In Reply to: Villa buying/selling..feedback plse! posted by balibindy on Sunday, 20. September 2009 at 18:25 Bali Time:
I know of a Dutch couple who used a nominee to purchase a villa in Jmbrian Bay and the minute he left to go back to Holland the villa was sold right from under him by his trusted nominee friend.
Do your homework first and go to that site that Holladaze mentioned.
Get further advise from other forum people as buying now days is totally different to 8-10 years ago.
My undertanding is your name can now go on the paperwork/lease and there is a Australian lawyer in Bali who can help you with the paperwork.
We almost bought aswell that year in Jimbrian Bay however the fact that the paperwork was going to be in a nominee name didn't sit well with us and we declined to go ahead.
In one way we wish we had bought it, but just couldn't bring ourselves to do it.
Good Luck and I hope it goes well for you, things in Bali are so different now and the likelyhood of something like this is less likely to happen.