Sadler, can't have that! Your nails matter to me.
Lotty, thanks for hanging in there!
Pussinboots, that would be a novel - easier for me to post in bite size titbits.
Dutchie, this is for you!
BLOG 15: Discoveries
10.00 a.m. Get a phone call on my UK mobile from OH in London. Everything OK? Oh, yes, I reply. Everything is fine – I’ll be hearing from L any minute. I tell him how nice it was that she came personally to collect me last night and don’t mention anything about our ‘non responsive’ conversation. The last thing I want is to worry him. He doesn’t really like me travelling alone to distant places. When we travel abroad, we normally go together (though on occasion, I have flown back to Australia with one of the kids to visit the family). “Bye! Love you! See you soon!”
Still no call from L, and it’s 10.30 a.m. I fetch the mobile she left with me and ring her. No answer. I take a deep breath and leave a message: “please phone soon. I feel I’m wasting valuable time!”
At 11 a.m. there’s a ring at the door. Surprised, I go to answer it. There’s L, smiling broadly and behind her, of all people, is Oz, the original sales guy that I first met in OluDeniz.
I’m dressed, breakfasted, raring to go. At last, I’m about to see the beginnings of our dream villa! We hop in Oz’s car; I don’t question L as to why she’s brought him along, though I do wonder.
After less than 10 minutes, Oz stops the car and we get out. He points to a field in the distance where a large concrete platform can be seen with what looks like rods sticking out. I peer at it and look questioningly at the two of them. I’d like to get closer to have a better look.
It seems Oz is here to do the talking. A bit strange, as L is English, and needless to say, her spoken English is better than his! I’ll paraphrase the gist of what he said:
“We have something to tell you. This was part of your foundations, but the land seller did not have the full right to sell the land to Infinity, so although the foundations were started, Infinity had to stop and pull out.”
I barely let out a squeak: “What!” before they both climb in:
“But don’t worry, we’ve bought more land in a different place – a better place for you as it’s only 400 metres from the beach at Koca Calis, whereas that land was 800 metres away. That’s what caused the delay. We even had to negotiate to buy land from one of your neighbours. That’s why we couldn’t send you photos.”
I’m speechless. Obvious to me now, why they did not inform us. They were worried that we would pull out, and demand our money back before they had time to find new land. So they just kept stringing us along.
There’s a long moment of silence while I take this in and they both have the grace to at least look concerned as they wait for my response. No doubt, the Infinity directors, K and S, thought long and hard about how they would go about informing us and they decided it was best to let their super salesman, Oz, together with English L, do the job for them. Cowards!
Well. I’m here on my own. I’m going to have to make any decisions about this on my own.
Back we pile into Oz’s car and set off to see the new site. We don’t really talk. It’s all been said, and at this stage, my feelings are best left unspoken.
Let’s see where the new site is. Better be as they say.
. . . to be continued . . . generally posted on Thursday . . .
