This is unfortunately an all to common story, someone invests in a relatively small developer on the promise that the house will be finished and ready to live in, just sign on the dotted line!
You should understand that here you do not always see the same level of commitment as you may in your home country. I am constantly meeting clients that are either upset, angry, p*#@ed or all of the previous at the same time. I even met an elderly Swiss couple that were crying because they had been 'scammed' as they choose to call it, nearly had me in tears.
Fortunately when people keep over promising and under delivering it makes for poor business and I expect a few of the no name developers will be feeling the repercussions in the near future. Now there are well known developers here offering better products at competative prices.
PLEASE shop around and make sure you check the legitimacy of the developer. How many projects do they have, do they maintain them, look at projects in the building stages to get a good look at raw materials.
The benefits of using an established developer are huge, they will GUARANTEE (5-10% of total cash back) if it is not finished on time. They will OWN the land that your house is on, making leasehold a headache free experience. They will have a maintenance team and a security team on hand 24/7. They will have a building permit and will be able to allocate and subdivide the land legally to tenants that want to buy free hold. Some developers here build there projects and then ask for a building permit and planning permission after on the hunch that since the project is finished, and they pay under the table, the project will not be torn down. Take a look around town and you may notice the remains of a project, or a project that has remained untouched for a year or so.
The disadvantage of using a big developer, and something that I love about no name developers, is a smaller developer is very accommodating with regards to making changes to your house from the perspective that you see in the presentation package. Being a smaller developer, building less units or having more time all allow for more flexibility. Most will allow you to have a specific house custom built to your own specifications, that can be very appealing for someone who wants to build there very own dream home. The developer I work for will not even change the flooring in your house from the standard product seen in the perspective, what you see is what you get, however what you see is usually the best on offer.
Anyhow I know the project in question and I have to say I like it, I am sure you will enjoy your villa very much, I have heard good reports about Avalon so I think you have made a good choice, Congratulations.
