skeetersmith

Have place in Mula and no-one speaks any English. I'm having difficulties finding local building materials like blocks and bricks and cement in the area. I also need to find an electrician quickly. Can't find an amenity site where I can tip building rubble and can't find anyone to supply me with a skip - I've got quite a pile building up in the garden - HELP!!

03630

Does this help? http://www.portaldemula.com/

I take it you speak no Spanish.

skeetersmith

We speak limited amount of Spanish but enough to get about on a day-to-day basis. Problem is that Mula is a bit like Venice and keep getting lost in alleyways. The house is at the top end of Mula near the castle and no accessible with a vehicle - even the gas delivery man can't reach us. If we could find somewhere to tip the rubbish we can take it all away ourselves but no-one seems to know what we mean when we ask for the amenity site

03630

Here the recycling facility complete with skip for building rubble is signposted Eco-Parque. As I don't know Mula I can say no more.

Rosemary

Look for your nearest Ecoparc, that is where building rubbish is put. Most areas have one as they fill in sites ready for building industrial buildings.

Rosemary

jackytoo

Do what a lot of Spanish do, tip it over a ravine, preferably in the local beauty spot

Hillybilly

According to http://www.carm.es/neweb2/servlet/integra.servlets.ControlPublico?IDCONTENIDO=1537&I DTIPO=100&RASTRO=c64$m the EcoParque in Mula is at
Cordel de las Huertas – Ctra. del Pantano, polígono 48 (junto a la Depuradora)
but I would go and check first to see if they take building rubble.

poshnbucks

English-Spanish Builders Jargon Guide.. There your a builder now just like all the other brits.


http://spain.angloinfo.com/countries...uildjargon.asp

jdr

Let them look in the free beer thread. ;-))

fionamw

I think I would (please don't laugh) follow any lorries with skip/rubble in them.. (being wary of the flytipping scenario already mentioned)..and don't assume they're all called amenity sites, our local tip is just literally that, a tip down a track. But it is the town tip!
Re builders lingo, I think someone's pointed you in an efficient direction but in my experience a few words & willing go a long way as long as you don't expect any English in return

skeetersmith

Think I'm going nuts - how hard can it be to find an electrician who is willing to work for under EUR 1,000 a day!!! I'm English okay, but I'm not being ripped off. It would be hard to rewire a castle for that amount.

How do you stop the water meter spinning even when you're not using the supply - I went out and came back 5 hours later and it had moved 297 units - are the water meters in units or litres? Anyone know?? I think I'm supplying half of Spain.

jdr

You may have an underground leak, turn the meter off then try your lowest tap, if you don`t get any water out then it`s probably drained into the garden.

fionamw

I think mine registers in cubic metres & parts of cubic metres, says alongside the little wheels. As to 1000euros, do you have one of those little either English language or Spanish local admag things you could consult? I would have thought 40/hr was over the top hereabouts. Sounds as though you need to make a friend of a Spanish neighbour, and fast

Joest

Hi we bought a place in Mula last May which we are doing up. Also up near the castle (Calle Salitre) with no car access. We get a lot of building materials from Leroy_Merlin in Murcia (if you don't know it its a kind of Spanish B&Q. We get materials like cement & sand from the Buiders Merchant (whose name escapes me) on the Carretera de Caravaca going east out of town its on your right. They don't speak much English but are very helpful. Gabbarons, west of the bus station do skips.
We had our house completely rewired and replumbed by 'Paco' for €5000 which did not seem too bad. If you're interested I'll try to find contact details.
Good luck!
Joe

Joest

Must have written that message too late at night - the builders merchant is on the road going west out of town and Gabarrons (who also do building materials) are to the east of the bus station!
Joe