07 Dec 2016 3:38 PM:

Yes, it looked horrendous & a miracle that more lives were not lost along the coast.

AEA have emailed out a recommendation that properties are checked, including the storage cupboard in the garages.  They have also given advice on insurance claims if any are required.

Does anybody know if any of the garages were flooded, as a number of garage entrances are below road level, plus with the volume of rain it would have been possible that water could enter the garages down the stairwells. 

Community thread: Flooding

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16 Oct 2016 2:35 PM:

The painters were painting the fake wooden beams on the stairwells when we were out in September. Without putting scaffolding up again on the blocks already painted, I don't think they will do the beams on individual apartments terraces.

If anyone wants to do their own then the painters were using a paint by Cedria called Wenge Santinado (Dekor Lasur 41) A small tin is 5.69 euro's from El Motor 2, S.L Avda. de los Canos, 11311 Pueblo Nuevo De Guadiaro. Pueblo Nuevo Dre Guadiaro is the opposite side to the A7 at Sotogrande. El Motor 2 were the nearest stockist listed on Cedria's website, but the paint may be available nearer.

Community thread: Wooden (concrete beams)

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07 Oct 2016 4:22 PM:

Destry

Sterling is 4th, but by what measure. Suspect your list may be the value of traded deals, if it is, then it will have no relevance as to how the actual value of the £ may stand against other currencies. The key currencies for countries the UK trades with are the $ and Euro. Despite the Euro also being weak, the international money markets have very real concerns about the prospects for the UK over the next 2-3 years. The BBC News website currently has an article on it headed "How Low can the pound go" with views from a number of the top currency trading houses. It does not make good reading. 

A weak £ against the Euro & $ will see iincreasing inflationery pressures on prices in the UK, which in turn could well lead to wage inflation. Where will that then take us? Rising unemployment is certainly also one major risk for UK in 2017, where although tourism will rise in UK, we simply do not export enough to gain significant benefit from the weak £. 

Yes, the markets may have panicked a little today, but the long term expectation is further falls in value of sterling, certainly till at least the end of 2017. The UK population voted for it, so we now have to live with the consequences.  

Forum thread: BREXIT

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06 Oct 2016 6:29 PM:

Jarvi

You don't say where in Spain! If you click on the Travel icon in the blue banner above, it will take you to a new page with option of getting weather forecasts for several of the popular destinations in Spain. The forecasts include the daily max/min temperature range & will give a reasonable expectation of current temperatures.

Forum thread: Sunny Spain

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30 Aug 2016 4:43 PM:

Most Newspapers will have a political slant as to what they print on predictions re currency rates and the economy in general.

For those interested in exhange rates, suggest you sign up for newsletters from one the main currency dealing houses. Thes won't have the same political agenda and ones such as XE.com are American owned so won't be biased one way or another on the Brexit issue. 

It has been argued for a long time though that the 'fair' rate for the £ against the Euro is around 1.3 and against the $ 1.5. Although the strength of the £ has improved in last day or two, it is a long way for the so called 'fair' value.

Very much depends on which side of the fence you sit whether a weak £ is good or bad, but there are a shed full of price rises coming for those based in the UK, due to the £/$ rate with a high proportion of UK imports priced in $

Forum thread: BREXIT

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