged if you could help us.
Kind Regards



Hi,

I spoke to you today regarding the Battle for Habitation Certificates. I am president of Teruel Numancia, Calle Niagara xx, Playa Flamenca. There are 166 properties on our urbanisation all without habitation certificates.

Please add us to your list of properties awaiting this certifiacate.

Kind regards



My address is Calle Cabo Verde xx, Bosque de Las Lomas 1, Orihuela Costa, 03189. Phone Number xxx. The vice president is XXX who lives at Calle Azores x, Bosque de Las Lomas 1 (postal address) and his phone number is xxx and the number of houses affected is 176.

List of works preventing Bosque de las Lomas 1 from obtaining their Habitation Certificates.

The defect list comprised in the main: -
1 Damaged and uneven paving slabs throughout the
Urbanization footpaths needing repair / replacement. (Outside the Gated Areas)
2 Damaged kerb stones need replacing. (Outside the gated areas)
3 Unsatisfactory making good of excavations in public roads
need repairing.
4 Incomplete tarmacking of lay by on Calle Venezuela needs
completing.
5 High level surface water drainage outlets need extending to
low level.
6 Concrete ramps installed by us need removing or the
footpaths lowering.
7 Any damaged meter cupboard doors need replacing.
8 Copies of all pool licenses need to be submitted.

Kind regards,

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Habitation Certificate

Los Verdes in Orihuela are initiating a campaign to help those people who live in houses without a HABITATION CERTIFICATE (Certificate of Habitation – Cedula). These are cases where certificates have not been granted because of the developer’s negligence or the incompetence of the ruling party, the PP. It is an action that will continue the work that the Municipal Group Los Verdes commenced in 2003 and has been backed up by questions and interventions in the Council Plenary meeting and public denunciations about this situation throughout the last legislature.

The number of owners affected is numerous, as many in the Orihuela Costa areas as in the rest of the Municipality. All of these persons are very concerned about their properties and are frustrated because they cannot regularize the situation.

- People affected who have been living in this Municipality for many years and who continue receiving Builder’s water and electricity supply with the constant risk of cut-off.
- Families with children who need education at school and resort to using fake addresses to ensure that their child receives a placement.
- People who cannot vote, cannot exercise their fundamental rights, because without HABITATION CERTIFICATE they cannot be registered (Padrón).

Despite all of these problems, those affected are (of course) expected to pay their taxes religiously and without question.

In the final analysis, this deplorable situation indicates once again the incompetence of the ruling party, the PP, that has allowed and continues to allow the developers (“its friends”) to ride roughshod over the rights of the people. This Town Hall has not only ignored what has been happening, it has actually encouraged the developers to continue to get away with not fulfilling their contracts. Not only that, it has allowed the guaranteed funds to “disappear” in some cases, and none of the money has ever been used to ensure that the house owner continues to receive water and electricity or anything else for that matter. For this reason alone, those affected feel completely let down by a Town Hall that continues to ignore their legitimate rights in this matter.

Los Verdes in Orihuela are committed to help solve this problem once and for all. We aim to pressurize the Town Hall to ensure the legality of properties affected in this way. We want to ensure that as many certificates will be issued and as quickly as possible. We ask that those owners without Certificates of Habitation contact us, in their language, using the following email and phone number (it will help us if you will supply the name/number of your residence the address and the number of houses (in the case of urbanisations) that you think are affected ) :

losverdesinorihuelacosta@gmail.com


Mobil phone : 686 717273

Working Group of Los Verdes in Orihuela Costa Orihuela, 3rd of July 2009.

Monday, July 6, 2009

ILLEGAL RUBBISH DUMP IN PAU 26 (Entre Golf)

PRESS RELEASE

On the 30th of June, in the Council Plenary meeting, Los Verdes denounced the continuous problems that the residents of Orihuela Costa continue to suffer because of the illegal and questionable conduct of the ruling party, the PP.

In the “question-and-answer” session of the Council Plenary meeting, Los Verdes Councillors deplored the unbearable situation the inhabitants of the following Residencies suffer:
- Entre Golf (Pau 26),
- Dream Hills 2,
- Las Palmeras,
- México,
- Urbanización Los Almendros,
This is regarding the running of an ILLEGAL TRANSFER PLANT OF RUBBISH (PLANTA DE TRANSFERENCIA ILEGAL DE BASURAS) and the consequent transit of garbage trucks of the new company responsible for rubbish collection (UTE SUFI-LIASUR-GOBANCAST).

On the 27th of May, the responsible Councillor, Mr. Abadía, undertook to hold an informative meeting regarding the illegal transfer plant of rubbish and the Eco-park, with those affected residents, allowing a period of fifteen days to elaborate on the project that will be presented to those affected. The deadline has passed without any response.

Los Verdes enquired once again about the situation in the “question-and-answer” session in the Council Plenary meeting, receiving the following answer from Mr. Abadía...

“THEY (the new company responsible for rubbish collection) ARE STILL ELABORATING THE PROJECT!”

Los Verdes denounced the incompetence of the ruling party, the PP, to enforce the laws by its collusion with the company awarded the rubbish contract, causing incessant and unnecessary problems for the residents. Los Verdes will continue fighting in defence of the citizens’ interests in this area.

losverdesinorihuelacosta@gmail.com

Mobil telephone: 686 71 72 73.

Working Group of Los Verdes in Orihuela Costa

Orihuela, 3rd of July 2009.