Loo Seats And Linens
Friday, March 18, 2011 @ 11:58 AM
A big part of my job is being on call to fix things, and I have to say that in the last 5 years I have managed to get quite "handy" with a screwdriver. Today started well enough, buying linens for a client once again.. but one phone call soon changed all that!
We have some lovely French Canadians staying in one of our villas , and they rang to say that the loo seat had broken. How the mighty are fallen! Within the hour I had sourced the new seat, and was on my hand and knees in the bathroom fitting the replacement. Well it can´t all be glamour I suppose.
So far today, I have fixed a shutter at a villa after an early call from, a client to say that they couldn´t raise the blind, but am off at noon to show some apartments to Spanish clients in the Puerto de Mazarrón area. As ever, they want to be close to the beach and it seems that despite the habit of taking an evening "paseo" on the prom, the Spanish don´t like to have to walk for anything else!
If you are considering renting out your property over here, make sure that your rental agent speaks more than one language, otherwise it really narrows down the potentia rental market if you have to stick to UK clients only. We attract a lot of passing trade from the Spanish, who don´t use the internet in the same way as the rest of the world seems to, and still prefer to call the number off the "Se Alquila" board and talk to a real person.
The downside is that they call me at any time of the day and night!
Hasta Pronto!