Pam Sarky

Hi Carol,

If you have a plan of the townhouses then the last picture is of the golf course looking down from the shopping centre at the top of manzana 4. The other photo is the pump house on manzana 4.
We had a great time, although it didn`t stop raining. Great food, met some lovely people and three weeks tomorrow its going to be our home. The visit reassured us that we are doing the right thing.

Sam

PaulandDawnH

Thanks for those Sam. It is all looking very good. You have us Old Fogeys worried now. If thats your mum, how old are you? (Rude question, we know, so you dont have to answer!)

Paul and Dawn

Jon-Bxl

Thanks Sue... but whats that 4-letter word?.... 'rain'
Jon

EsuriJohn

Hi Sam,

Welcome back your ears must have been burning yesterday we were talking about you whilst you were away (see earlier posts). Great pics. Love your mum.

Regards,

John.

Pam Sarky

Hi John,

I have read the earlier posts and thanks for your confidence in me. My mum will have a good laugh when she see`s herself on the forum (shes now an avid reader of it) I did warn her I might put it on as its the only photo of the roof terrace.

One thing I didnt put in my earlier post is the intercom on the townhouses. I was quite impressed as visitors have to ring a buzzer from the front garden gate and theres a little intercom just inside the front door for owners to answer.

One thing we dont like is the garden fences . Very tacky when you look at the beautiful finish on the houses. I shall post a picture for you to have a look at. Benny wants to build a garden wall (committee allowing). Its something that needs looking into because they are an eyesore.

Sam

sarah33

Hi Nigel,

I´ve already advised some people to contact a well-known multiservices in Ayamonte that provides lots of services such as property management, cleaning, leisure activities, etc. The web is www.servisury.com
I heard they are serious people and may help.
Besides I know there´s a special offer for property management as I´ve checked the web already.

Best regards,

Sarah

Tricia

Ah yes, heatwave, this is exactly what happened to us. When we completed last July and went out it was during the fires and I honestly thought I was going to die in the apartment at night, walking around not getting any relief even from the breeze as that was like a furnace. I told my husband that even if was barely ever needed there was no way I was going to chance ruining my precious time there with lack of sleep !! I can confirm that this year in June July Sept it was used by us very little.

We were told originally not to bother as so many people were taking theirs out as it was expensive to run but sorry, we had 7 weeks of renters in July Aug and our bill was 117 euros for 8 weeks, taking out standing charge I make that 15 euros or so a week electricity charge and our apartment is 130sq metres. Don't forget the old adage 'you get what you pay for', maybe the people who were taking it out had cheaper units that may well have been more expensive to run and noisy. I can honestly say our unit is more of a whisper and doesn't seem noisy at all, maybe Sharon can give her opinion on this if different from mine as she stayed in our apt in the summer. The inverter units are supposed to be more expensive to install but up to a third cheaper to run. Downside of aircon, like central heating, can dry the nose a bit.

Glad you had fun and the rain didn't dampen your spirits Sam.

Tricia

P.TINKS

As Sam quite rightly said the fences are horrendous, but i`m sure that with some Bougainvillea climbing over them it won`t look too bad.Anyway look for yourself. If anyone has an end Terrace house I have some internal pics. I can E-Mail

Carol&John

Hi P.Tinks,
Wow! Look at the colour of that soil! I hope it's the type that anything can grow in (my kind of gardening). Maybe an hibiscus tree/bush for screening? Not sure if the conditions at CE would be right for it, though. Wind, rain, drought; maybe chilly winters, hot baking summers...lovely. Any jardineros out there with some green (or not so green) fingered tips for this area of Spain?
Carol

Jon-Bxl

Thanks Tricia. Could you let us know which model of AC you have as it seems so good. Does it heat as well?

Thanks

Jon

EsuriJohn

Hi All,

I think the development is bedevilled by the old "Developers trick" of appearing to give the divided space to both houses by not making the dividing boundary intrude into the total space. It is six and 2 threes a hard boundary of sufficient height would make the space seem long and narrow, Perhaps the best solution is to accept the fence and use screening planting to create the privacy effect. Watch out for the Leland merchants they would be the worst of all worlds.

Regards,

John.

JohnandCarol

Exactly right the fencing all around the development is ideal for plants such as bougainvillea. Next time you are staying in the Atlantico take a look at the appartments close by and picture how attractive the fencing looks, particularly when in full bloom.

Although we do not have fencing in our appartment in Pueblo Andluz we will be planting in pots on our terraces to add colour.

Cheers

JohnandCarol

chelski

I HAVE JUST HEARD OF A DISCOUNT FURNITURE AND LIGHTING DISCOUNT COMPANY WITH GOOD QUALITY GOODS AT VERY GOOD PRICES ITS OPENING IN JANUARY I THINK ITS CALLED CASARAMA ANYBODY ELSE HEARD ANYTHING

tednsharon

HI

Yes, I can confirm that Tricia's air con is not noisy at all and we did use it most evenings we were there in August.

Sharon

Tricia

Hi John

It is a Toshiba (inverter), sorry don't know the model number but when we looked into it we were told that mitsubishi and toshiba were good makes to go for. 3 units for each bedroom, 1 slightly larger for the lounge and the slave unit on the roof, came to 3620euros ex vat, 4200 euros inc vat. Now I must admit the invoice says nothing about fitting charges so I really don't know what price this would have appeared in a shop or if it already has it's mark up in the shop to include fitting (this is because the lady who looks after the apt arranged it all for us, not because I am daft). We had 3 quotes between 3500 and 5200 euros and went for the middle.

Regarding price, the dearest unit we were quoted for had so many bells and whistles that maybe that's what you pay for. The one we opted for does have a timer, handy when you want it on to go to sleep but not all night, also found that very handy in the winter when we went out and wanted the heating (yes, it does heat aswell) to come on before we got back because it is BLOODY cold in the apts in the winter. Be aware that the apartment takes a good few hours to warm up when it's been empty for a couple of months, we were mortified and thought it didn't work very well at first but after the initial warm up it was fine. It also has dehumidifier (not used yet) and the fan part has two settings, static and 'up and down', which again I like as it gets the cold air moving without blasting one spot.

Maybe the cheaper ones do this stuff too, I didn't research it a whole lot at the time, just didn't want the hassle of sorting it out myself along with everything else.

Thanks for the confirmation Sharon (you're never quite sure if your opinion is the same as others).

Tricia