23 Jan 2013 15:02:

Nomadicamel you have to be careful with some annual excess policies as they only cover a maximum 31 days in any one visit.

Regards,
David

Thread: £20 a week car hire - is this for real ?

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23 Sep 2012 00:47:

Had similar experience with Do You Spain earlier in the year. Paid for Renault Clio 5dr or similar rather than a lower group car which had an offer of free upgrade to larger car (Clio 5dr) and ended up being given a Hyundai i10 which is much smaller than a Clio. Have sent two e-mails to D-Y-S complaining and not received a reply, although they have stopped sending me the regular promotion e-mails as I told them I would not be using them again untill I had a reply. So it would seem they have read my complaints.

I have since used Budget (cars supplied by Avis) on 4 occasions from both Alicante and Murcia and have had excellent service, no waiting in long queues, no hard sell with extra insurance, competitively priced car hire and nearly new cars. 

Will now always check prices first with Budget in the future.

Regards,

David 

Thread: Spain Car Hire Con! Do you Spain! Beware!

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18 Mar 2011 15:51:

Hi Mick,

I think you will find that the community rules on Condado do not allow you to erect satellite dishes. You will get more information if you post on the Condado forum on here.

Regards,

Chesneyville

Thread: SKY/Freesat & Broadband

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05 Nov 2010 14:11:

Hi david & ellie,

We completed on Condado in September 2009 and took out buildings insurance with our Spanish bank when signing at the Notary office. We have since found out that the buildings cover is included in the community charges and have not paid the renewal premium to our bank this year. We did have to get the community administrators, Mileniun-Levante, to send a copy of their buildings insurance policy to our bank for them to confirm that the cover was sufficient. Our bank accepted the community policy and we did not have to renew with them.

It may be a condition of the mortgage that you have to insure with them for the first 12 months?

We sorted our own life insurance out with a company in the Uk, although our bank did take money out of our account for this insurance. They did refund it as soon as I notified them that we did not require it.

Don't recall anything about 'title insurance'.

You may want to consider contents insurance when you have completed and start furnishing. This year we used the community administrators to sort out our cover at a very good price.

Best wishes,

David 

Thread: Condado - New Purchase

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30 Oct 2010 16:49:

Have used Dickmanns quite a few times from both Alicante and Murcia and have to agree with both comments below. Never had any problems, cars have always been nearly new and clean and tidy. Had a bit of a drive round car park when returning to Alicante airport though, trying to find ramp to upper floor!!! We would have no hesitation in using again.

Regards, David

Thread: Dickmanns rent a car

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