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Committee Newsletter : February 2017
The urbanisation committee has appointed Architect 88, a Torrevieja-based company to undertake a visual inspection of the garage area, of patios and walkways above. This will be carried out in the next
Repairs to the walkway
Repair work is to take place within the next fortnight on the northern walkway above the garage block.
This will involve exposure of the membrane under the eastern end of the walkway and the steps and
Feeding stray cats
Owners at the 2016 AGM expressed concern over a number of cats being fed at a particular property and straying onto adjoining owners’ patios and terraces, soiling them and causing damage.
The matter
Structural Review : Formal Agreement
Today the presidents of the housing and garage communities (Tony Mayes and Norman Brunt) signed a formal agreement to put into place the structural review of the garages area which will take place within
Pool Water Treatment in progress
Some owners have reported that the east swimming pool has what appeared to be green slime on its sides and floor.
Gabor, who has our swimming pool maintenance contract, says that after the extraordinarily
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
Committee Newsletter : January 2017
Minutes of the committee of Playa Flamenca X held on Friday January 27th, 2017 .
Present : President Tony Mayes, Carol Dickons, Jos Whitehouse, Ron Thompson and Robert Bellin. Apologies from Rob Wise and Norman Brunt.
- The president reported that the villa, number 1763 was in the process of being purchased and the bank which owned the premises had given permission for the new owner to undertake works in the
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
Snow on the Costa Blanca
Just to let you know that it’s not always warm and sunny here !!!
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
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