Questions from new owner

Hi, we bought our apartment in building 20 in october and i have a few questions to all you experts down there ;o)

1. When we turn on the oven the main circuit breaker activates - not when we just use the hotplates, only the oven. I read that some others had the same problem and wonder if anyone has the phonenumber/adress for the electrician who did the repair?
2. Our doorhandle from the hall to the master bedroom has come off - so that the door doesn't open. When we took off the handle too see what was the problem, small metal parts came out of the hole. Has anyone got a phonenumber/adress for a locksmith in the area
3. We wan't to get a internet connection down there - any suggestions what company delivers the best connection at a reasonable price right now?
4. Does anyone have a installation in the apartment so that you can keep an eye on the consumption of the electricity?
5. I see that there is many owners from UK - wonder how many from Scandinavia who bought? I'm Danish leaving in Sweden with my Swedish wife and our two kids 

We're coming down on our first holiday next friday the 13., staying for a week - if you have any suggestions for things to see, restaurants or other things - we would like to know

Looking forward to spending time in Spain and getting to know the urbanisation and the people in it ;o)

Regards

Dan

Welcome to DV!

This is an international community, pretty sure there are Scandinavian falks around.

Internet: Movistar seems to be the most reliable. For 42 EUR a month you get a 10 mbs internet connection, a fixed and a mobile number. This is enough, as the roaming charges with EU are now so low, that there is no point of having multiple numbers. On the other hand you will need a Spanish phone/mobile number, as this is the way any business, etc will/can contact you.

What to do? There are zilions of things to see and do...perhaps you could start to have a dinner at the mar-y-mar restaurant on the promenade, go to the Roman Baths (very close to Manilva) and, if you haven't been, go to Ronda..

A furher suggestion: get somebody for key-holding! This can be handy if you loose your keys, and they will keep an eye on your property on a regular basis. Moreover, they can give you adivise about handymen, etc.

Hi Laser-Sailor,

Thanks for your reply ;o)

We will only be using the apartment for vacations and extended weekends - do you think we need fixed or mobile number then? If possible we would rather spend a little more on the internet connection instead of the telephones.

We will certainly go to the mar-y-mar and try that out next week

Any suggestions regarding a keyholder?

Regards

/Dan

Hi!

1. Unfortunately movistar (and most other companies too) sell packages, bundled services, with little flexibility. And there is no fiber optic cable in DV (I was told there will be in a few months time, as they plan to extend the service to the complete Manilva community, if we can believe the official communications), so the max seed is 10mbs. But this not too fast connection seem to work reasonably well.

2. Yeah, I can give you advise on key-holding, but in a pm, as this is no place for ads.

Cheers

L-S