Hola to All
A summary of my notes of meeting enclosed.
Numbers of people attending, English 10, Spanish 22, Pentágono Multiservices (management company) 1, Daniel Palazon Fernandez, joint Manager of Peinsa & Patricia
Before starting meeting people were identified as owners & associated proxy votes.
Meeting started in Spanish followed by English translation by Inés from Pentágono.
It was stated the comunidad would commence on 01/01/2012 & Peinsa would not be responsible for any costs for Phase 1,2 or 3 of development.
The comunidad was registered in Cuevas de Almanzora in 2009 by Peinsa but no further action taken.
The electricity & water supplies for the street lighting, pools & garden area around phase 1 pool were not yet separated from rest of site & Peinsa would continue to supply.
Mains electric should be around Easter but no firm dates given.
There was an apology for sending letters to incorrect addresses, this information was supplied by Peinsa and also because the meeting was called at 2 weeks notice. Pentágolon were asked to set up the comunidad on 28th November with a start date of 01/01/2012. Therefore a meeting was required before Christmas.
A question was asked i.e. if all the development should be completed before comunidad was started. This was answered by stating the comunidad starts when you sign the deeds for your house even if you are not paying for electricity etc.
It was stated the only garden area our comunidad was responsible for was the area around phase 1 pool. All other areas were currently maintained by Peinsa but would be handed over to Pulpi council at a future date.
There followed a very loud discussion on the budget. This discussion touched on the pools being very expensive. However the discussion grew more intense when a quotation for a one pool & gardens was produced for a price of € 4800 per year. Accusations were raised if there was a connection between Pentágono & Peinsa. Also why the management costs were so high.
The Pentágono management company attempted to revise the € 200 for 6 months cost to € 100 & obtain new estimates. At this point in time the discussion was very loud with people standing up to make their point. Pentágono stated it was a provisional budget but the mood of the meeting was very strong about the ability / costs of Pentágono to manage our comunidad.
The Pentágono representatives closed their books & left the meeting. We assumed at this point in time Pentágono were sacked!
The outcome was that three Spanish homeowners committed to obtain quotes from other management companies in the area & schedule a further meeting of residents to select one company. For attending the next meeting I volunteered to collect mail addresses of English residents to enable people to be contacted to attend the meeting.
If you know the contact details (name address & email) of non Almeria Sol, Calas del Pinar Phase 1, 2 & 3 residents, can you email me details ASAP.
It was a very interesting morning !
Regards.
Dominic
This message was last edited by domggg on 14/12/2011.
This message was last edited by domggg on 14/12/2011.