Lecrin Valley

Hi Max, A heated pool will be great somehow i dont think these developers are that generous! Mind you i have never encountered the situation of the pools being locked or unkept during the winter season in any of the various developments i have rented in the past few years but you are right that they are definitely too cold to dip into at any other time then summer!

Our community will have quite a few things to deal with when it gets going:
1) Maintainance of the pools and gardens is a must.
2) Satelite TV - I'm told that their is provision for a Sat dish in each block. If the community can agree to instal these then installing Sky for each apartment becomes possible.
3) giving permission for the people who find themselves in "cages" to make a gate to the communal garden or pool areas.
4) I assume that there will be one community for don Juan (1,2&3). This to me is a potential problem in that DJ3 is quite different and we may find DJ1&2 wanting to do things that DJ3 doesn't
5) In most of these developments there is a significant proportion of investor properties. These will either be left vacant or offered for sale after completion. It will take a couple of years for the place to settle down.
I am not against a heated pool, although most of the ex pats I know who live in Spain rarely use their pools. Only a tiny percentage of owners are active on this forum and I do suggest that we need to get a good community going first and look at some of these ideas a little further down the line. I am in favour of talking about it though!!.

hi Max and all,

I think its a great idea to have a heared pool for the winter have you any costs for doing this.As it would be great in the winter.

hi Max and all,

I think its a great idea to have a heared pool for the winter have you any costs for doing this.As it would be great in the winter.

Hi

I am all for heating the pools in winter, like to hear more about costs etc.

Hi Max Iwas on beach same day  heated pool great idea . Also green fencing round pool looks ugly possble change when we move there Ray

Is the €50 per head per year calculation for running costs? if so what would be the cost for initial installation?

Hi Max ,

Did you get any more prices on the heated pool,

Also does anyone know if we can put a gate out through the green fence from our terrace.

 I supose a snips could do a lot !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Hi eoin
My solicitor says we need to get permission from the community to make a way through the fence - I like you think a simple bit of DIY will be more appropriate.
Have you read the article My First Three Months as President (over on the right of the screen). It gives an insight into how communities are run. We don't know the mix of residents we will have on Don Juan but at my estimate only about 3% actively participate on this forum and I wouldn't assume we are going to get agreement on putting in a pool heating system until we get there.

Thanks for the report Max and congratulations on your election - it will be very useful having you in on the decision making process.

I brought this topic back up as it something we need to think about - it appears we are a long way from having a heating system installed for the pools! 3 months is a VERY short season to have the pools open. As a minimum I would want 6 with maybe 1 kept open all year round. Obviously we will need to understand the costs - or what the implications are of allowing them to be used when no life guard is present.

 

Hi i think 3 months to have the pools open is not very good.There are some owners who will fine it hard getting up and down to the beach when the pools are not open.Why dont we have salt water pools as they are cheaper to run and easy to maintain and better for your skin.bye irene/peter

Found this on the genreal boards:

LIFEGUARDS for ANDALUCIA POOLS

 

Every collective use pool with a water surface greater than 200m² must have lifeguard services. The lifeguards must have the official certificate for life guarding. The number of lifeguards will be required as follows:

A) One lifeguard for pools from 200 to 500 m2 of water surface.

b) Two lifeguards for pools from 500 to 1000 m2 of water surface.

c) For pools bigger than 1000 m2 of water surface, one lifeguard will be added for every vessel or 500 m2 of water surface

Regardless what is stated above, if the separation between pools does not allow an efficient watchfulness, a lifeguard will be required for each pool as a minimum.

Lifeguards are expensive and if we need one for each pool I can understand why it is proposed to only open them for 3 months of the year. The 1st step is to check that ours are definitely over 200 m2. If some of the smaller ones are less at least they can be kept open.

Surely that cannot be right about the pool only being open 3 months a year. On the developers previous complex next door "MonteCanada"  in Torreblanca the pool is open May to September and it is atleast twice the size and they have a lifeguard. Why would we need a lifeguard for such a small pool. I've seen bigger puddles. They may as well concrete the things in if they are only going to open 3 months a year. Those of us not living there will be lucky to use it once a year, yet pay for 3 full time lifeguards and pool maintenance. I dont mind having to contribute towards facilitiies, but atleast give us the chance to use the things. I will also look into this further. I think we may need to move fast before the president writes it into the community rules for the coming year.

Westport