MAY 2022

Last Updated on Friday, 3 June 2022 04:23 Written by Paul Tassell Friday, 3 June 2022 04:23

MAY was a busy month for us preparing for the AGM . It  was held at the restaurant Coy just down the street from the complex, the meeting was reasonably well attended bearing in mind the current situation around the world. It was important for us to have the meeting as it was the first for three years due to covid.

By now you will all have copies of the minutes from the meeting, the main points are that we were re- elected for another year, Steve is vice President and Javier remains on the committee as before.

In the coming year we will re-tile the shower in the pool area, replace all hose reels and cases, paint and repair front gates and basura area doors and fences and increase spending on gardens.  These things will all be carried out within our budget which has not been increased yet again this year, this is the 14th year with  no increase in community fees.

We were asked to act against the loud music etc coming from Hollywood Mirage often in the afternoon and in the evenings.  We have put a complaint into the local council and the Police have been in touch with Universal Properties about the problem, we now have to wait to see if they will take any action.

During the course of the A.G.M the owner of D406 complained about the noise from the apartment above him which is in the process of being reformed. As we had told him many times previous to the meeting the builder is working within the recommended times by the community and has all licences in place from the council to carry out the work, as a community there is nothing else we can do. However we suggested to him that if he wasn’t happy and he considered the noise too loud to call the police and let them decide if the builders are in breach of any laws in which case they would take action. The owner of D406 then made a slanderous comment about me, saying that I had received gratuities from the builder, this is a malicious lie and he was told in the meeting to stop immediately. However he has apparently repeated these  accusations since, if he continues to slander me I will be taking legal action against him.

We have arranged for a vending machine with snacks and drinks to be put by the pool  again, people have been asking for this as they would like to be able to get a drink when using the pool and the pool bar is closed.

We were asked about placing a defibrillator on the complex in case of a heart attack emergency, we have taken advice on this and it is not a requirement by Spanish law to have one on the complex. Somebody using a defibrillator would need to be confident and competent enough to confirm the person was definitely having a heart attack, using it when a person wasn’t having a heart attack would be very dangerous. As a result of this it was decided not to pursue it.

We went into this meeting with very low debtors and the bulk of the debt is the result of six long term debtors. We gained permission from the people present to start court proceedings on all these owners, this is regrettable as it incurs high costs on the owners concerned but it is unfair on all other owners who pay their fees on time every quarter.

I hope this has been informative to you all and we will do our best to maintain the high standard of the complex in the next year.

PAUL

APRIL 2022

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 May 2022 11:18 Written by Paul Tassell Tuesday, 10 May 2022 11:18

April was fairly quiet at the complex and the weather improved as the month went on.

Many owners are now reforming their apartments after the long period of uncertainty with the pandemic and problems with travel from all parts of the world.                                        We do ask if you employ builders to reform your apartment please inform them of the working hours permitted, this is being fair to the builders and the other owners on the complex.    The working hours are 9 til 5 , they must also make sure that walkways, stairs and lifts are kept clean at all times whilst removing rubble etc from apartments.              Also they must not hold our lifts when transporting supplies.                                                     We know that most builders  do clear up and are courteous to other owners and our cleaning staff, but it only takes a few to spoil it for all.

We go to AGM on Friday 20th May  our first for 3 years.   You should all have received copies of our accounts and can see that we are in a good financial position.                  However we will have to replace most of the fire hoses and cases on the complex as under Spanish law any over 20 years have to be replaced.  This work was due to start in March but unfortunately has been delayed by supply problems, hopefully work will start soon.

Please let us have your proxy forms if you are unable to attend the meeting and we look forward to seeing you all very soon                                                                                               Paul

MARCH 2022

Last Updated on Sunday, 17 April 2022 05:59 Written by Paul Tassell Sunday, 17 April 2022 05:59

The weather carried on being changeable throughout the month but seems to have settled down now and it is a lot warmer.

Coronavirus regulations have been eased more now and although Tenerife is now in tier 2 a lot of the restrictions have gone.   We are still wearing masks inside commercial buildings like shopping centres, shops and restaurants etc.   There will be more easing of restrictions on 20 April, when mask wearing will be at the discretion of the individual business premises,  however they will still be mandatory on public transport and in airports and hospitals for example.     The restrictions around the pool have also been eased.    We have now unlocked and cleaned all sunbeds around the pool area for use by residents and there are also a number of parasols around the pool area.  Please use them,  but when you are finished with them please lower parasols and put your sunbed back on the pile, this will reduce the possibility of damage to parasols and keep our pool area tidy and make it easier for the cleaners to carry  out their work.

We will be holding our AGM later in May as we are now allowed to meet in greater numbers. Notifications are being sent out to all owners by email very soon, the notification will include the accounts for the past 2 years as we were not allowed to hold a meeting.  The accounts are in good order.   We have not had an increase in community fees for 13 years now and we are still working within our budget and also have a very healthy bank balance so once again we are not asking for a rise in community fees this year.

I have been mulling over my personal position as President and was seriously considering not standing this year, throughout  the pandemic we have been under a lot of pressure to maintain all the extra laws that have been imposed on all residential communities.   It was all for the good of the owners and the community.   The authorities had the power to impose massive fines for not conforming to covid laws, (which they did in some cases). Unfortunately some owners just did not take this on board and were blaming myself and the committee for their holiday being ‘ruined’    I would explain that the law was there to protect the majority of people and I would not risk the community being fined just for a few who had no intentions of sticking to the law.       This got very frustrating and I was ready to stand down this time but recently when I explained to owners why I would not stand again I was encouraged by  the amount of owners from all nationalities who asked me to carry on as President, it really has been good to know that such a large number of people are still behind us as a committee,  so I have taken the decision to stand again at this AGM in May.

Please make sure your fees are up to date and if you could please return your proxy forms ASAP thank you.

I wish to thank all the owners who support us and a big thank you to our staff who carried on working through the pandemic.

Regards  Paul