Originally Posted by David and Kathy

Hi Mike & Di,

We went out for eight days, and it was very much a working holiday. We spent the first few days visiting every furniture shop in Ayamonte and then choosing the furniture (and changing my mind on the colour of the sofas en route to Faro airport - turning round and re-ordering!) We also ordered white goods and got two quotes on Air Con - we are waiting for a third.

You may all know that Fadesa now has a furnishing/management company set up in the shed. They are called Conforta. We did not use them but they are on the web if anyone wants to see that they are doing.

We had not been out for a year and the difference in the site was staggering, lots of car parking for the <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=9&k=golf%20club" onmouseover="window.status='golf club'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">golf club</a> (they must think it will be popular). There was what looked like "substations" in front of some properties (one per pool), they are not very attractive and quite large. We were not allowed inside our house, but did manage to peer through the windows and everything looked good.

David visited a few golf courses in the area to compare fees and it would appear that the quotes we have received are similar to most of them.

We met up with a great couple in the Sugar Reef (Hi Debbie & Brian), who we discovered through the thread would be out at the same time as us. We had a few drinks and swapped furnishing stories!

Ayamonte is growing in size - lots of building everywhere, including a new shopping centre. We also noticed many more English translations on menus (some made interesting reading!).

Altogether we came home really excited and looking forward to returning soon, we have booked our flights, hotel and car hire for early December. Cant wait!

Kathy

Originally Posted by MikeCol

Hi all, just returned from Ayamonte (looks as though a few of us were out there at the same time). Paula had the keys to our apartment so we were able to have a look round. We were very pleased with it and can't wait to be able to use it. Paula made a list of a few obvious snags but said we can do a more thorough snaging inspection later when all the utilities are connected. We also meet up with Palayo and his brothers and did POA and a spanish will plus gave them a copy of the snaging list so far. Had a look round furniture and white goods shops and also were given some helpfull advice on the former plus aircon by Michaelh. The window frames in the apartment (duplex, Andaluz Village) are dark hardwood to match the wardrobe doors and the shutters are also brown. Much nicer than the white UPVC in the mockup.

Cheers Mike and Bryony

Originally Posted by David and Kathy

Hi Sam

The gardens that overlook the pool have not been fenced off yet, they having been laying top soil though, so hopefully will be grassing the areas soon.

The apartments area, which is more advanced and is grassed & landscaped looks really nice - and it looks like they have planted thousands of palm trees!

For those of you that were interested in Air Con Units, we have got prices for Inverter units (hot and cold air). (These quotes are for a 3 bedroomed townhouse)

Muebles Mateos for a Mitsubishi unit = 3909E + 540E (approx) for fitting
for a Daikin unit was about the same price.

Conforta (Fadesa's in-house company) wanted 3800E (inc fitting) for a Fujitsu unit.

We are still waiting for our third quote for another Daikin unit as that is our preferred manufacturer (David has 40 of these units in his business and have been running without any trouble for seven years).

White Goods - we have ordered via Muebles Mateos and approx costs are
Washing Machine 325E
Dishwasher 393E
Fridge Freezer 409E (small freezer area, but large fridge to store the beer and wine ...... in case Sam visits!!!!)
(the make of these are Lynx, similar to Bosch but less expensive).


We did notice that at the moment only the upper floors in the town houses have security shutters, we have faxed Fadesa for more information about this as we understood the whole house would have the security shutters (we presume and hope they have just not fitted them yet!) All the apartments appeared to have the shutters). Will keep you posted when we hear.

Kathy

Originally Posted by Dave Smith

Hi Kathy

Not being in the know regarding AC, do we require a unit in each room or do we just have a large unit on the balcony/ terrace and use the ducting that has been fitted for all the rooms. I'm also buying a 3 bedroom town house but as yet not had chance to look inside.

Regards

Originally Posted by Michaelh

Hi all,
Before I give you the usual update I would like to point out a few things.
1. I am an Estate agent.
2. I joined the Forum because somebody gave false information to one of my clients which caused discomfort to him and to me.
3. A lot of clients have bought on Fadesa complex and are happy with their purchase.
4. I do the updates on my webpage for my clients but I don’t see why clients who have bought elsewhere can take advantage of it as well.
This forum is an excellent research tool as long as people know that not all posts here are completely true. It is for each person to decide.

I have just come off the site and it looks good after all the rain we have had over the last few days.
The bridge was not open yet although we were told it would be this week. Maybe next week.
They have planted small bushes (30cm) every 5 m or so along the side of the road. They are currently tarring the road that leads from the Rago apartments to the townhouses.

Enjoy the pictures

Michael

Originally Posted by AndyS

Michael,
Nice pictures, as usual, thanks. If my eyes don't deceive me it looks remarkably like Golf 1 is starting to really take shape and colour!! Fountain looks impressive as well. Those of us who joined the original thread started by Sam, way back when, are familiar with your background and I for one am very comfortable with your regular, informed updates. After some of the nonsense that has appeared of late I think your openness, for the benefit of newcomers, is a welcome return to the spirit of the thread.

Originally Posted by Michaelh

Hi all,
Before I give you the usual update I would like to point out a few things.
1. I am an Estate agent.
2. I joined the Forum because somebody gave false information to one of my clients which caused discomfort to him and to me.
3. A lot of clients have bought on Fadesa complex and are happy with their purchase.
4. I do the updates on my webpage for my clients but I don’t see why clients who have bought elsewhere can take advantage of it as well.
This forum is an excellent research tool as long as people know that not all posts here are completely true. It is for each person to decide.

I have just come off the site and it looks good after all the rain we have had over the last few days.
The bridge was not open yet although we were told it would be this week. Maybe next week.
They have planted small bushes (30cm) every 5 m or so along the side of the road. They are currently tarring the road that leads from the Rago apartments to the townhouses.

Enjoy the pictures

Michael

Originally Posted by big wheels

It may be a case of "you get what you pay for" But the quotes posted for air con in this thread do seem to be somewhat excessive.
In my experience you can buy a decent cold/hot air con system including 3 units for around 1,000 euros in my area of Seville, and it will cost around 150 euros to install.
Before you leap, spend some time in your place and check whether you really need air con at all. You may find as we did that a ceiling fan in each room is sufficient, and far cheaper to boot. Together with a couple of wall mounted heaters (40 euros each from carrefour) for the colder winter nights.

regards
BW.

Originally Posted by Mike and Diane

Hi David and Kathy

sounds great, we are not going out again until early December, cannot wait!
What was the Esuri site like? Did you take any pictures you can share?

Mike & Di

Originally Posted by big wheels

It may be a case of "you get what you pay for" But the quotes posted for air con in this thread do seem to be somewhat excessive.
In my experience you can buy a decent cold/hot air con system including 3 units for around 1,000 euros in my area of Seville, and it will cost around 150 euros to install.
Before you leap, spend some time in your place and check whether you really need air con at all. You may find as we did that a ceiling fan in each room is sufficient, and far cheaper to boot. Together with a couple of wall mounted heaters (40 euros each from carrefour) for the colder winter nights.

regards
BW.