The internet is progressing well and should be up and running August /September. Materials are in the Canaries and due to be released from Customs.

New House for equipment is near completion. Ready by August.

Recycled garden water has now been in use for two weeks. Working well in the majority of the complex. Small problem with pressure on the furthest points of the run. Remember the water is to water the roots of plants, not to create a 1 meter high fountain,.

Last year we spent over €20,000 on the Gardens and this water will reduce our Inalsa bill by several thousand euro’s.

Brian

The Pools are now filled and up and running. As you may know we can only fill the Pools with Hosepipes, and the Pools fill at approx. 30cm every 10 Std.. The Pools were filled in 50 Std..

Thanks to the Team working over the weekend they were filled by Monday and Chemical Morales have added the Chemicals.

Brian

During San Juan weekend we had a security camera temporarily installed on the gate. No problems occurred, the camera was removed on Monday after San Juan and almost immediately the gate was vandalised.

The pools were vandalised on the first day of our new complex insurance with Liberty. Amazing coincidence’s.

On Monday we should be using recycled water on the Gardens.

Brian

I am sorry to report that the pools will be emptied and closed off for at least 2 weeks due to vandalism. Both pools were slashed below the waterline.

As soon as I have any further news on this I will post an update.

Brian

The new store/internet room is proceeding . All the walls should be built this week. Walls then to be rendered.

Permit for recycled water has been received and we are completing more paperwork before we can make final connections. This should prove beneficial for the Gardens.

Brian

The promenade gate has been vandalised several times and the cost of repairs to the Community is becoming a problem. Unfortunately it has been damaged again and would not lock so once more we had to call the electrician out. The gate keypad had been smashed by a rock, we have had to replace the keypad and Miguel has also made metal cages to protect them from similar damage.

The current camera arrangement has proved less than successful in deterring or catching any vandals or thieves. We are currently looking to upgrade the cameras within Zone D and adding an additional camera overlooking the gate area.

We needed to replace the waste bins around the Zone, to buy new ones for the road and swimming pools would have cost the community €95 per bin. Miguel has made seven new bins at €25 per bin . A really top class job. Another of Miguel’s many skills.

The extension to the maintenance teams store has started. Foundations being dug and concreted as we speak. This store also includes secure locked premises for our equipment, plus the internet room, now that this has been passed at the recent EGM.

Brian

There will be an EGM (Extraordinary General Meeting) on 24th May 2012, to be held in Sausalito’s Restaurant.

Formal notification and information has been sent out to all Owners and Community Members, and copies of the notification and Proxy voting slip can be found on the Official Notices Page.

Brian

Another very busy couple of weeks!

We have sent letters to the Managers of six local hotels reference use of the centre road as access.

Three signs are being made to deter holiday makers from accessing our complex. one between propertys 4 und 5 stating access is for Bar Bastian restaurant only, one to the road behind the T’s and V’s and one to the side of Bar Bastian.

The program of replacing manhole covers continues, and the raising of the wall to the North East boundary has been completed.

The first installation on lanzarote ( at faro Park, Playa Blanca) using the existing co-axial ( TV) cables, is going live this month ( Kann). If successful, and the residents there assure us it works well, your board would like to get on with an installationon Zone d as quickly as possible.

We have negotiated our bank charges from Sol Bank from €1073 last year to approx €200 this year.

Brian

Another busy few weeks have passed. The wall extension on the North/East boundary has been completed. The program of replacing manhole covers to the paths with plastic covers is underway.

All the cabling to defective street lights has been completed and during a thunderstorm, the lighting continued working. Brownie points at last!

Brian

The program of replacing concrete manhole covers with plastic type covers to the footpaths has started this week. On Monday, the materials to raise the wall on the North side of the complex will be delivered.

We have now fitted all the new sun bed covers.

2 properties have changed hands in the last 2 weeks