19 Aug 2008 7:27 PM:

No, only just got back, but I will copy and email him, also forgot to mention the satelitte dishes sitting in the balcony 'gardens' !!

Cheers!

Brian

Community thread: Lawyers fees

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19 Aug 2008 6:14 PM:

We have just come back from spending 2 weeks in our apartment, LR1, Bloque 8/3e, The first week was very busy and it seems that the rules set by the community are being completly disregarded, Towels overhanging balconies, inflatables (extremely large dingies, rings, lilos etc.) in constant  use, Kids running riot, water pistols, music playing, swimming pool hours not adhered too, some were out at gone midnight on some evenings, Discarded beer cans and fag end all over the place. Dogs being allowed to run lose, the door of our bloque wedged open with stones (security???) another thing that was annoying ... people using the corridors as storage areas  for guess what? inflatables! prams, chairs, shopping trollies, It's a hazard in the event of fire and the corridors aren't that big anyway.

I am not a kill joy but we thought that we had bought into some civilised, tranquil get away spot far from the madding crowd, not JOIN the maddening crowd.

I can only assume that the people were renters and not owners, owners I thing would have more respect for each other.

I would also like to comment on that someone in Bloque 7 (I think) has put up a striped awning that looks awful, we have had an awning put up according to the rules, why can't we do something about the flagrant rule breaking? 

Who is to tackle the rule breakers? Are you going to tell the people swimming at midnight to stop? It's ok to have rules but actually enforcing them is very difficult. 

I shall not be attending the meeting personally but my wife is, the above comments are mine and do not necessarily  reflect hers.

Is there be a possibilty that there will be an opportunity to vote for any specific items on the agenda by proxy? I think that there will not be that many in attandance and it would be a good thing to get a majority vote on any major issues.

BTW I do agree with the previous comments, seating on the sea front would be good and so would a pedestrian only area, I have always thought that the fencing is totally useless,

Regards to all,

Brian

Community thread: Lawyers fees

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19 Aug 2008 12:00 AM:

As you probably all know getting a signal off the Astra (SKY) Satellite dish is impossible with even a moderate sized dish, Local companies 'redistribute' Sky on the cheap, albeit with a high setup cost, it now transpires that Sky are making moves to close down these companies, whether this will close them down long term or not is open to question.

Sky does not own Astra 28.2E it uses the services on it, in the uk, with the 'launch' of Freesat, it will be possible to receive all free to air channels (as per freeview) It does not cost anything, you don't need a sky receiver, just a standard satellite receiver, High Definition is currently being broadcast by BBC and other channels are coming soon but you do need a HD receiver/decoder (these cost from c. £200 (or less?)  

The community dish is too small to realign (it points at Astra18.2E) to 28.2 and get a signal and other members in your Bloque may well want to watch the total C**p and filth that it's capable of receiving. The big catch is the size of the dish needed, tentatively it would need to be at least 1.4m dia, ideally 1.8m in diameter fitted with a good quality lnb. 

A friend down in Mazzaron has had a quote for fitting such a dish and all in would be around £600 (that's for a single channel lnb) and thats for a 1.45m dish (direct - not offset). 

What I am proposing is that if sufficient interested residents of bloque 8 are interested It may be worth getting a quote. If we all club together it won't cost that much, we only need one dish and all interested parties would need to do would be to drop the cabling down to their apartment and purchase the tuner of their choice, I have already done mine through the trunking, which is not too difficult if you use some proper feeder wire. No subscription charges, no ongoing costs...Nada!

Could be discussed at the forthcoming AGM?

There is plenty of room on the roof for this bit of kit and although large shouldn't be even noticed from the ground.

Any interested parties, PM me

Brian

Community thread: The tooth fairy visits again

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22 Jun 2008 11:38 AM:

Agreed, we all need to know what these changes are. Any one fancy a trip down to the town hall to look at the plans? How about sending emails to Gomendio, say Juan Carlos and our community administrator, Jose Morato may be able to shed some light on this, after all we do pay his wages.  A concerted effort from as many as possible may produce a result. I shan't be out until August now and I would like to know before then if possible. 

One thing is for sure given the current slump in sales at the mo. Gomendio will be looking to save money by perhaps not completing say the landscaping and water features. An awful lot of kit has been moved off site and not much was going on last month (may) when I was out there over the Bank Holiday.  



Community thread: Drive to Spain

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20 Jun 2008 5:48 PM:

Yes, we have received one of these letters, which we had to sign for, haven't had chance to translate it yet. Thanks for the update on the contents. Wonder what the changes are?

Brism

Community thread: Drive to Spain

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