My First Week
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 5:02 PM
Following my election on Friday 26th September.............this was how my first week went !
Saturday morning, maintenance man was fired !!! Yippee !!! 28,000 euros a year saved, just like that !! Jose had already negotiated a settlement with him, all I had to do was sign the dismissal letter. Long discussions with Jose about what we needed to do muy pronto !
Sunday..........enough...............hub and I went to the beach !!!
Monday...............turned off all the owners water supply for four hours........to check the main meter to see if it was moving, then we'd know if we still had a leak, since the pool is closed and the irrigations system was off ! After regular checks for four hours, joy oh joy, the meter hadn't moved !!! Owner's water turned back on ! Proof postive that we needed...............the only leak we have is from the swimming pool and we have already determined that this was coming from the underwater lights, cos the water level has not moved at all since it fell below the level of the lights !!!! Previous management were unable to sort this out in seven years, despite a two year pool closure in the past and a large extra payment for the repair !!!!! Jose's sorted it in three weeks !!! Previous management recently got quotes for the pool repair for 30,000 euros, basically digging it up and starting again !!!! Jose has a quote for complete waterproofing of lights and all pool surfaces for 5,000 euros !!!!!
Tuesday..............hauled off to the Community's bank by Jose to complete the necessary paperwork to be a signatory of the Community's bank account, also got all the access codes for internet banking The rest of the day flew by doing thank you emails to supporting proxy voters, to the year in advance fee payers, and helping Jose with the English translation of the minutes!
Wednesday...........got off light today.................only had to sign nine post-dated cheques for the water company, which ensures that our water supply will not be cut off as Jose has negotiated payments that we can afford, and sign the minutes of the 26th September meeting ready for Jose to send out to all the owners. ( Bear in mind that the previous administration used to take three months to get minutes out!)