Victim of the title deed nightmare

I bought a property in Cyprus in 2007, but I am still not in possession of the title deeds as they are with my solicitor. I signed the contract of sale in August 2007 endorsed by two representatives of the development company. My building had already been constructed and I had many meetings with my lawyer about my deeds and he told me on each occasion that everything was OK, but the land registry had a backlog.

I also applied to the land registry about three times paying €10 each time to obtain my deeds but to no avail.

There are restrictions on the property as follows:

The block where my apartment is has been built in the wrong place.

There is no chemical plant to go with the cesspit.

There are no completion certificates from the site civil engineer or architect.

The roads have not been completed.

The site has not been completed.

The site is illegal.

I have been told that I can pay to have all these restrictions removed from my title deeds. I will not do this because while it means I can sell the property to someone else, these restrictions will still be in place.

Lionel Grancourt