MikeCol

Hi all,

we are getting a bit giddy as we have just booked one-way tickets to Faro and will be in CE full-time from mid-May. We have been waiting for a couple of years to make a permanent move and now we have a specific date it is very exciting. Most of the arrangements have been made and the rest are planned. However, not all is rosy. My PC has just come back from being repaired and unfortunately the hard drive was damaged beyond recovery. Added to this my backups (taken via Norton 360) are somehow not retrievable. One result is that my list of contacts and useful websites has disappeared. Does anyone know of a car hire company that gives good value deals on long term hire, say for one or two months? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Mike.

Ragomuffin

Hi Carol, we went armed with translations of what we needed, so yes I knew the word curcuma and we found some eventually (after I'd improvised for our guests) we also found types of Garam Masala and Curry blends.

I must admit I ignored anything with azafran on it as I assumed it was powdered saffron.

Yorkshire Scratcher

What ever happens will happen....we just need to be prepared. For those on Rago 1 who have completed the main issue (should the worst happen) is maintaining supplies, pool cleaning and general maintenance etc. I do not know what all this entails generator hire and purchase of deisel.

Of course I/we may be worrying unduly...I do expect that Fadesa will find a solution....but there is risk they will not. If Fadesa do go pop and we have no electricity (the deisel runs out or the hire co takes the generator back); what about planned visits to CE for holidays etc.

I do not Know what any body else thinks.....but from the day I parted with my deposit the main problem has been the lack of any real, proper and reliable information. Yes this blog does help, but it is all mainly opinion (and is any ones opinion any more reliable than any one elses). This blog because of the real lack of proper information does tend to er on the negative side with some posts (yes guilty as charged).

For me have not been given consistent advise from the professionals in the region as how best to deal with the issues that arise. I feel to some extent that we are cash cows for the local economy....nothing wrong with that if the service is good and nothing goes wrong. But the true test of any service is when problems arise.

I guess where I am coming from is that all on CE need a source of relaible information and updates. I do not think that this blog acheives that or that it engages all on CE. I think that it would be useful to produce a CE centric news letter that provides real and relevant information about CE and the CE community. This news letter could seek to engage all with an interest in CE....that includes Fadesa, ADA and others. It should not be a platform for whinging without good cause.

I have no objection to setting up the appropriate web site and posting the news letter and emailing it generally. But we do need contributing articles and columns. It is a pitty that Benny and Sam are out of the loop. I bet they could do a cracking column on progress updates and whats new at CE...would they be interested?

Anyone any ideas?

EsuriJohn

MichaelH has just started a magazine on his website and it is a cracker but it covers Ayamonte in general not just CE. Something similar just for CE would be fantastic but it would involve a lot of work for interested individuals. I also think that the main input would need to be from full time residents so that things can be checked out and there would need to be a firm editorial grip.

davidpayne

Hi, help / advice required please........

Security bars for houses - does anyone know anyone local who can do these...?? Also are they expensive...? all i need is the ground floor done of a house.......

Aswell, I need a shower screen and bath screen fitted can someone pm me a number and name if anyone has used them before as I need to get them fitted....

thanks very much....

Yvonne King

Sue at Purple Parrot is a good bet for the showers and bath screen. She sorted our apartment out completely and is first class.

davidpayne

Thanks... I know most of the people in town and all they do is pass it to the workmen..... I was really trying to deal with someone direct and cut out the middle man... thanks anyway!

derek and margaret

David have sent you p.m .

MikeCol

Hi Jamesf and Marisol couldn't agree more with your posts re plain simple Spanish food. Channel 4 have a new cookery prog. on Thurs evenings called a cooks tour of Spain and that is what it is promoting. Re curries:- Super Sol sell Pataks curry paste. Regards Bryony

jdr

Don`t forget the licences otherwise you could stop other people getting their habitation licence etc, as you are actually changing the urbanization plans if they are not included on the original.

davidpayne

What..?? You need a licence to have a shower.... ?

Laura Kaye

Hi haven't been on the forum for a long while - we have bought on Rago 1 and am very concerned about the whole electric/communal siutuation - haven't managed to get to CE since last summer - anyone out there in Rago 1 Block 1 or something nearby with deep concerns it would be nice to hear from you - please send me a personal message - think some of us need to speak/meet up to try and pool as much info as possible.

Thanks Laura and Paul Kaye

Michaelh

Top 5 movers on the Spanish stock exchange today.

Aisa 2.35 up 8.29%
Seda Barna 1.19 up 7.21%
Faes 10.87 up 6.36%
Martinsa-Fadesa 20.25 up 5.19%
Vale Do Río doce Ord. 22.17 up 5.17%

I am not saying Rago 1 will be sorted quickly but I do think it will be Martinsa Fadesa who will be footing the bill. they can well afford it on todays gains alone.

Fortaleza

This I can tell you from experience will be difficult to achieve. It would essentially become an extension of this thread. Getting Fadesa or any other associated body to comment is like getting blood out of a stone. If they don't talk to their clients, I doubt they'd prefer to talk to a news letter. What you would have to depend on is contirbutions from people who have properties there - or to put it another way, the contributors on this thread and they are already using this.

I think when there's anything to be told about, this forum works well. People know to come here when they want information, to vent, to share or whatever.

Yvonne King

Here's the latest:

http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/...fx4817597.html