JUNE 2020

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 July 2020 12:21 Written by Paul Tassell Tuesday, 14 July 2020 12:21

June was a better month for the Canaries as the Covid 19 cases dropped to a very low level.

We came out of lockdown and into the new normal, face masks must be worn in public places and shops etc. If you are in public and don’t have a mask you could face a 100 euro fine  for the first offence.

We were one of the first complexes to open the swimming pool under the new strict spanish laws and the first week went quite well. However some owners did insist on breaking the law by bringing friends to our pool from outside the complex and taking chairs etc into the pool area . There are plenty of multi lingual signs around the complex to inform you what is allowed but due to these few owners persisting on not respecting the law we had to close it again or face a 15000 euro fine.   We have now re-opened and hope that  it will be better and the offenders will respect the rules this time.                          If we have to close it again I can’t see us being able to open again for a long time.

If you go to the pool you must put your apartment number and the number of people in the time slot on the appointment sheet by the pool.  A maximum of 12 people are allowed in the large pool and 2 in the small pool, this MUST be adhered to.    You may put 2 towels on a red dot on the pool area and if all red dots are taken you must leave the area.     These laws are going to be with us for some time and must be respected.

We still have a problem with noise from barking dogs and dogs defacating on the complex. We are monitoring a few apartments that are persistent offenders and hopefully will soon launch court action against them as they totally disregard our warnings and have no respect for their neighbours or our complex .

One owner bought his dog down to the pool level and when I told him it is not allowed he became abusive and used totally unacceptable language towards me in front of some ladies and small children. No respect at all .

Over the past few weeks we have started to get some tourists back on the island although only half of the hotels are open and many bars and restaurants are still to open their doors. The beaches are open but again under strict laws and are segregated

If you are venturing out to Tenerife this summer please keep safe and abide by the spanish laws and you will have a good holiday but a bit different to what you are used too.

Keep safe   Paul