Community News

AGM : Summary of Meeting

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Hello to all Playa Flamenca X Community. I would like to introduce myself as your president for the coming year. My name is Jocelyn Whitehouse and I live at casa 1764. We also have a Vice President Barry Dutton and a committee of three. I would like to keep this brief and will speak further once the minutes of AGM have been issued.
A brief summary of the meeting is as follows:
Due to many complaints regarding the cleaning and maintenance of the community our Administrator has asked for all your complaints to be sent to her. She will then have a meeting with maintenance company. A working party has been set up to assist in the removal of the hedge around the western pool due to several complaints about mosquitos. A decision has been made to take court action against the debt on casa 1768. Further small work improvements were agreed and will be detailed in the minutes. I look forward to working with all community members to make this a harmonious community to live in.

Routine drain cleaning complete

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Recently the drain cleaning company visited for a 6-monthly inspection and clean. They found very few cockroaches in our drains and all the sewers were in good condition. The only cockroach infestation was along the ravine road and this has now been extensively treated.

A reminder of Pool Rules

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I have received a complaint from an owner that the pool rules are not being properly observed. The complaint ranges from people using the eastern pool until midnight, making excessive noise causing disturbance to  nearby residents and the proliferation of inflatables in the pool. All this is clearly against urbanisation rules which are clearly displayed on notice boards. It seems I have to remind visitors that our urbanisation is not a holiday camp and there are owners who are far from well and cannot tolerate noise at all hours of the day and night. In previous years we employed a person to try to police the pools, with very limited success – the result was a lot of money being spent. On advice I have made it clear that owners suffering anti-social behaviour should ask the perpetrators to stop, and if they fail to do so, then they should call police – not just to threaten to do so.

A thankyou message from Norman

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Norman Brunt, who has helped our urbanisation for a number of years (particularly during the summer months while I am in the UK) has of late been seriously ill. I am pleased to say he is now better than he was but has to regularly attend hospital and wants to thank those who have helped get him there. Anyone who knows Norman and his wife Teresa please pop in and see them and help him on the road to full recovery.

Unapproved works on Urbanisation property

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It has come to my attention that someone may be considering doing works on urbanisation property. I have consulted our administrator on this matter and I wish to make my position totally clear. No-one has any authority to interfere with urbanisation property without permission and certainly when it is in direct conflict with the wishes of the president and works not agreed by the AGM. If a water test is carried out or any other works done without approval then those people will be accountable for paying the bill and the HC will not pay for any unapproved works. I cannot allow a free-for-all to develop which could be to the detriment of our urbanisation as a whole.

Noisy neighbours & Barking Dogs

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During the past month I have received several complaints from owners concerning disturbances caused by neighbours. This is something that seems to happen regularly and arises because a few people do not take into consideration what effect their actions  have on others. The first problem is people socialising (and no doubt under the effect of alcohol getting louder and louder) on their patios late into the evening and night. Sound travels a great distance at night and can be particularly annoying for people trying to sleep and having their windows open. The other problem is barking dogs. Some dog owners leave their animals unattended for hours or leave them on patios allowing them to bark at anyone or anything passing.  This is obviously particularly annoying to any near neighbour. I have discussed these problems with our administrator who recommends that people should report such incidents directly to police who will attend and deal with the situation – no doubt more effectively than a letter from me as president. The local police in Orihuela Costa can be contacted on 649900304 (mobile) and 966760000 (landline). Apparently a quicker and more effective response is achieved by calling the mobile phone number.

Garden rubbish dumped in Urbanisation road

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It has come to my attention that an owner has abandoned garden rubbish in an urbanisation road. This is against urbanisation rules and taken seriously because it detracts from the area as a whole. This is part of an email I have received from an owner: “Last Saturday whilst the market was on, someone in our urbanisation cut back their palm tree(s) and left the rubbish by the community’s green bin which had been moved onto our roadway whilst the market was on. I can fully understand this for that time. “However the council cleaners moved the bin back into the road and whoever it was that left their garden rubbish has not moved it to the roadside by the bin. The rubbish is still on our roadway and I find this unacceptable that the person responsible has not been back and moved it.”

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Can you help trace a beneficiary ?

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I am seeking the help of anyone who has lived on our urbanisation for many years and who may have known the owner of house number 1773, which is almost opposite the Chinese restaurant. The name we have on record is Anton A de Tollenaere and I believe he was Belgian and died between 18 months and 2 years ago. The problem we have is that we know of no next of kin and, as far as we know, no-one has visited the house in the many months since his death. During this time we have had to have the patio cleared of dead or dying plants, and grass and weeds growing between tiles, the cost of this has been placed as a debt on the property which is now large and mounting. This property is in urgent need of attention and, in addition, a car is abandoned outside. The probability is the car is uninsured and will have no ITV and probably SUMA has not been paid. The reason for writing this is to ask any owner who may have knowledge of Mr Torrenaere’s family, next of kin, friend, in fact anyone who may help to trace a beneficiary, to let our administrator or me know. The house is in a prominent position and I don’t want to see this property deteriorate any further and the car is looking the worse for wear, with a flat tyre and I am receiving complaints.
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