NOT ALL THAT GLITTERS IS GOLD - SPECIALLY NOT ALL THEIR AGENTS
It has been a huge challenge to acquire the appropriate land in or around Ljubljana for the construction of a new state of the art hospital.
Instigated and funded by the Z Kos Foundation, their founder started with his request directly to the top and addressed it to the Slovenian government. There did not appear to be much enthusiasm to let Z Kos do something like this, as they still saw him as a Janez Janša supporter and not one of "them"; it didn’t matter that this was all about a project for the Slovenian people.
The Kos architects required a minimum 30,000m² of land for a 1000 bed hospital and in addition 10,000-20,000m² nearby for hospital staff accommodation. Z Kos asked the Slovenian government for this, either as a lease or as a freehold to buy. The team requested that the government allow the building and equipment for the hospital to be free of customs and taxes.
The Foundation also proposed to establish, with special government support, an education programme for a minimum of 6000 specialists, including doctors, surgeons, lab specialists and nurses which such a hospital would need to be operating 24/7/365.
When there was no concrete answer from the government, Z Kos approached the Mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković. Still there was no better luck.
Make no mistake, such a project is going to cost hundreds of millions of Euros not to mention the prices currently for the top CT, MRI and other scanners and equipment which would all be financed by Z Kos directly; must to mention, that such project will create over six thousands of new jobs.
Once there was no proper reply from the Government or the Mayor of Ljubljana’s office, the Kos team started to search for land through estate and property agencies in Slovenia.
The main negotiator here was Dr Ross, who engaged with the Re-Max (Re/Max) estate agency who he had come across before in France and Germany.
However, here a completely unforeseen outcome happened.
Dr Ross and Z Kos were promised and offered land which would apparently suit their needs. However, the land was not located in Ljubljana or around Ljubljana. Although this was not the ideal area, specially not from the logistic point of view (no main roads, no bus connections, no train line nearby, no airport close by) the Kos team accepted the offer.
To get the deal done and dusted, the estate agent Katja Zupanc recommended the purchase was dealt with through her mother’s dormant company. The company proposed would be Nepikum d.o.o. where the key principal is the same, Katja Zupanc. The buyers had no problem with this; they agreed that the agent should buy the property in her name via her mother's dormant company, or Nepikum d.o.o. or any other what suits her most, as she suggested. The Banker's draft, solicitor’s and notary letters were prepared.
The Banker's Draft for €1million named the agent directly; it was posted and delivered to the estate agent.
Once this had happened, Katja Zupanc the agent of Re-Max stopped all correspondence and blocked all further emails and calls. As there was no reply, even when Kos's solicitor tried to make contact, private detectives were engaged to check what was behind this "story" and why suddenly there was no reply whatsoever.
It emerged that this agent is apparently the daughter of an "ex-tycoon", whose business collapsed years ago. They still have quite a bit of real estate in Slovenia and abroad, which the private detective could not confirm whether the Slovenian authority was aware of, or not.
Upon the revelation of this new circumstances, Kos's solicitor in Ljubljana assumed that that the estate agent had offered one of their family’s real estates which might not be on their names but on the name of relatives or friends.
The solicitor also established that the entire family had various debts which have not yet been settled.
Make no mistake, despite all the promises, the Kos team realised quite quickly that not all that glitters is gold. Re/Max is an average real estate agency; I would never ever use them to buy my private home anywhere and I would not recommend them to my worst enemy, especially not this agent who should be avoided by all means.
The person behind this "scam" land/property offer on "behalf" of Re/Max Premium was the one and the only Katja Zupanc, licence number 0296202934, who like yoga as I do - she is good in joga, isn't she?
