05 Aug 2014 10:53 PM:
We are on garden 7, Naranjos, and last year received a water bill over the Winter period for 500Euros, compared to an average 40euros. We never visit over the winter period and did not rent out. Luckily we spotted this with our on-line bank account from the UK and had sufficient monies within the Spanish bank account. However despite having many conversations with Anna, etc in the Office in Condado when we landed; their sending an email and taking photos of the neighbour's water meter readings within the same "box", we did not make any inroads into having this resolved. Ladies in the Office in Condado just shrugged and said Socamex have the final word. In effect, our bill would have assumed we had taken it upon ourselves to fill the entire pool in garden 7. A very expensive lesson. That said, we naively had not turned the water off at source but will not be caught out again like this. On our garden alone, we know of at least 2 others, all on the same side in the block with similar problems. 1 of these families resident, have received a bill in the 200-300 Euros area, and they are of the opinion you get nowhere. Just pay up, you are in Spain, don't forget. Someone, somewhere in Socamex must be having beautiful properties built at the expense of the owners. It's a disgrace.
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huge water bills
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