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timeshare problems please help me.

Hi, can anyone advise me please?
I bought a weeks timeshare in 2001 for £7995 jointly with my then partner. I took a finance agreement to pay the fee which i paid off in full. My partner and i split and not seen since. I fell behind on the maintenance fees and didnt pay any after 2003. Do i have any rights on reclaiming my timeshare? I studied the contract which states i should have received a 60 day notification of breach of contract (failure to pay maintenance fees) and then notification of sale of timeshare, and then an account of sale. None of which i got. Also had a ccj against ex but never got a penny from that.
any advice gratefully accepted.

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  • Alan_Bowen
    Alan_Bowen Posts: 4,936 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Sorry to hear your tale of woe. Am I right in assuming you have paid no maintenance for 10 years? Did you ever hear from the timeshare company, I presume that you did as you seem to think you have lost it? There are all sorts of problems taking legal action in these cases, in 99% of timeshare the company is off shore, usually somewhere like Gibraltar which has a different legal system but all countries have limitation periods to take legal action, in England it is 6 years and if you have done nothing for 10, I suspect that any rights that you might have had, have been lost
  • Si_Bish
    Si_Bish Posts: 13 Forumite
    hi Alan, not exactly what i wanted to hear but the truth always hurts and i cant say this has come as a complete shock to me.
    Thanks again.
  • Sorry to hear that!! I'm not sure if you have any rights on reclaiming your timeshare, have you tried to contact an attorney?? maybe you should read this article:

    timesharescam.com/blog/95-timeshare-attorneys/

    Good luck with everything!!
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