"The Venue", a great night out (by El Raso urb, along the CV895 from N332 to Quesada, Costa Blanca)

Hi All

Is there any street names yet ????????????????

Thanks

Tony

Hi All

Just got our dates, Snagging on the 2nd Oct and Notary on the 3rd Oct.

Will stay for a while then it's back to England load up the Van with Tools & furniture then back to S/G for good.

Will see all those of you there for a beer or three and a few red wines.

I hope the rest of you hear soon.

Good Luck Everybody. Time to open a bottle of Red.

Tony & Janet 15-30

"CONGRATULATIONS"  TONY AND JANET

LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A BEER WITH YOU WHEN WE (ARRIVE)...

ROB...

Hi Tony & Janet,

A big CONGRATULATIONS , neighbour, just knew you were due a date.

We are having 'fun' with our dates. We agreed October 4th for signing at St.Savier, with snagging on 2nd & 3rd for both properties. On monday last, we had an email from our Solicitor informing us that GrupoMasa had moved the signing date to the 1st October, and hoped is was no problem. As we were flying in on that date, it was!! We are now in the situation where we are in Murcia, for a week, unable to sign due to GM moving the goalposts. I suppose its a case of 'true to form'. We are waiting for a call from our Solicitor with alternative dates, but looking at the state of the pound versus the euro, I am prepared to wait. Anyhow, to hell with it, we'll be at SG on 2/3/4/ October, so might just see you there.

Keep that bottle of red open,

Best regards,

John & Mary B.

We are in the same boat after already having our dates moved once previously. paid for flights etc which were then reaaranged at a much higher cost

problem is we cant get a date of Masa when they will nowe allow me to snag, they just want to complete

my agent Propertunities cannot even get a responce from MASA

steve and rosa

Hi All

Thank you for your support, sorry to hear about your change of date's let's hope it all go's smoothly from now on.

John the red wine will be ready and waiting, see you out there neighbour.

Roger it's great that your handover went ok well most of it, how long did it take them to sort out the boiler?? see you out there by at the end of Oct. Did they mention street names or post boxes, or do we just put a post box in our garden?

Cheers

Tony & Janet

Hi everyone,

We've had the same problem. We were supposed to sign off on the 25th October, Masa have changed it to the 23rd the day we  arrive. Had to change flights and hotel dates. Ryanair charged £69.00 to change the flights and they are also a lot more expensive then our original choice.

Masa appear to be keeping up their normal level of co-operation with their clients.

Davina

Hi Tony,

It took a couple of days for Masa to send over the plumbers to inspect the problem - when we went back to the house a few days later, the repairs had been done. Masa had a spare front door key and we just left our gate and door grille unlocked. Before we came back here, we locked everything up , so it will have to wait until we move in before we can get the rest of the minor snagging items sorted.

The streets don't have any names yet ; ours is just called  " Calle No 10 ". We have hired a post box at the Post Room - 98 Euros for 1 year - and will get all our mail redirected to there. The Post Room is in the Square at the north end of Los Alcazares opp. the Mercadonna. Think it will take quite a long time before post gets thru to us at SG - will also take sometime before we get landline phones in - I can use my laptop in the Post Room for 3 Euros per hour.

Hope this helps.

See you soon

Hi Roger

Thanks for the info, did you give Masa a key or did they have a spare? and why. Who done your grills and did they do a good job.

Thanks Again

Tony

Hi all

Glad to hear some of you lot are getting sorted but sorry for the rest of us.  I didnt think masa could change dates like that at a very short notice. I thought we had 4 weeks to complete from when we get the go ahead, so surely they cant expect us to go twice in 4 weeks without some sort of help to pay flights. not fair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sandra m16-20

Hi Tony,

When we got our Keys , we only had one for the front door ; Masa kept one for the snagging and the other one ( there should be three ) , well no one knows where that is , hence the need to change the lock barrels when we move in.

The grilles were done by Abril 28 and they look to be a good job , i think !!! If you get grilles done by someone else and later on you have an issue with structural faults , there is the chance that Masa will use this to renege on the 10 year warranty - so be careful .

See you soon - think the tavern is closed due to an extended holiday by the landlord - but I will have some booze chilled ready for you .

Hi Roger

As an X landlord I know there are no holidays in this trade, sorry mate thats why I got out it.

I thought abril 28 was exspensive, but can't remember now what they charge for a Albatros.

Anyway keep em chilled and ready.

Tony

Crikey, Tony,

You were in the trade, hell, so was I !!

I first worked for Birkenhead Brewery, from 4/4/60, and then,Threfalls, ('caus they bought over BB), and then, Whitbreads, for the same reasons.

Small world, isn' it, We'll have a good night on the red, discussing the old days.

Best regards,

John & Mary B.

Hi John

Now you are showing your age, crikey in 1960 I was in the infants, not a drop had touch my lips well not much anyway. Perhaps a wine gum or two.

I had a BIG STEAK pub/restaurant type thing, well two one in West Sussex and the other in West Byfleet Surrey (at different time)

We will have to give the landlord of the Tavern a few tips.

C.U. Soon

Tony

great news everybody, with all of tony's experience in the pub trade, we now have (tony's nightclub for late night drinks)? with a bit of luck he may get a license for pole- dancers...

(sg) is now sorted (eric's tavern for day time drinks) and then round to (tony's nightclub for those who are still standing)!!!!!

Hi Tony,

You are right, but I gave my age away when I mentioned my anniverary !

Oh, by the way, you have, probably, by mistake,  offered to cook the steaks on the barbie at Erics ( when he gets his opening hours sorted). Then, as Rob said, back to Tonys for a late night bevvy, with pole-dancers, (and I'll still be standing - sorry, Rob, you'll have to crawl home!!).

Anyhow, neighbour, when they've all gone, we'll sit out on the patio, and finish off the red, and maybe another (or 2) red !!

See you at SG , very soon,

John & Mary B.

Hi All, At last snagging on the 8thoct  but not signing until the 19th due to public hols on the 9th & 12th. Looking forward to putting faces to names see you all soon. Been quite quick really only 4yrs.

Ray & Carol Eagle 14-14

Hi all, We managed to get a sneak preview of the house today so we did our own snagging, apart from it being dirty the garden has no runners for the car or gravel these were on the original list so I will be having words on that one, the only other sore point was the water pipes and cable to the solar panel on the roof they are very untidy and prevent the use of the area under the solar panel. Other than that we could not find anything wrong so we should be in for a smoothish inspection next monday. The whole site has started to look better tarmaced roads, road signs they are also starting to complete the center of the approach road, and the commercial centre was being fitted out.

See you all soon Ray & Carol Eagle 14-14

PS Hoping to be in for our 42nd anniversary on the 23rd.

HI RAY & CAROL

GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET A LOOK AT YOUR PROPERTY. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE CLEANERS WILL GO IN BEFORE YOU DO THE SNAGGING (WITH PERMISSION)..LOL

HOPE NEXT MONDAY RUNS SMOOTHLY FOR YOU...

NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN....

PS..HAVE A NICE ANNIVERSARY ON THE 23RD.....