22 Apr 2014 2:48 AM:

It's a difficult one Margaret.

I don't think there is a bye-law to cover this (excuse the pun).
And not even sure if it is against the law in Spain to do this on what is probably classed as private property.

What floor are you and he on? If he's doing it from a garden apartment then I would be tempted to contact security and get them to have a word with him as he will potentially upset lots more people.

If he's in a 1st floor apartment then I'd probably just ignore it. 

But I assume your daughter and granddaughter find it embarrasing. So like you I'd be tempted to ask him politely just to cover up. But either a) he might not understand English or b) he may get nasty with you. You need to be prepared for this and decide what to do if he does as it could get extremly unpleasant.

If you are sure he is renting from Roda (do you mean Calidona Rentals as Roda don't actually rent out) then you can report it to Calidona Rentals (in the thatched building at the main entrance) and ask them to have a word with him - but I'm not sue they will do anything.

Sorry I can't offer anything more helpful

 

This message was last edited by mollusc on 22/04/2014.
Community thread: Help

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05 Apr 2014 12:23 AM:

David 1 - love your pun.

But I don't think the problem stems from DoYouSpain - I know people who have used them happily.

It looks as though many of the car hire companies are trying to make a fast buck out of renters by saying there is damage.

Community thread: Car Hire Scam

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05 Apr 2014 12:17 AM:

Hi Aaron

As Sandra has said, the holiday rental market is hard work. Roda is now quite saturated and very cutthroat and the returns at the moment are really poor. I know someone with a 2-bed penthouse that manages to rent out lots of weeks at good prices. But it has all the facilities you'd expect up on the roof terrace including pergola, sunbeds, kitchen area including fridge and BBQ, comfy sofas, and dining table plus good lighting. So lots of initial outlay.

Phase 1 rents better than phase 2, and lettings on phase 3 are hard to achieve where there are idiots renting out in the summer for €200 a week (and it doesn't look as though they get a huge number of bookings) which ruins it for those of us trying to rent at a sensible rate and (god forbid) try to make a profit or at least cover costs.

I have a 2-bed 1st floor on phase 2 and rentals have seriously deteriorated over the last 3 years. This after 4 years of very good rentals. The advertising cost is high, and if you are remote you will have to pay a management agent to clean and look after the property - and this is also not cheap.

My advice would be to stick with the long term rentals!

Community thread: Is there a market for holiday lets?

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01 Apr 2014 3:59 PM:

Have a lookj on th th La Caixa website for contact details.

I suspect theat they will not help you over the phone though any longer as this is open to fraud.

You will probably find they will send you info to your registered address only.

Community thread: Banco Valencia

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19 May 2012 10:19 AM:

There are some well reasoned arguments on here - which makes a refreshing change from many of the threads on this theme which often degenerate into a slanging match.

I agree with much of what summer70 says although I think there is a third group of ex-pats too. The ones who try to find the balance of living in a small Spanish community and try to learn thelanguage but also take advantage of what the large ex-pat communities offer so that they can speak their mother tongue too. Like summer70 says, it can be very isolating never hearing your own language.

Like midasgold I'm in the older category and find it difficult to get the vocab to stick - possibly because like luckycat I am going deaf and find it hard to hear what everyone says. The big problem I have is that I'm told my accent is quite good so when I speak to people they rattle back at me and I don't get to hear it all!  Hmmmm

As midasgold said, it is just bad manners not to learn to speak the language of the country in which you live. The locals round here really do appreciate it when you at least try - even if you're not always perfect.

One other point too - it's not just the Brits who exhibit this sort of behaviour. Near us on the Coasta Blanca there are a number of large Dutch communities. I have a number of Dutch friends who complain about "whingeing Dutch" too.

 

Forum thread: No Brits please!

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