The nine Britons who put down off-plan deposits of up to €200,000 each on properties at the Corvera Golf and Country Club near Murcia in 2005 and 2006 were promised that their homes would be part of a complex that would include a five-star hotel and state-of-the-art leisure facilities.
The majority of the proposed facilities were never built while the developers Corvera Golf and Country Club SL allegedly ignored pleas from homeowners to explain why construction had suddenly stopped.
A preliminary hearing in Murcia has now confirmed that the developers will have to answer these allegations in a trial in July next year.
In a separate appeal against the same developers it was proven that they did not have planning permission for the third phase of the development – confirming a suspicion long held by the homeowners.
Alex Radford, a solicitor at the Malaga office of Irwin Mitchell Abogados who is helping the group in their battle for justice, said that the formal setting of a date for trial and the result of the recent appeal are both a major boost in their fight.
“Like the other families in the group, we simply wanted to invest our savings into a development which offered us a chance of a better future. Sadly, we all feel completely cheated by what’s happened and just want one of two things to happen – the promised facilities to be built or our money back so we can get out of this nightmare.
“It makes me sick to the stomach to think about what’s happened and we will continue to fight to get the answers we want over this.  – Source