Hours of Work - Builders
Sep 11th 2008, 10:51 am
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Re: Hours of Work - Builders
yes but I wasnt getting at him.just saying that people will complain and expect the local life to change its ways just because they have arrived on holiday
We have all seen people like this.they moan when you are a bit noisy.and dont expect you to moan when they are a bit noisy.
We have all seen people like this.they moan when you are a bit noisy.and dont expect you to moan when they are a bit noisy.
we don't miss our neighbours on the urb where we used to live at all
they were always complaining about those blo*dy spanish!!!
Sep 11th 2008, 10:53 am
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Sep 11th 2008, 2:32 pm
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Re: Hours of Work - Builders
So if you don't want him to work, and your guests don't want him to work, and the people who clean your villa don't want him to work ,whats he to do ?phone you up and ask when it would be convenient for you for him to work so him trying to make a living doesn't interfere with you and your guests visit to his country ?.
The fact that you have no sympathy with him will get you very little sympathy from us who live here and accept the ways of the Spanish ,good or bad
...you really must learn to be more tolerant...
ps .......Most Spanish only take any notice of the law when it suits them ,thats another thing you learn very quickly when you live here .
The fact that you have no sympathy with him will get you very little sympathy from us who live here and accept the ways of the Spanish ,good or bad
...you really must learn to be more tolerant...ps .......Most Spanish only take any notice of the law when it suits them ,thats another thing you learn very quickly when you live here .
Interestingly enough ... he has started work at 8.15am for the past two days ... just like all the other contractors round about who have been building villas here for years (including the British ones)! Perhaps he has been reading this thread!
As for 'you really must learn to be more tolerant' - we are actually very tolerant indeed, having lived on a building site for the first three years we owned our villa with no problems at all! We didn't ask for your opinion, merely if there was any legislation governing this matter as he didn't respond to what seemed like a reasonable request that he start slightly later inline with everyone else.
And yes, we are guests to his country, but he and a lot of other Spanish (and British) builders would be out of a job but for those 'guests' as I don't see many Spanish having huge building jobs done and the largest Spanish building company has recently gone bust, putting even more of you on the 'social'!
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Sep 11th 2008, 2:43 pm
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Re: Hours of Work - Builders
Interestingly enough ... he has started work at 8.15am for the past two days ... just like all the other contractors round about who have been building villas here for years (including the British ones)! Perhaps he has been reading this thread!
As for 'you really must learn to be more tolerant' - we are actually very tolerant indeed, having lived on a building site for the first three years we owned our villa with no problems at all! We didn't ask for your opinion, merely if there was any legislation governing this matter as he didn't respond to what seemed like a reasonable request that he start slightly later inline with everyone else.
And yes, we are guests to his country, but he and a lot of other Spanish (and British) builders would be out of a job but for those 'guests' as I don't see many Spanish having huge building jobs done and the largest Spanish building company has recently gone bust, putting even more of you on the 'social'!
As for 'you really must learn to be more tolerant' - we are actually very tolerant indeed, having lived on a building site for the first three years we owned our villa with no problems at all! We didn't ask for your opinion, merely if there was any legislation governing this matter as he didn't respond to what seemed like a reasonable request that he start slightly later inline with everyone else.
And yes, we are guests to his country, but he and a lot of other Spanish (and British) builders would be out of a job but for those 'guests' as I don't see many Spanish having huge building jobs done and the largest Spanish building company has recently gone bust, putting even more of you on the 'social'!
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Sep 11th 2008, 3:22 pm
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You don't know us at all ... we have lived and worked in many countries including Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Spain, China, Indonesia, Germany, USA with people of many races, colour and creed - we speak Spanish, French and a bit of German/Dutch and have Spanish friends in cities all over Spain (Madrid, Alicante, Sevilla), not to mention other countries. We have never felt superior in any way - in fact sometimes we are embarassed by the behaviour of our compatriots. We chose to buy our second home in Spain because we like Spain, the Spanish, and the Spanish way of doing things! We engaged Spanish builders and architects to design and build our own villa and respect that it is their country and things will be done in their way.
We would be just as irritated if the builder were English, since we had only made a polite request (in his native language) that he helped us to enjoy our holiday and start inline with all the other contractors round about at 8.00am (which is not late in anyone's book)!
We would be just as irritated if the builder were English, since we had only made a polite request (in his native language) that he helped us to enjoy our holiday and start inline with all the other contractors round about at 8.00am (which is not late in anyone's book)!
Sep 11th 2008, 4:24 pm
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You don't know us at all ... we have lived and worked in many countries including Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Spain, China, Indonesia, Germany, USA with people of many races, colour and creed - we speak Spanish, French and a bit of German/Dutch and have Spanish friends in cities all over Spain (Madrid, Alicante, Sevilla), not to mention other countries. We have never felt superior in any way - in fact sometimes we are embarassed by the behaviour of our compatriots. We chose to buy our second home in Spain because we like Spain, the Spanish, and the Spanish way of doing things! We engaged Spanish builders and architects to design and build our own villa and respect that it is their country and things will be done in their way.
We would be just as irritated if the builder were English, since we had only made a polite request (in his native language) that he helped us to enjoy our holiday and start inline with all the other contractors round about at 8.00am (which is not late in anyone's book)!
We would be just as irritated if the builder were English, since we had only made a polite request (in his native language) that he helped us to enjoy our holiday and start inline with all the other contractors round about at 8.00am (which is not late in anyone's book)!
... but thanks for understanding
Sep 11th 2008, 5:14 pm
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Re: Hours of Work - Builders
I red dis tread and mee tinks I work veree hard fore de laydie tomorow I show wiling I start wurking at 7am I she bet b pleezed
PS laydie if u wanna go for vino wif me I have picco belo........
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Sep 11th 2008, 5:38 pm
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Sep 12th 2008, 12:37 am
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Sep 12th 2008, 10:26 am
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Below pic of the offending wall so cowboy can show you where you went wrong even better, Do you have an early morning pic with the sun rising just above the wall 
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Sep 13th 2008, 1:06 am
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Saturday off I bet back v early Monday. Scones Strawberry jam and clotted NATA at 3pm. 