[countdown]The festive season reaches it’s peak on Christmas Day as thousands of people are expected to celebrate the festive season at the La Zenia beach Christmas Day party. This popular event is
Community News
We now have a chat forum !
Due to popular demand we have implemented a chat forum on our website so that our homeowners can chat with each other and offer help and advice on Community matters and things in general. This is a private forum visible only to homeowners on our Urbanisation so you will need to register initially and then, upon approval, all you have to do is login and post your discussion.
To begin a discussion thread just create a new topic title (eg “How do you fix roller shutters ?”) followed by any further detail and wait for the helpful replies ! To contribute to other discussion topics simply click the Reply button and type your comment.
The purpose of this forum is to offer help and advice to fellow residents so members will need to adhere to a set of forum rules to ensure posts are polite and respectful to others. Moderators will not tolerate profanities or abuse and members contravening the rules will be banned or blocked.
You can visit the forum via the “Our Forum” menu on the homepage of our website.
Enjoy !
New memorial seat for Eastern Pool
The memorial seat in the eastern pool is in need of replacing. it was provided for the community many years ago in memory of the wife of an owner. He has requested that his plaque is placed on a new seat and we have another owner who would wish a plaque he is buying to be placed there in memory of his wife.
The seat we are considering buying costs about €115 (delivery extra). If anyone has any alternative options please let us know, similarly if anyone has an objection, let us know. If we have a favourable response we will go ahead with the purchase in the next 14 days.
Our local Halloween events & parties
There is a massive witch’s cauldron of events, parties and parades planned in order to celebrate Halloween in Playa Flamenca and throughout Orihuela Costa.
There will be an incredible parade in
After Brexit : Stronger UK Spain relations
The Europe Ministers for Spain and the UK met recently at their annual event and shared a commitment to developing an even stronger relationship between the two countries after Brexit. More details
AGM : Summary of Meeting
Hello to all Playa Flamenca X Community.
I would like to introduce myself as your president for the coming year. My name is Jocelyn Whitehouse and I live at casa 1764.
We also have a Vice President Barry Dutton and a committee of three.
I would like to keep this brief and will speak further once the minutes of AGM have been issued.
A brief summary of the meeting is as follows:
Due to many complaints regarding the cleaning and maintenance of the community our Administrator has asked for all your complaints to be sent to her. She will then have a meeting with maintenance company.
A working party has been set up to assist in the removal of the hedge around the western pool due to several complaints about mosquitos.
A decision has been made to take court action against the debt on casa 1768.
Further small work improvements were agreed and will be detailed in the minutes.
I look forward to working with all community members to make this a harmonious community to live in.
Brexit : Information events from UK Government
The British Embassy regularly hold events across Spain to update British citizens on Brexit. One such event is being held in La Manga on 23rd October. If anybody is intending to attend or would like
Any nominations for President or Committee ?
Would anyone who would like their names to be put forward for the positions of president, vice president or committee member of our urbanisation, please make your wishes known either to the president
Maintenance company name change
I have been informed that our maintenance company has changed its name to maintenimientossureste (in English Maintenance Southeast) and anyone wishing to contact them on any matter can do so using the
House checks after the rain
On our return to Spain from the UK we discovered some cement had dropped from under our roof tiles onto our patio. Had this hit us it would have been very serious. It got us looking at the condition
Routine drain cleaning complete
Recently the drain cleaning company visited for a 6-monthly inspection and clean. They found very few cockroaches in our drains and all the sewers were in good condition.
The only cockroach infestation was along the ravine road and this has now been extensively treated.
Brexit : Embassy updates on Social Media
For up to date Brexit news it is now possible to follow the news and activities of the British Embassy on Facebook and Twitter. Click here for more information.
There are also some Brexit Embassy information
Any items for the AGM ?
Although our AGM is two months away, it is necessary for the administrator and our Urbanisation President to begin work on the Agenda. To this end would all owners who wish to raise issues please let
A reminder of Pool Rules
I have received a complaint from an owner that the pool rules are not being properly observed.
The complaint ranges from people using the eastern pool until midnight, making excessive noise causing disturbance to nearby residents and the proliferation of inflatables in the pool. All this is clearly against urbanisation rules which are clearly displayed on notice boards.
It seems I have to remind visitors that our urbanisation is not a holiday camp and there are owners who are far from well and cannot tolerate noise at all hours of the day and night.
In previous years we employed a person to try to police the pools, with very limited success – the result was a lot of money being spent. On advice I have made it clear that owners suffering anti-social behaviour should ask the perpetrators to stop, and if they fail to do so, then they should call police – not just to threaten to do so.
A thankyou message from Norman
Norman Brunt, who has helped our urbanisation for a number of years (particularly during the summer months while I am in the UK) has of late been seriously ill.
I am pleased to say he is now better than he was but has to regularly attend hospital and wants to thank those who have helped get him there.
Anyone who knows Norman and his wife Teresa please pop in and see them and help him on the road to full recovery.
Residency certificates & Brexit
The Alicante consulate has issued Brexit advice to British ex pats who wish to become residents. It seems some people are being refused residency application so here is their advice :
“If you are
Unapproved works on Urbanisation property
It has come to my attention that someone may be considering doing works on urbanisation property. I have consulted our administrator on this matter and I wish to make my position totally clear.
No-one has any authority to interfere with urbanisation property without permission and certainly when it is in direct conflict with the wishes of the president and works not agreed by the AGM.
If a water test is carried out or any other works done without approval then those people will be accountable for paying the bill and the HC will not pay for any unapproved works.
I cannot allow a free-for-all to develop which could be to the detriment of our urbanisation as a whole.
Walkway repairs to prevent garage leaks
I have to report to the urbanisation a difficult situation which has developed.
Four years ago we had walkway repair works carried out on the northern walkway to put an end to occasional leaks which
Noisy neighbours & Barking Dogs
During the past month I have received several complaints from owners concerning disturbances caused by neighbours.
This is something that seems to happen regularly and arises because a few people do not take into consideration what effect their actions have on others.
The first problem is people socialising (and no doubt under the effect of alcohol getting louder and louder) on their patios late into the evening and night. Sound travels a great distance at night and can be particularly annoying for people trying to sleep and having their windows open.
The other problem is barking dogs. Some dog owners leave their animals unattended for hours or leave them on patios allowing them to bark at anyone or anything passing. This is obviously particularly annoying to any near neighbour.
I have discussed these problems with our administrator who recommends that people should report such incidents directly to police who will attend and deal with the situation – no doubt more effectively than a letter from me as president.
The local police in Orihuela Costa can be contacted on 649900304 (mobile) and 966760000 (landline). Apparently a quicker and more effective response is achieved by calling the mobile phone number.