12 Apr 2011 10:57 PM:
I'm new to both this site and to Condado de Alhama having recently completed on my property.
I have watched this thread with interest over the last few days and believe the sports area would be a great asset to the community to both residents, owners and people that have bought to rent their apartment out.
If my understanding of the 2 proposals is correct.......... please correct me if I have misunderstood.
The first is to provide a 5 star facility sports area for all owners (provided they are paying their community fees and this will be verified by our administrator) but would not be in direct competition with the other businesses already on site, therefore ensuring the community can grow. This proposal offers professional staff for the area and include liability insurance, maintenance, and will equip it to a high standard, they seem willing to take the risk by buying the building to provide this service for us as a community. I have read all the posts about 10 euros per apartment being over the top and too expensive.... but broken down it equates to 2.50 E per person per month. The hours 8am – 10pm again takes them out of direct competition with the Clover and takes into account the owners/residents/renters living on gardens 5 and 7.
After to proposed 5 year proposal this group will still have a 20 year mortgage to pay so from my understanding of this they are the ones taking the risks. We would be paying for a service as we do for the gardeners/security/pool cleaners. Maybe after 5 years the service could stand alone and be a pay as you go option, but we need to get there first.
The second proposal seems to be (and again I will stand corrected if I have misunderstood the proposal) a sports bar and to run in direct competition with The Clover. What would the hours of this proposal be? What would happen if the business failed but in the mean time PW had closed down the restaurant, the Clover bar and the supermarket – we would then have 2 white Elephants in the community rather than the one we currently have in the sports bar. ( From reading past threads on here PW won't think twice about doing this as Mick (sonatigh) stated on this thread they are running at a loss).
I believe that if we want a 5 star resort – as that is what most of us bought into you have to pay for it. PW charge for use of the gym, sports area on the other resorts – it isn't free to owners/residents/renters. From reading the marketing blurb from PW this resort was promised everything – but in the cold light of the day the WORLD had a recession not caused by PW, if we as a community want to move forward and become that 5 star resort we have to work together and yes unfortunately put our hands in our pockets!!! Therefore my vote would go with the first proposal.
Yes my first post has rambled on a little, but as this is a forum for owners to shares their views I took my opportunity.
Community thread:
PROPOSAL TO RE-OPEN THE SPORTS AND COMMUNITY AREA ON CONDADO
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