The 2017 AGM approved a repainting programme for water and electricity boxes and balustrades which are Community property. I am pleased to report that this programme is progressing extremely well despite
Category: Environment
Spanish property price rise expected to continue
The average price of a property in Spain is expected to increase by 6.1% according to the Property Outlook report published recently by the IPE. The National Statistics Institute’s housing price index
Next Committee Meeting : Items for discussion
The next housing committee meeting will be held on January 27th, when, under discussion, will be what to do about improvements to the wall underneath patios above garages; general painting works of
Corvera airport promised for 2018
Spanish president Mariano Rajoy announced today that the much awaited opening of Murcia’s new Corvera international airport will happen this year.
The management contract has just been awarded
Christmas greetings from the President
At this busy time of the year we’re frantically buying those last minute festive presents, making plans to return to our home lands or welcome family members to our homes in Spain.
Whatever you
Excessive noise on a Sunday
I have had complaints today that our maintenance company were doing hedge cutting around the western pool.
Doing noisy work on a Sunday is not acceptable – whether it is our maintenance company
Choose your builder carefully
An owner has asked us to include on this website his experience with a local builder – as a warning to others who might be tempted in this way.
During the summer he called in a builder who had
Commercial Waste dumping
Community owners were awakened early this morning by the sound of a JCB transporting tree stumps, branches and debris from the waste land opposite, to two of our community waste bins, dumping piles
New rubbish bin
Following intervention by our administration the local council has agreed to an additional rubbish bin at the edge of our urbanisation.
It has been added to the bin outside of the Allioth.
In general
Palm Tree Maintenance
At our AGM this week there were complaints about the debris which falls into people’s gardens from neighbouring palm trees.
Some are now shedding seeds which contain black oil which makes a mess
Lack of rubbish bins
Owners have been complaining of the lack of rubbish bin provision along Calle Nicholas de Bussi, particularly on the eastern end of our urbanisation. There used to be two bins but one was damaged and
Palm Tree Maintenance
You may have noticed that the palm trees on our urbanisation are in full bloom at the moment, and this causes us a problem.
When the wind blows strongly the material from the top of the palms blows in
Beware of Intruders
We have been informed of an attempted intrusion at a house near the East Pool.
Opportunist thieves climbed over the wall into the garden but thankfully were disturbed by the owners and they ran away.
Community Postbox Repairs
Work is now almost complete on repainting community postboxes – a vast improvement on what we had.
New clear numbering should hopefully prevent people getting the wrong mail delivered.
One thing
Repairs to Northern Walkway are complete
Work is now complete on renewing the northern walkway and steps at the eastern end. This work was necessary after it was discovered that water was getting into the garage immediately below.
In addition,
Repairs to Community roads and walkways
Wear and tear has resulted in a number of potholes appearing on interior roads and passageways on the urbanisation. Some have become bad enough to be a trip hazard. As a result we have decided to have
Beware of potholes in the road
The recent snow and heavy rain has caused damage to roads, especially side streets here in Orihuela Costa. Please take extra care when driving because of deep potholes which have appeared. One car lost
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
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