Houses That Jack Built

Just to inform people if they are unaware.One of the houses has had to be evacuated as the surrounding wall has collapsed along with the garden and it has been condemed unsafe .

I have informed the local paper The Leader News, and will inform the Costa Blanca News on Monday as the office is shut at weekends. 

This message was last edited by gazza42 on 6/30/2007.

So which house is falling down?  Am rather worried now.  And also did you receive questionaire on line or by post as we have not received one as yet.  We were on the development for a few days last week and all seemed ok.

Ros

Hi Just returned from Spain and visiting La Canada site. Noticed a retaining wall had subsided the builders were on site and it was in the process of being repaired.

 

The house was unaffected by the landslide, but a fair proportion of the garden went.  The builders seem to have put a great deal of effort into not only repairing the wall, also building up the hillside at the back of it, so that the wall is now much smaller than it was before.  They have made the wall much stronger, it seems, and have also introduced drainage holes which seem to have been a bit of a major oversight.

There was never any danger to the house itself, and the repairs, which took several weeks of constant work, seem very robust to me.  If you haven't seen it yet, you may be surprised by the extent of the work they have done.

Unfortunately the press reports haven't done the site any favours, I'm not really sure why residents would want to broadcast this, but this will die down over time.

I'm a bit frustrated that they are slow putting the finishing touches to the development (I'm in phase 1) but nonetheless I think it's a great development, and I don't really understand why there is so much negativity on the forum.  It has to be said, however, that there is clearly a problem with the driveways, and access in general.


This message was last edited by pabowls on 8/28/2007.

Its good to hear a full report on the problem and to feel confident that the builders are doing an excellent job on the repairs. Also its good to hear that their are other people out there who think it going to be a good development in the future. We are looking forward to spending many happy hours at La Canada.

Wuld not be too sure. There are more cracks in the wall. I have reported to Policia Local. The fill up behind the wall is soon gone by rain flooding.