It´s a bit too early in the morning to give a full reply , Tina , but enough to say that the owner of my apartment is a doctor and when I met him a couple of weeks ago he told me that my application being denied was completely wrong . He´s sent me some documents ( in Spanish ) and i´d be happy to forward them on to you if you send your e-mail ( via a private message ) . He said the law changed on January 1st .
Steve .

Hello Steve
I have been offline for a time hence the late reply.Private message is on its way.
That will make things a lot easier for me..not many eu citizens where I live..hence always a lot of explaining to do,when dealing with this sort of stuff.
Gracias y saludos
T