21 Aug 2007 8:23 AM:

Bad news I'm afraid - the noise has started again.  Although at least it is earlier in the evening, and finished by about 1am - so it's late nights rather than sleepless nights.  I have now mentioned it to my solicitor so I'm hoping that will help to give the developers a nudge.

Community thread: 300th Post!

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09 Aug 2007 2:39 PM:

Regarding the post, has anyone actually received anything at their address in the Birdie Club?  I am still waiting to receive something that was sent from Gibraltar almost two weeks ago, to the address that Rosie supplied us with.  And there are also items that have not yet arrived from the UK.  I know the Spanish postal system is bad, but 2 weeks just from Gibraltar seems a lot.

 

I agree we definitely need a caretaker/porter -type person there during the daytime. 

Community thread: Can anyone recommend a Property Management Co - Los Flamingos, Estapona

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25 Jul 2007 10:50 AM:

Hi Jim and Brenda,

My husband and I moved into our apartment 4 weeks ago and we have had electricity the entire time.  This was arranged by our solicitor, in conjunction with the developer and the electricity board and we did not pay any extra fees.   Water was more of a problem, this took several days so you should be aware of that - again our solicitor arranged this for us and we were told you cannot actually have the water switched on until you have completed because they require the deeds of the property.  The deeds have to be in your name (rather than the developer's) and, in our case, the solicitor holds the deeds which meant the only way to get the water switched on was through the solicitor which takes a few days once you have completed on the property - but again there were no extra fees.  I guess it might be that we paid up front for these things without realising it.  

Also, you may already know this, but there are no light fittings other than in the bathrooms so it is not possible to just stick up lightbulbs.  Literally, there are just wires hanging out of the ceiling.  Apparently this is normal for new builds in Spain.

Other than that, we've also been extremely pleased with our new apartment, everything works and the finish is very impressive. 

Hope this helps.

Sally

Community thread: New neighbours!

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13 Mar 2007 10:12 PM:

We visited our apartment again yesterday and were very pleased to see that it is almost finished - even having been cleaned!  The townhouses are lagging behind a little but there were plenty of workmen on site - more than we've seen before.  They are planting palm trees and making a start on the landscaping.  We were told again that the whole development should be completed in May but that move-in dates are still dependent on the habitacion certificate, which could just be a matter of days but, equally, could take weeks, there is no way of knowing.

Community thread: Birdie Club Completion Date

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06 Feb 2007 3:20 PM:

Hi Brian, thanks for your post.  My (soon-to-be) husband Tim and I are already living in Alcaidesa, waiting for our apartment in the Birdie Club to be completed.  We both work in Gibraltar so will be living there permanently, and I'm relieved to hear that we won't be the only ones.  We will look forward to that drink invite - hopefully some time in May or June - best wishes, Sally
Community thread: Barry

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