The official start of construction was on 4 March. Today is 14 June and the walls are still not up. That’s really not a good omen. But Danny (our general contractor) is confident. He is convinced that we will make up some time over the summer. Unless someone orders a building freeze. This is allowed in Spain from 1 July for the months of July and August. But only if there is a valid reason, such as nuisance or too much noise. That would be really bad for us. With the building contractor, we’re not sure whether the pros outweigh the cons. The main thing is that we’re in the same boat.
Back then, when we bought the plot, he was sure that no-one would put a stop to it. In fact, there are hardly any neighbours. One house is only partially inhabited and Claudia, our neighbour on the other side of the street, is building a house herself one street down. She certainly has no intention of causing us a delay of 2 months. That would be the worst possible start to a good neighbourhood.
Status June 8.2025
Transparent legal sitation
We have dealt intensively with the legal situation. The client and the construction company are authorised to see who has applied for the construction stop. Anonymity is therefore not possible and an application would be an affront to us. But who wants that? We hope that we do not have to fight right at the beginning.
“We will build your house very quickly. As quickly as we have ever built another one”. Those were the words of our general contractor. Now speed is a matter of definition. For us, everything seems to be progressing very slowly. As promised, we receive videos and photos of the construction site every 10 days.
Perhaps it is not so easy to judge, but for us the progress is not particularly rapid. When we ask our friends on site to go to the construction site, the news doesn’t help to reassure us. Ultimately, I’m looking forward to October. Then we will be in Spain ourselves and will be able to see the progress with our own eyes every day.