Personal views

Hello all,

Just thought i would air my views after a mixed two weeks on site, we bought into the San Cayetano dream as a place to holiday and eventually retire away from normal stresses.

Firstly the negatives...we suffered the usual blatant lies from any Taray representatives we encountered reference the new complex  and the problems with existing pools..no change there..no suprise.

I cant believe how much of a downturn the community is taking..i hope for all our sakes it is a temporary gliche. we suffered foul mouthed parents screaming at uncontrolled "brats", dogs running about leaving their little presents here and there. loud music and barking pets at all hours...if you took away the weather we could have been on any council estate in the UK ( I am not being snobbish about council estates, i grew up on one so i know first hand) I understand owners may need to fill their properties but i wish for all our sakes they vet the tenants a bit better. This is not what we paid for!!

The positives.. we met some lovely people, some on holiday some residents, the local restaurants are still of a great standard and Bermans is a great place. The local Police seem to be patrolling the area more which is not a bad thing and there didnt appear to be any issues with locals with the exception of the Taray workman climbing the fence to jump in the pool in work gear.

I am a resident here in San Cayetano..and I cannot agree with you that the community has , in your personal view, 'taken a downturn' well certainly not where we live. Yes there are children..but no screaming parents...yes there are dogs ( we must be lucky as they don't seem to be running loose) and on occasions there is music, but that is usually as people are enjoying themselves, and as life is short, why not enjoy every minute you can.

I'm sorry that the San Cayetano dream is not what you had hoped for, but as you said, you met some lovely people, on site and in the village, so maybe the positive does out weigh the negetive... :)

I have to agree with Juner on this one we have lived here for just over two and a half years and have enjoyed every minute of it. Yes dogs do bark ours is one of them and sometimes she will bark at two in the morning when the dustmen arrive and we do tell her to be quiet and she is but also she will bark if she hears anything or anyone prowling about at night and I would not want her to stop this as it is a good deterrent. We have not seen any dogs running wild for a while now and as Juner said this is unusual for Spain so we are luckier then some. Load music does happen from time to time and we usually find the ones complaining are the one who some reason were not invited in the first place, sorry but if the cap fits.

All I can say is as the Spanish would say " VIVA SAN CAYETANO"

Sorry guys,

I did not post for your agreement, i posted exactly what the heading said "Personal views". I am a dog owner myself and totally agree with the comments Mobailey says about the value of dogs pre-warning of possible intruders etc but there is a difference between that type of barking and continuous yapping of dogs left alone in gardens. I am also a parent so dont have an issue with children but was perhaps rather unwisely referring to a specific household when i mentioned the "parents and brats". If you spent the two weeks listening to what we had to im sure you be a little more understanding of my comments. Im not sure what Mobailey meant by the "sorry but if the cap fits" comment but im not about to fall out with anyone over this. Juner is correct, the positives of San Cayetano do out weigh the negatives. We have had properties in Torrevieja and Le Zenia prior to San Cayetano and they dont come close. As i allready stated we plan to spend a lot of time in SC in the future and after my last visit i just became a little dissillusioned. If my comments have caused offence then i apologise but i felt the need to air my views.

No worries...everyone is entitled to post their views..... hopefully your next visit will be some what more enjoyable..it really is a very nice place to live :)