message for 1234567, stephen, julie and kevin, jo and dave.......just come home from great hol in m4.
all was completed last minute...we arrived to a ghost town, all very weird but our keys were on security and we arrived to a flock of african bee-eaters above the house and the lights of murcia flickering in the distance as we bathed in the super pool. fantastic under the silhouettes of the mountains !
down to practical matters......all was sorted out last minute.
completed one week before arrival via power of attorney. this took my solicitor and representative jose polo several hours and the reason was that the builders had re-numbered the properties in m4 as one large house had to have 2 numbers instead of the original 1. so ours became 24 instead of 25. my solicitor was rightly suspicious and required proof that the builders hadn't taken out another morgage on the whole phase ! anyone yet to complete on m4 may wish to warn their rep of this.
the only other people on the whole site were geoff and pat on m1 who we didn't meet, a spanish dentist Daniel, another couple of spanish jack and george and their wives (i won't attempt the spanish originals) and frances and jim from london with their 8 kids. great people ! all extemely friendly and swapping tips.
no facilities at all on site yet. no shops or anything built but paths, kids area, pools all done.
a lovely irish couple frances and kevin spotted us at the pool on our last day and had bought 4 years ago at the back of us by the fountains. they were surprised we were in but that theirs had no kithchen etc. but this was all down to jose polo and ismael parraga (former site manager) who have now formed spanish best.com and work very efficiently with Gema the current site manager who was also brilliant. even the aircon and radiators (4000 and 2000 ) were in and the kitchen, doors, marble is of the highest standard.
one word of warning...i'd get professional cleaners in . we paid jose 450 euros and thought this was alot but it would have spoilt the holiday if we hadn't. they did a 2 day job and worked around the ikea fitters. jose let all in over 3 day period and attended notary, all for 100 euros. 150 for sorting the snagging list.there was no comprison with the neighbouring properties. it would have taken us 2 weeks to clean even if we had the chemicals. there were still lots of paint spots to scrape off, especially the hammerite balcony paint which is a pain.the washing machine and gas wasn't installed but jose called the men over and it was done asap. we relied on the builder's electricity and this is free till oct i think. same for the gas bottle. mains water is in.
the company we used for the furniture...an english couple whose company is called flatpaxabia.com were superb and the irish couple said they would use them after seeing our ikea showhouse ! so efficient and friendly. all we chose in ikea nottingham, they bought in murcia ikea and assembled for us on the actual day we arrived !
all the best see you soon....over 21 to 29 october if not before !
tim