I think if you read the previous posts properly there was no comparison being made between Hills & Thalassa apart from my comment about rental charges.
You say that many on Thalassa are regretting their purchase - where have you got your information? We have a community email list of over 90 owners who are all very happy that they have made their purchase, albeit some are frustrated by the delay in snagging issues being resolved by Key Mare.
Whether Hills or Thalassa is better is purely a matter of opinion.
I am sure that many owners on the Costa Blanca will take issue with your sweeping statements. I have visited the CB & haven't experienced any of the negatives that you mention.
I also guess that you need reminding that all was not rosy at Hills (particularly as a number of these posts were yours!!! )
December 11th 2007 - I am concerned at the condition of the indoor pool and bring to your attention a number of problems to resolve:-
The water temperature is too cool and certainly cooler than last year. One of the roof windows has been left open which allows the heating to escape and therefore a waste of energy.
Some of the edges around the pool are in a poor condition, these are sharp and therefore a danger to persons using the facility. Some tiles are missing from around the wall and pool floor.
Finally there is mould growing around the floor area of one of the showers.
As we pay a high level of community charge for the maintenance of our facilities at Andalus Hill, this situation is unacceptable.
November 1st 2007 - To start with I have reported the following faults with the indoor pool on 31st October.
1. The entrance door handle (long vertical handle bar on left side) is broken.
2. The hot water boiler is not working and the cupboard that it is housed in has been forced open and needs repairing.
3. A glass panel is missing from the entrance area.
September 22nd 2007 - have written to Marinasol (Sandra) to complain about the faulty (none functioning) irrigation system that serves Generalife, in order to water the ground-floor gardens. They do not seem to be aware of the problem so we will see how quickly they take action to resolve this problem - the grass of course will die off followed by the hedges if action is not promptly taken.
February 2007 - Has anyone had any issue with the supply of hot water from their boiler since acquisition of your property?
I've just had a guest return from a stay at our apartment stating that there was only enough hot water for one shower. Now unless they are extremely extravagant with their showers I can only assume there is a problem with the supply.
I know that the tank isn't up to running a full bath but generally speaking we have always managed to get showered without any problems.
March 2007 - has told us that some cracks have appeared in the master bedroom, with plaster swelling alongside. She raised it with Petra on our behalf last week, to get a response that they may have been caused by closing the patio doors too forcefully! On further inspection, there are matching cracks on the outside wall of our apartment, and also on the 'mirror-image' apartments at the back of our block.
March 2007 - On a recent visit to our top floor apartment a problem has made itself apparent. We experienced an annoying noise which we think is coming from the ducting/trunking within the roof space. As soon as we had the slightest wind a constant banging noise is set in motion and as the wind rises it gets worse. Has anyone at The Hill or other developments had similar experiences, if so we would be interested to know.
January 2007 - Our apartment is one of at least 7 apartments that have had serious flooding problems on AA Hills since it opened. I don't yet know the cause of ours, but the others have been due to faulty connections under the floor of the bath.