Carmenes del Mar

The residents of Carmenes del Mar have invited the Andalusian president, Juanma Moreno, to spend a few days of his summer holidays in the urbanisation to remind him of his promise to carry out emergency works to reduce the risk of further harm to the homes and residents of Carmenes del Mar.

The home owners want to remind Moreno that in February 2016 his political party the PP, who were then in opposition, tabled a resolution to the Andalucian Parliament that asked for emergency repairs to Carmenes del Mar. The non-binding resolution, supported by the PP, Ciudadanos and Podemos, was approved. Four years later Moreno's party now governs Andalucia, and the Carmenes residents wonder if an issue that he once claimed was "a matter of justice" was merely a cynical political ploy to unseat the PSOE in Andalucia.

"Our houses continue to fall down and the administration continues doing ...

After a seemingly endless wait, the Supreme Court of Spain has rejected the final appeal by those responsible for the horrendous damage to the homes of the residents of Carmenes del Mar. The original verdict condeming the engineers, architects and other professionals who developed the urbanisations was handed down in November 2014, when the judge ordered the defendants to cover the full cost of repairing the constuction defects. Two appeals and more than 5 years later, the Supreme Court has at last upheld the original verdict. The Supreme Court ruling is final and cannot be appealed.

While this is good news for Carmenes del Mar, it is unfortunately not the end of the story. The defendants have filed for bankruptcy and there is no prospect of recovering the funds necessary to carry out the repairs and stabilisation work required. The home owners hope that the Junta de Andalucia ...

A student of Physical Geography at Durham University in the UK has chosen as the subject of her dissertation the damage to property and infrastructure caused by landslides in Carmenes del Mar. As part of her research she is inviting people who have owned or rented property in Carmenes del Mar to take part in a survey. The survey is completely anonymous, and results will be shared with the Geography Department at Durham University and a team of researchers at the University of Granada.

The survey is very short and should take no more than 5 minutes to complete. If you would like to take part, you can find it at the following website: Investigating Residents' Opinions of Property Damage in Carmenes del Mar.