Dave Smith

To all in Manzana 5, here are some more photos. As you will see we have lost a lot of space around the pool due to the landscaping. I have sent a letter to Fadesa, and Superior to complain. I do think the area around the pool is a waist of time and totally different to what we were told. All the joys of buying off plan !!

Dantill

Hi Carol & John

We sold our boat earlier in the year. She would have been ideal 3 double en suite cabins, lovely large aft deck. Looks like we could have been very useful this Summer offering B & B and evening trips up River just chilling. Hindsight is wonderful.

When we bought her in 1999 and left UK for the Med all the Pilot books said nothing between Villamoura and Cadiz worth stopping for. If only we had ignored them and gone exploring the coastline a bit we would have found Ayamonte Marina at least and the lovely Guadiana.

We plan to buy another boat for our future project, it will have to be coded for carrying people, our last boat would have just been to expensive to have retrospectively coded hence why we sold her.

I cannot see us completing before September. We were told we would be given 1 months notice to put funds in place so this takes us up to Mid June now and not heard a thing. To try to get flights and accommodation in Peak Holiday period would be a nightmare and very expensive so we have sort have resigned ourselves to September onwards. Completion should have been December 2005.

Still while we have this lovely weather here we cannot get stressed about it.

Regards

Lynn

MEL & JOHN

Marisol

Thanks for the photo's, I see your 4 legged friend is in one. Hope you are well and enjoyed the time in Ayamonte.

I LOVE that comment about "stones throw away from the beach" I saw that advert in the Daily Mail and called Fadesa and asked if I could swap our house for one near to the beach. Funny but they couldn't do it...wonder why ??

Take care

Mel

marisol

Hello Dave
When did you take take the pictures?
hasta luego,
marisol

marisol

Hi Mel,
We really enjoyed the time there. The food excellent, like always. We went one of the days to "Casa Vicente". We tried "atun encebollado" (tuna with onions) and white wine of the zone ("Privilegio del Condado"). The weather was fine and, besides that, there were nobody in the beach, so, i was able to go for a walk with my dog.
About "the stone...", i think Fadesa should move CE to the beach or maybe, should bring the beach to CE
hasta pronto,
marisol

marisol

[QUOTE=marisol]Hi Mel,
We really enjoyed the time there. The food excellent, like always. We went one of the days to "Casa Vicente". We tried "atun encebollado" (tuna with onions) ....

Hola Mel,
I forgot to say that the tuna with onions was excellent and the wine too .

Dave Smith

Hi Marisol, Sorry I should have mentioned they were taken 3rd week of June, yours are more up to date and I notice they have finished the path around the pool area.

Dave

Carol&John

Hola! marisol,
Yum! Both sound delicious!
Carol

Carol&John

Hello Dave,
Oh yes, don't we know it...BUT, if your pool photos were taken last June, you might be pleasantly surprised at the change since then? The different levels in the landscaping (retaining stone wall, slope, flat areas), I think, look quite pretty. It might be a case of having a quick dip in the pool, and not so long lounging under the sun (do you really want to be the "lobster" on the menu del dia?)... From the photos, it seems like some of the townhouses have access directly from their terrace?
Like a new haircut, most things look & feel better after the first wash. Off-plan is VERY NEW!
Regards,
Carol

Carol&John

Hi Gill,
I'm still reading this!

Carol&John

Hi Sam,
Thanks for the interesting post. Is this the "conjunto comunidad" (I'm thinking of Juan Carlos' post) for the whole Rago apartment development? I know you mention there being an "inter community meeting" later on. It's confusing with the different words: portal, bloque, manzana, conjunto ...
Where was the meeting held? Did anyone serve tea & biscuits? Thanks again, Sam.
Regards,
Carol

EsuriJohn

Hi Carol&John,

Let us know what you learn at the end. The google Spanglish was not so good!

Regards,

John.

Dave Smith

Hi Carol and Marisol

MY apologies it was April this year not June, sorry posted it at the end of a long day. As you say, once its all complete it my look ok. One advantage is my terrace will have direct access to the pool. I think one of my first jobs will be to change the horrible fencing at the end of the garden.

Regards Dave

arnie

Does anyone recall when the completion for Manzana 3 is due to happen. We are just about to complete on a flat on pueblo Andaluz, so hoping to get a holiday there in the summer. If it is furnished in time in might be possible to let it out to some of you that have booked flights but not completed, rates would be v.reasonable. Send me a pm if you might be interested and I can keep you informed.

Carol&John

Sorry, John & DenH, I had to give up on this one. I was able to open the pdf the first time, but now can't seem to call it back up. I'm worried that my computer is sick, or will soon go phut... I scanned through the 40 pages, and noted that these pool regulations were based on a 1989, or 1999 (?) rule/law. That could mean it's out of date anyway. I think the document deals mainly with Health & Safety issues (pool construction, water pH, bacterial cultures, bactericides, etc. Way over my head!). It mentioned hand rails at the poolside, and the bit DenH mentioned about 20 people (?), but I couldn't see any mention of disabled access. I might have missed it...
Regards,
Carol