Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Guide to preventing "surprises" when buying or renting a home in the Canary Islands
The purchase of a home is, without doubt, the most important decision in the life of a consumer. Under this premise, the Government of the Canary Islands and consumers' associations, Unión de Consumidores de Las Palmas (Uconpa) and Agrocan, yesterday, presented a consumer information leaflet to help consumers confront all of the necessary aspects when buying or renting a home.
The guide aims to be a useful tool against the "systematic breaches" made by promoters or estate agents when selling or offering homes and, speaking plainly, the authorities say that consumers need to be informed and not expect "Daddy State" (Nanny State) to solve everything with inspections. The manual will be at the disposition of all consumers at the offices of consumers' associations.
In Tenerife, I imagine this will be available via:
Dirección General de Consumo
Avda. de Anaga, nº 35 Edf. Usos Múltiples I,
Planta 8ª. 38071 Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Télf.: 922 47 50 00 Fax: 922 24 76 25
Consumo edita un manual para evitar ‘sorpresas’ ante la compra o alquiler de una vivienda
