The chit-chat area

Hi,

We have a 2 bed corner apartment in phase 1 and I'm sure our's only had a cooker and fridge freezer in the kitchen the washing machine was going in the small utility room at the rear of the kitchen.

We were thinking of stacking the dishwasher and washing machine on top of each other in the utility room.Although both the bathrooms had lot's of space.The shower tray in the main bathroom is very small but it should be easy to fit a large walk in shower at a later date.

Steve.  

Perla turned up 15 minutes late for us too - but then discovered that the key to our apartment was not on her bunch. She called the foreman who tried to break in but I stopped him. She then made a few calls and said that a sub contractor had our key and could we come back another day. We agreed and drove off. She phoned us a few minutes later to say that our apartment was open (don't know how!) but that she had to meet another client. We went back and had all the time we needed to measure and look around on our own before we met Perla and signed the form.

I will definitely want to get the locks changed before we move anything in. We ordered some furniture while we were out. It generally seems to take a few weeks for this to come so we should have just about when we need it.

I was up at Don Juan today, but could not get past the security guard, so I went for a drive up the new roads to the side of Don Juann. At the top I met another security guard. He had some interesting stories for me. I asked him why all of the new roads ( 4 or 5 of them ) just suddenly stop from tarmac to dirt tracks. He said they dont have permission to build any more of the roads as it is private land, and the land owner, who is apparently the owner of the large restaurant up at the top of the hill on the Autovista A-7, is refusing them permission to build. He thinks it could take years to resolve. He then pointed across to a group of apartments that have been built on the curve of a hill across at Torreblanca. He said he was interested in buying one of them, but then found according to him to have no planning permission. His finger then pointed down to Don Juan, and said that them blocks down there have no planning permission either. Whether he meant all or part of Don Juan I dont know. I thenn told him that we were due to get the Habitacion licence in the next few weeks, his reply was that he was only going on what his friend who is an estate agent friennd told him. He also said that it was now illegal to sell on apartments in Don Juan. After him saying this, I think what he says about Don Juan needs to be taken with a large pinch of salt, although he did seem to know quite a bit about what was going on in the area. Would like to know if anyone has heard anything on this.

Westport

Hi All,

 I was very alarmed with what the security gaurd said about there beng no planning for don juan, Dose anyone know f this is true?

Any word on a completion date yet.

Hi RG,

You are right about the false ceilings.

See my photo of the recessed bathroom halogen spots being fitted into one of the apartments on phase I.

Best wishes.

I have just loaded lots of new photos taken on the 23rd April 2007.

Westport

The photo file number 23rd April 29399 is the Boss Man himself, Mr Don Juan. I tried to have a chat with him, but he could only speak Spanish and German. So if you are visiting the site, keep an eye out for him, especially if you have any complaints and can speak Spanish or German.

Westport

Hi Westport

Thanks for all the great photos they were great and the development seems to comming on great. Except for a few things.

We would be interested in doing the tiles also where the patio stops, maybe we could get a good deal for buying and laying the tiles if there were a number of us,

Also I think a rail or fence or a nice wrough iron rail with a gate to access out to the garden  around the patio would be lovely if we are allowed.

I'm with you guys on the "extended terrace" idea! If you plant grass and you're not there all the time to water it it will die. I'd like to have the quarter circle tiles removed and the whole private garden tiled as one. If we can't get matching tiles we would tile over the top of the existing tiles right to the fence - giving us plenty of room for a table and chairs, BBQ etc.

It is inevitable that as time goes on  people will personalise their apartments but I'd prefer to have a gate made in matching material and properly incorporated into the existing fence. We're block 6 apt C semi whatever it is.

I not sure if our hands will be tied a little in the first year, as Max was telling me that the developer will be choosing an administrator for the first year. Not sure how all these things affect us come the first community meeting. It might be a good idea to get as many of us as possible at the meeting some time after all of phase 1 has been signed over to the owners. Maybe on the same visit you could then furnish your apartments.

Westport

Hi all,

We were wondering the same what is the procedure when we get notification that the apartment is ready.

How Don juan looking now dose it look like its ready for us all to move in.

Thanks Lorraine and Eoin

Hi All,

We are still waiting for the Certificate of Fitness for Habitation. When Arrohabitage receive this (any time now) they will start to arrange hand over appointments. These are meetings which need to be held in front of a Notary. A representative of the developer and their lawyer, you and your lawyer and I guess a representative of the mortgage company will all be present. At the end of the meeting you will have the keys and the developer will have their money. Arrohabitage say they will be able to complete a maximum of 5 apartments per day so it will take a few weeks for all the apartments to be handed over. If all the paperwork and your funding is ready it will simply be a case of setting an appointment - they will do it on a first come first served basis.

Once you have possession you can sign for utilities but it may take a day or 2 for electricity etc to be switched on so I wouldn't plan on moving in on the 1st day.