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Pictures and descriptions of properties in internet do not always show you the whole reality. We do.

Please have a look at the following explanation of what you see and what you often unfortunately

would have to find out to be the truth.

Searching in internet, this example of an apartment

complex in Marbella appears in approximately

12 million search results, so it would be quite probable

that you would come across it when searching for property in Marbella.

It is presented by the following pictures:

Fantastic sea views, over the greens and lakes of Santa María Golf Course, huge pools

with sea views as well, the golf course right in front of the development.

This is a typical «bargain» property in this development you would be offered by other estate agencies or may find in internet. But

there are REASONS for such «bargains».

Because,…

what you see is not always

what you really get.

Let’s have a look at reality:

A big sewage plant with open tanks right

in front of the development.

This is the view of the development if you

include into the photographs the left part of its view to the

sea.

Electric poles right in front of the apartments.

An unfinished, abandoned building

site right next to the development.

This is the real, full view from the development down towards the sea. Its right part is what you are shown and the left part is what is hidden

from you.

If you would have come to the Coast to view this property and would see this reality right now, most possibly you would not

be interested in buying, BUT

what if in reality you would really only have the nice sea and golf views of the right side, announced in internet and property

descriptions of this development? Then you would be interested to buy such a bargain, would you not?

BUT there are more PROBLEMS you CANNOT SEE, and unfortunately nobody would tell you or would be legally obliged to

inform you about: LEGAL PROBLEMS:

As the director of Real Time Realty is a qualified Expert in Town Planning Regulations, we always double check the

General Plan of each town a property is located in.

In this case, let us have a look at the details of Marbella’s General Plan PGOU for this development located on page

18-1.

Location of the development

PGOU Marbella (General Plan)

Both developments are together defined as a sector where overbuilding has taken place against the rules of the previous

General Plan. Instead of villas or townhouses apartment complexes were built with higher built density and without the necessary granting of

public green and equipment areas to the Town Hall. Compensation payments have to be made in accordance to the established in the technical sheet you can see on the next page.

Technical detail sheet of how the situation can be normalised through compensation payments.

3.076 + 4.772 m2 of GREEN AREAS, 2.094 + 5.471 m2 of EXISTING ROADS and 3.343 m2 of NEW ROADS have to be purchased and granted for FREE to the Town Hall.

Paperwork to be carried out and laws to be applied in the compensation.

WHO PAYS FOR THIS ?

Legally the developers of «Vistamar» and «Los Lagos de Santa María» are obliged to carry out the compensation, but if they

are not in the financial position (e.g. bankruptcy) to do so, finally the payment can go down to each single property

owner. In this case the owners of Los Lagos may even have to carry the costs of the abandoned building site «Vistamar» as well in

order to be able to legalise their situation. Los Lagos, although ready built, will NOT get any FIRST

OCCUPATION LICENSE, until the problem is not solved and all steps are carried out with the Town Hall.

FURTHERMORE:

The properties of Los Lagos de Santa María have been and often are still being offered as «front line golf». In reality

the yellow coloured strip between the development and the golf course is qualified for building 2 storey high villas that

will block the views both to the golf and to the sea for many of the Los Lagos apartments, without purchasers

being told so, due to the lack of Town Planning knowledge.

Villa Plots

Resumé:• Photographs in internet portals or web sites do not show you

necessarily the reality of the surroundings of a property.• In REAL TIME REALTY we offer you our experience and property

knowledge since 1994 from Benalmádena to Sotogrande, searching for the right property with the surroundings you wish to be living in.

• With our guided and commented VIDEO TOUR service of properties in Youtube under «realtimerealty» we already do our utmost to show you EVERYTHING about and around a property before coming to view it.

• In REAL TIME REALTY we are trained to give you the detailed information about any affection a property may have due to Town Planning Regulations, compensation payments or new infrastructure planned (new train line, new roads, industrial estates, etc.). We will make sure you are FULLY INFORMED and any compensation payment would not fall back onto you.

THEREFORE…

• Please tell us in detail what you are exactly looking for. We send you our «Property Search» document you can fill in for us to understand all your wishes and requirements.

• Let us carry out the correspondent property search for you, applying our local knowledge and expertise to the best of your benefit avoiding useless viewings of unsuitable properties.

• We use our large database of more than 40.000 properties in order to find the best suitable property for you.

• We will double check that you are not affected negatively by any Town Planning Regulations or new infrastructure plans.

No pictures in internet can show you the whole REALITY.

We can and we will.