Condemned For Selling House on Touristico Land

They must pay 289,813 Euros to an English couple who bought the house in Camposol.

The Provincial Audencia of Murcia has ordered a construction company to compensate 289,813 euros for a villa that was acquired for permanent use when legally it was not possible for this to be built on land intended for the tourist sector buyers. The Audencia confirmed the sentence which was handed down a year ago by the Court of first instance number four in Totana in which it had ordered the company return to a married English couple money paid for the property. The court has also ordered the withdrawal of compensation initially made for 5,000 euros be paid to the married couple for mental anguish as this was not proven and they have had the use of the villa for the last 5 years. The judgment of the Provincial Audencia of Murcia indicates that this couple bought a house in the Camposol Urbanization in Mazarron and presented a demand against the seller asking for the nullification or resolution of the contract to verify that this villa was not planned for normal residential use, but for tourist use. He also stated that it was not possible to change the purpose of the property to residential from Touristico as this had been authorized by the Mazarron Council for that purpose. The Audencia confirmed the nullification of the sales contract and ordered the company to pay a total of 289,813 euros to the purchasers of the property.

This article is taken from La Opinion dated 18th Frebruary 2010.