El País highlights the plight of British victims of real estate corruption in Montroi

El País highlights the plight of British victims of real estate corruption in Montroi
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By h.b. - Feb 6, 2010 - 11:14 AM

Documents being removed from Montroi Town Hall last Wednesday - EFE

77 villas have been built on rustic land in the municipality

Saturday’s El País reports on the plight of the British, Germans and Scandinavians affected by the latest real estate corruption scandal to come to light in Spain, in Montroi, Valencia.
62 year old Rodney from Devon tells the paper that doctors recommended a warmer climate for him and his wife in 2005, and he saw advertising for the Zodiac Village development.

Nice homes on the hillside, close to a river, with swimming pool, artificial lake and Spain’s sunshine 30 kilometres from Valencia. He paid 150,000 € to the developer but when he arrived it was nothing like the photos, there was no pool, and a few weeks after arrival the power and water went off. Rodney purchased a generator and was getting water from the village well. He says he feels humiliated and has lost everything. The copia simple of his escritura is not worth the paper it’s written on as the home has been built illegally on rustic land not classified for building.

There are 77 homes in the same position.

Meanwhile the Partido Popular ex Mayor who was arrested on Wednesday when police raided the Town Hall, Francisco Javier Carrión, left custody on Friday having paid the 8,500 € bail set by the judge.

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