Steven Najda is a 67-year-old British man who, visiting the Cadiz town of Border Archeshe fell in love with a house. This is the Casa del Conde del Águila, a mansion located in the heart of this town.
To his surprise, he saw a ‘For Sale’ sign and didn’t think about the decision any further: he bought half of the ground floor for 135,000 euros. But what Najda didn’t know was a peculiarity: the kitchen is shared.
He Daily Mail collects in a report the experience of this Briton, who explains that after a couple of days after the purchase, they began to strangers appear in your kitchen.
“It all started one morning when a stranger appeared with her dog”, Najda said to the Email. “When I asked him what the hell he was doing, I found out that there were two doors that led directly from other houses to my kitchen,” he added.
“Obviously I immediately consulted with my lawyer and it turned out that (that person) was right,” he added. Najda continues: “It was completely devastating: I bought it thinking it would be the base for a new life in Spain, but now I barely come back because I don’t want to live under the threat of it “Random people sit in my kitchen.”
The point is that Najda insists that he specifically asked the seller, his lawyer and even the municipal notary to They will review the scriptures to make sure the kitchen was his.
They all confirmed that, although the kitchen was previously shared with two other houses, ownership “would transfer” once the purchase is complete.
The problem is that both neighbors have “access rights” and keys to enter. Although both have their own kitchens, neither has given up their rights, the report states. Email.
And the worst was yet to come, when a few months later he discovered that one of the neighbors had robbed him its coffee machine valued at more than 1,000 euros.
He also “lost” all the plants and an irrigation system he had installed in the community yard. And then a neighbor cillegally connected a pipe to your water, diverting its supply.
“I was recovering from a stroke when all this happened,” he continued. “It has affected me a lotboth financially and mentally,” he says.
“I have spent some 20,000 euros for the entire jobincluding paying to paint a neighbor’s house and to put new beams in the kitchen to prevent my neighbor’s house from collapsing,” added Najda, a native of Huddersfield (Yorkshire, northern England).
“I understand that these costs should be shared as they are related to communal property, but my lawyer is useless and cannot bring the residents together. Ironically, my children told me that I would regret buying a house in Spain and unfortunately they were right“he concludes.