reply from the realtor involved
As I am the realtor involved in this thread, please allow me tell you my part of the story.
When the buyers bought their property at the time of closing there was only one Edenorte bill that we knew about. This bill was duly paid by the vendors. However only two days before the closing, the tenant moved out and we did not have the final bill at closing for his final share of the electricity.
When the buyers presented me this new bill, I brought it to the vendors and instructed them to pay their share of this bill up to the date of closing and they told me they would contact the tenant, who consequently refused to pay but never was I worried that the vendors would not honour their part of the agreement as they are very upstanding citizens. The result however was that because of the argument with the tenant, the bill was not yet paid and Edenorte cut the power.
When the buyers informed me of this problem I was in Santo Domingo and my assistant and I made no less than six calls to the vendors, trying to solve this problem. We acted as intermediaries to this problem and finally managed to have it resolved by having the deposit with Edenorte that the vendors still had in their name, signed over to the buyers. Consequently, the buyers had the power registered to their name.
As you can appreciate, all this however took a while. You might not be aware that these things do not work like they do in the US, nor in Europe, and everything takes a lot longer to resolve here - especially when dealing with Edenorte.
Let me assure you that there were no "dirty tricks" involved in this sale and the suggestion there might be is inaccurate and insulting. I do not find your reference to me and my legal company as being the "only realtor that has an office in Costambar" to be subtle, nor amusing. I do have an office, and run a legal company. I pay staff and taxes and am a responsible business owner with a well-known address where I work most days and some nights and where I am always available to offer assistance to my clients. Further more
I find the fact that you state that I was keeping bills from my clients ludicrous, what possible benefit would I have from doing such a thing?
In my line of business there is almost never a simple deal. As you are dealing with buyers, vendors, tenants and Edenorte you are talking about life in the D.R. I find it odd that this complaint has found its way to Dr1.com! As having talked to the buyers, they were completely unaware that anyone had posted these accusations and they are not blaming me, or my company, for anything that has occurred.
I suggest that the next time you use this forum you get your facts straight before posting. To my friend and client who posted, thanks for the thumbs up girl ! I owe you one!
Now if you don?t mind, I have to get back to work.
