13 Apr 2013 10:48 PM:

Oh no - what did i start!? Just checking in for first time since i started this thread.

Anyway - just wanted to say glad i'm not going mad and it wasn't only me being a grumpy old whatsit annoyed by the garden 5 dog. Just to re-iterate the issue was not a dog being in residence per se, rather that it was perhaps irresponsibly left for long periods in the back yard of our downstairs apartment - although it did also have access indoors. It used to just run back and forth in a very frantic, distressed manner barking for hours at a time like it was going a bit loopy. I'm not a dog owner / expert but i would hazard a guess this isn't a great way to look after a dog wherever you live as presume they like a bit of company. I don't mind a reasonable amount of barking / noise as I know my 2 kids aren't the quietist in the world so we must annoy some people - but when you've laid in bed on the first morning of your holiday listening to 2 hours of solid barking you start to loose your will to live! As you all know - the back yards are only just below your bedroom windows so the noise is very close and means you can't open them for some fresh air.

I will be doing something about it and contacting our garden president to ask him to keep an eye on the situation for us and Millenium to express concern this is allowed to go on / just make a note this dog can be a bit loud. I was going to speak to the owners when we were there. However, as it was the first time we'd encountered this dog we didn't like to storm down straight away in the first few days as we had no idea if it was just visiting for the weekend or a permanent 'resident'. By the time we'd established he was probably permanent it did seem to shut up more in the last few days of our trip and/or our lie ins weren't so long anyway as we were out and about so i guess we just stupidly left it - though wish i hadn't now i've heard that it's an ongoing nuisance. Trouble is we don't go out to our apartment very often. That was my first trip in 2 years and my husband only usually manages 1-2 visits a year (the joy of young children).So i guess even if we had chatted to them we'd have no idea if they'd done anything about it. I have the impression they are a working Spanish couple so I can't imagine anything much woud change. So i just have to bring it up with our president and hope he keeps an eye and pray my renters don't complain / have their holidays ruined by it.

Anyway thank you for all your feedback / opinions. I think that probably concludes the matter for now.

Kind regards

Caroline

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10 Apr 2013 1:06 PM:

Just got back from a 10 day trip to our jardin 5 apartment. Had a fab time but relaxation completely spoilt by a dog in apartment below - a new 'resident' since our last visit. Every morning lie in was spent listening to 1-2 hours solid yapping and it continued sporadically through the day and evening. The dog was obviously left home alone for hours on end every day by the Spanish couple who live there and was just going mad in back yard. Not helped by the kids club activities on tennis courts as seemed to be picking up on their noise and god help us if we opened our back windows, it went ballistic!

It seems ridiculous to me that residents are allowed to keep dogs and seriously annoy their neighbours for hours on end in this way without any reprimand. Yet when my 2 boys aged 4 and 5 wanted to kick a ball about (and we are talking pre-school level of kicking ball gently about 5 yds using soft style ball) on the huge lawned area of jardin 5 they are told off by security. It happened twice.
They couldn't have been annoying anyone much or capable of breaking a window. Seems mad logic to me.

Are there any rules on dogs apart from anti fouling ones? As we rent our apartment out it's very worrying that our renters will not enjoy their stay due to this dog.

Caroline



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10 Apr 2013 11:29 AM:

Hi all,

Just wanted to do an update on my quest to find oven shelves in case anyone else needs to get.

Firstly, contacted Rob on jardin 5 and unfortunately his supplier has ceased to exist so he couldn't supply.

I did find one on teka site in uk but to order 2 was going to be £50+ with delivery. Plus we were limited for what we could fit in our hand luggage. As we travel with 2 kids who aren't allowed their own bags despite their tickets being no cheaper we have to fit 4 people's stuff in 2 small bags!!

So we took the gamble of finding one on campasol as suggested. We couldn't find one there. We also tried leroy merlin. In end our key holder, Carol suggested a little shop down in Mazarin. Bingo! 2 proper oven shelves, as opposed to adjustable, that fit perfectly for 15euros each.

So if you need one, head down to Mazaron. As you pass the Viking ship roundabout and head straight on down the main road into town, take the first little slip road to park by the little supermarket/ shops on your right (opposite lidl). Walk around the right hand end of the building - I think there was a bank on the corner. When you see the double doors into the supermarket there will be a little shop on your right with housey bits and pieces. This is the one. Has English staff. Be careful though, they do 2 very similar size shelves. I think it was the 36.5 one you need. We accidentally picked up a second one that was 35.5 instead but exchanged next day with no quibble.

Whilst we were looking for this shop we went in wrong one one block across to left (by spa supermarket), this was also a very good shop for house bits and bobs in the downstairs bit.

Hope that helps someone.

Kind regards

Caroline

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06 Mar 2013 10:14 PM:

Hi all,

We are arriving on Condado on Easter Monday. Is that a normal trading day for Spain or do they also have a bank holiday? The main thing is getting food on arrival so just wanted to check if Condado's supermarket will be open or one at Campasol. Any one know?

Thanks

Caroline

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06 Mar 2013 10:11 PM:

Thank you all for suggestions - a great help. That ellusive 2nd oven shelf will definitely be sorted now.

Cheers

Caroline

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