Hi all,
We have an apartment near Ayamonte with a covered balcony which we now want to fit with retractable windows like you see on many of the apartments in Isla Canela. Can anyone recommend a company nearby? Also someone who does awnings? Thanks Liam.

A company in Lepe supplied our specialist sun screen roller blinds and did a fantastic job. They were not cheap but you pay for quality materials and good workmanship. They also supply awings and Bi-Fold windows. They are called TINOCO. You see their yellow vans about CE and Ayamonte now and again.

You do realize, of course, that this will (theoretically) require planning permission from your local town hall? It will also (theoretically) increase your IBI as you have converted a patio area to part of the house.

Strange but true.

And permission from the community and intercommunity and you should obtain a small works permission from the Ayuntamiento and pay the fee of I think 4% of the total cost of the works. There should of course be a drawing submitted to the Ayuntamiento, the community and intercommunity all of which will take a year or more to get through since the AGM SEASON FOR THE COMMUNITIES has just passed and the approval has to be voted through.

How many of the hundreds you see on Canela have done all that I wonder? Or you could just do it over the weekend and sit back and admire your new windows in the peace of your own apartment. Which will of course be very hot now if the terrace faces south so you may want to install aircon and the whole palava starts again.

Then you get a denuncia - which you can ignore
Then an enforcement order - which you can ignore
Then you a letter from the community and intercommunity presidents - which you can ignore
The your case is raised at the AGM - you vote against and since it needs a unanimous vote you can ignore the outcome
Then you get an notice of legal action - which you can ignore.
Then you can sit back and enjoy your new windows having thoroughly pee'd off your neighbours.
Far fetched? It's exactly what has happened on our Manzana

That's why I thought weekend might be a good time to install!:wink_ smile:

Whilst I agree, there are some times when they do take action - and you end up losing everything.

Thank you all so much for your responses. Food for thought!!!
Thanks Liam

whilst discussing a pool the contractor said that permission would be required from the Ayuntamiento before it went ahead - which I thought was reasonable.
he even offered to make the drawings to their requirements and get it approved before starting work. At no charge (although it will be hidden in there somewhere I have no doubt)

we all know the Spanish take permissions with a pinch of salt, but I believe it can only lead to problems later on if you try to sell the house, so you might as well fess up at the beginning and do it the same as you would back in the UK, by getting the permissions at the outset.

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