Today we awoke to see heavy snowfall. Temperatures dropped overnight to 2 degrees centigrade thanks to winds from the east which have come from Russia. It’s the first time in their lifetime that
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Great food and company at our Community Christmas lunch
Brilliant lunchtime get together at the Chinese Restaurant for the community. Almost 20 residents enjoyed a belated Christmas lunch at the New Golden City – good food and good company.
Eileen
Cat neutering and spaying programme continues
Our cat neutering and spaying programme of feral cats is continuing. Here is the latest “victim” a fully-grown and extremely strong male, caught in the cat trap.
His strength took the vets
Damage caused by recent rainfall
Last month’s four days of torrential rain caused some very minor damage to asphalt walkways on our community but the most urgent damage is to an exterior wall of a property. In order to prevent
Beware of Intruders
We have been informed of a recent break-in on a nearby community.
Apparently the owner went upstairs, leaving the front door open. An opportunist thief walked in and attempted to steal easy to take items. The
Sewer problems
Today we had to call in a sewer cleaning company to deal with a blocked sewer within the community. The specialists dealing with the blockage highlighted three main problems.
Firstly, the blockage was
Christmas lunch
It is with regret we have had to cancel the Christmas lunch which we were going to have on Wednesday 14th December.
It seems that many owners are returning to their homeland earlier this year and we
Accounts
We opened a joint account with the garage community to pay for water leak repairs and this had to be periodically topped up to pay bills when they became due. Not all the allocated cash needed to be
Post Boxes
The community post boxes will be re-sprayed and new numbers displayed and we are obtaining a quotation for this work.
Pool Supervisor
We are making arrangements to have a supervisor for the two pools during July and August to try to reduce problems for residents and to ensure pool rules are obeyed.
Legal Boundaries of Garages
A meeting between the Administrators/Lawyers of both communities has reviewed the issue of legal boundaries and it was agreed that maintenance of the external surfaces of the garage perimeter walls
Garage Ventilation
Owners above garages have expressed concern about ventilation rates in the garages.
We have been given a cost of 550€ + IVA for a professional to review the present natural ventilation arrangement
Water Leak
As agreed at the AGM a reported water leak into a garage below the east end of the north walkway will be reviewed and any necessary repair work carried out once we have the benefit of advice from the
Community approval required for extensions
We have experienced an issue regarding an owner trying to sell their property. Any extension requires the approval of the community governing body but it is clear that there may have been cases in
Pool Repair
WEST POOL
Update 23/12/2016 :Â Work is continuing on the western pool. Re-grouting is in progress and reinforcing poles have been cemented in to hold the hedging which needed additional support.
After
Insurance
As you have all been made aware we have negotiated the best ‘blanket’ insurance policy for our community with AXA and the same criteria is being adopted by the Garage Community to ensure as far
Structural Review : Formal Agreement
The garage community have their AGM this week and will be considering the ongoing structural monitoring of the garages which will take place next year. A meeting has taken place place between
Fibre Optics is in the area
A fibre optics provider has installed a service along Calle Nicolas de Bussi therefore giving access to our community if required and several owners have successfully taken advantage of this. There
Nuisance Neighbour
For several months some owners have had to put up with the totally irresponsible behaviour of people renting a property on Playa Flamenca 1X. There have been various meetings with their governing
Feral Cats
As at November 28th 2016 we have restarted our neutering/spaying of feral and semi-feral cats on our community. A cat trap will be placed in various places on the community and when a cat is caught