Hi Claire
I would tell your mother to wait. The communal TV does not have English stations on it BUT once the committee is set up we can investigate how much it will cost the community to have Sat TV installed.
I was talking to a man at the Dos Mares whilst out on holiday and he said its pretty cheap to have the whole development done, plus he said you can get it done for a one off installation fee, no monthly charges, not so sure about the residents who have already gone ahead and had individual dishes installed, but then again I am not living over their so I really cant comment.
We are waiting until everything is finished and see what the committee come up with, besides I think having all the sat TV masts hanging from our properties, lowers the tone of the development. You only have to drive up to Villa Martin to see what I mean, they look horrendous, much rather have the Sat TV coming through the communal Sat TV