11 Oct 2008 9:14 PM:

Hi Tess & All

The topic is on the front page of the Polaris World Forum under the Hacienda Riquelme section, (2 pages)  but I have not actually joined it & so I cannot respond to the guys who have said 'email me for details'- however reading on to the latest - it appears that the Company that several are singing the praises of are a firm called Cristal Glide. Hopefully something useful will come up if you google this! I have a felling that this may be the Company that has an outlet at the Dos Mares Shopping Centre, but not 100% sure.  Hope this helps.

I'm sure you won't regret having them fitted - we love the fact that we can choose how many 'curtains' we want to open or close, depending on how windy it is, how cold it is & whether it is raining etc & it effectively gives us an extra room, so that we don't have to clutter up our lounge so much. Additionaly, it gives an additional layer of security & so we certainly have no regrets, even though we had a few problems with the installation of ours & even though the 'draft excluder' bits that have been fitted on ours, keep falling off & we are regularly having to superglue them back! The concept is briliant - I would just choose a different Company if repeating this exercise, given our experiences.

Good luck! 

Jan

 

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10 Oct 2008 8:00 PM:

Hi Nic

We have glass curtains fitted re our ground floor apartment, and think the concept is brilliant. However, we had a few teething problems with ours & so loath to recommend our fitters, but there is a really useful glass curtains topic if you google on the polaris world forum & then select hacienda riquelme. Clearly there are a couple of delighted clients & you might find the info helpful on there re this subject. Good luck!

Jan

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26 Sep 2008 12:00 AM:

Hi All

I am wondering if there is anyone that can help me. We have a ground floor apartment & we are considering extending our patio area to replace the grass & gravel areas, which I feel just looks messy.

When I was last over, I noticed that a couple of owners had also incorporated a pergola option, which looks great. I would love to talk to someone who has already carried out this work to chat through any pros & cons & to get a realistic idea of costs for just tiling, (using the same tiles that Polaris have used), and also if we were to incorporate a pergola.

It appears that a charge per square meter is the standard way of quoting, but any info & advice would be appreciated, including any recommendations for someone to carry out this work.

Thanks guys,
Jan 

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13 Aug 2008 12:37 PM:

Hi All

That sounds sensible if Margaret would be happy to meet up with us. I am coming out on the 31st August and we then have some friends joining us on the 11th September & so it will be difficult to arrange HR meetings with us once they arrive. 

We could meet up with anyone who would like to from the 1st September up to the day of the 11th September & Kenny if you fancy meeting up for a coffee or a beer, how would you be fixed for Wednesday the 10th or Thursday 11th, (as long as it is during the day), as we will then be on airport duty!!   We are on Laurel 3 (which is the block that has the small children's playground beside it, almost opposite from the old main entrance).

If we all somehow work together then perhaps we can get somewhere. However, the same thought had occurred to me, as just voiced by Carick, i.e., is this something that should be pursued by the Presidents that are representing us?  They look like a very swtched on set of individuals & they are doing a fantastic job already, (the new website is brilliant) & I fully appreciate that they are all volunteers & generously donating their time.  I wouldn't want to step on any of their toes, and also if they are the voice of us all, will their efforts carry more weight? If we could forward Kenny's findings to them in due course, would this be the best way to take this forward or are individual letters more likely to have an impact? Food for thought!!  

Jan

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12 Aug 2008 10:55 AM:

I share the concerns re the lack of progress on theTown Centre, particularly having received a letter from Polaris advising us that work would be commencing in May, which reassured us considerably! Ho ho! I also have an email from Jill Darby in the Polaris Call Centre assuring us that work on the Town Centre would commence in April 2008, with a view to opening the following year. Surely they couldn't issue this type of letter without Planning Permission being granted and why would they only be applying now in any case. I am convinced that we are continuouly being told very large porkies & I for one am really fed up with their lies, with being continually fobbed off & with generally being misled.

I also have tried to find some financial info on Polaris (and failed dismally), as I am really concerned that Polaris are having cash flow problems (which wouldn't surprise me in the slightest given economic conditions, which certainly don't look like improving in the short term), or worse still that they will go bust, as has already happened with some high profile builders in Spain. Do we have any members out there with Accountancy backgrounds that would know how to find this info & then be able to interpret this info? 

It would seem that we have a much higger chance of getting somewhere (if only with accurate information), if we join together in numbers, rather than trying to tackle Polaris individually. I wholeheartedly support you Kenny in your enquiries and if you feel like catching up when you are next at HR - I will be over from the 1st to the 14th September.


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