I have been made aware of a criticism that our governing body has not raised community fees during the three years of my presidency and that a small number of owners think fees should be raised every
Community News
Community Finance Report 2018
Rob Wise, who has provided a overview of our community finances for the past three years, has been kind enough to do the same again this year.
This shows we are on track in building up a healthy reserve.
Brexit meeting with UK Consulate
The UK Consulate in Alicante has organised a series of meetings throughout the Costa on the thorny subject of Brexit.
If you want to know the latest then there’s a meeting in Orihuela Costa, at the Town Hall, on November 15, at 10.30am. And if you can’t make it to that meeting there are others in the surrounding area. See the table here.
60th Birthday Party
Family, friends and members of our urbanisation had an enjoyable evening at the weekend to celebrate Ted Higgins’ 60th birthday.
Friends and family flew in from Southern Ireland to attend the hog
Urban Painters & Giant Paella
From our local tourism website at www.torrevieja.com :
Urban Painters Exhibition : From 7th October to 27th November in Cuevas del Rodeo in Rojales. Free entry.
Torrevieja Jazz this weekend
From Friday 12th October to Sunday 14th October at the Torrevieja Auditorium “Torrevieja sounds Jazz” with Roberto Fonseca, Kyle Eastwood and Robin McKelle. These are the foundations of
C.L.A.R.O demands funds for Orihuela Costa
On Monday 10th September Roman Jimenez, President of C.L.A.R.O, handed a 28 page appeal to the local Government against the unfair Orihuela / Orihuela Costa budget.
As he demanded Financial Autonomy
Tapas, Spanish Song & The Liverpool Band
From our local tourist website www.torrevieja.com :
International Tapas Day : On Saturday 29th September in Torrevieja at all bars and restaurants. €2.50 for a tapas and drink.
Party in the Park on 30th September
MABS biggest fundraising event of the year will be on Sunday 30th September from 2.30pm. Gates open at 2.00pm. There will be a fantastic line up of acts.
Francis Symons
Madrid Consulate issues statement on Brexit
The British Embassy in Madrid has published an open letter on Brexit to British Citizens in Spain. It reads as follows :
“As many of you are no doubt aware, this Autumn will be an important period
Ongoing shortage of Police Officers
The Chief of Orihuela’s Local Police, José María Pomares, hijacked celebrations to the Patron Saint, the Virgin of Monserrate, on Saturday, to warn of the threat to public safety as a result of
Health launches addiction prevention project
We have received this information from the charity, Help at Home Costa Blanca. It’s important for anyone who has an addiction problem or knows someone with one.
Health
Paella Contest & Street Cinema
From our local tourist office at www.torrevieja.com :
Paella contest : Sunday 9th September from 9am at Plaza Encarnacion Puchol in Torrelamata (in front the Church) … free entry.
Community Newsletter
The urbanisation committee met recently and have agreed to recommend to the AGM two items to be included in the capital budget.
The first is further tiling
Part 2 of Legal tips when buying or selling
Further to our initial post on Legal tips when buying or selling property, we received very helpful feedback from an owner on our Community who works in the industry.
“I just read the email this morning regarding selling/buying property . I am involved in the property business here for many years now and was surprised that properties were sold with community arrears in place, this harks back to the good old days of ten to fifteen years ago when notarys turned a blind eye to these things. All notarys are legally bound to be in possession of a community certificate which should come from the administrators of the urbanisation where the property is located ….. Legal tips when buying or selling property
Over the past week I have heard of three separate cases of purchasers of properties on our urbanisation who have run into problems because work that should have been done by professionals has not been
HMRC Tax meetings for British Nationals
HMRC tax meetings for British Nationals in the Alicante province:
On 4th September HMRC representatives from the UK are holding two sessions in the Alicante province to talk about tax issues.
HMRC
Mosquito spraying on 11th September
Following a number of complaints that people are being badly bitten by mosquitoes (there seems to be a lot of them this year and they pack a wallop) we have arranged for a fumigation to take place around
