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MarieM

Posted: Sun Nov 5, 2017 6:59pm

Posts: 4

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Location: El Campello

Joined: 5 Sep 2017

Posted: Sun Nov 5, 2017 6:59pm

Sjr28 wrote on Sun Nov 5, 2017 5:52pm:

Thanks Sue,

We are now in the process of buying in alkabir .... so excited. It will only be for holidays for now but within the next five years or so when our youngest is independent we plan to spend a lot more time there . 

Your advice is great and much appreciated. 

I may be asking more questions as we move on with the purchase if that’s ok?

I have a few more already ! Sorry. Do you know of anywhere for a bit of entertainment? The occasional guitarist in a restaurant or the odd band playing anywhere, not after frequent nightlife but occasionally may be nice .

Also , what is the situation with bin collection ? A particular day ? Where are bins left ?

The lady we are buying from doesn’t speak any English so it’s diffic to ask such things .

Thanks in advance 

Sam

The entertainment is in El Campello but it is not all year long, some just in the autumn & spring.

Lobo Marina has a band on a Saturday sometimes 7.30 pm & other 11.30 pm

Bernie's on a Friday or Saturday, sometimes a singer with Karaoke to follow.

Sandra's bar guitar music on a Friday (book your table as very busy) & Saturday

Giggly Squid group on a Saturday 10 until 12 pm, all year

Casa de Cultura has music sometimes on the weekends

Pato Palo on a Sunday evening 5.30 until 8 pm

These are just the ones we enjoy but there are probably lots of others, as I said before you are a long way from the entertainment if you are going to buy at Alkabir!!

Hope this helps

sue55

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:28am

Posts: 26

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Location: Villajoyosa

Joined: 5 Nov 2017

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:28am

Sjr28 wrote on Sun Nov 5, 2017 5:52pm:

Thanks Sue,

We are now in the process of buying in alkabir .... so excited. It will only be for holidays for now but within the next five years or so when our youngest is independent we plan to spend a lot more time there . 

Your advice is great and much appreciated. 

I may be asking more questions as we move on with the purchase if that’s ok?

I have a few more already ! Sorry. Do you know of anywhere for a bit of entertainment? The occasional guitarist in a restaurant or the odd band playing anywhere, not after frequent nightlife but occasionally may be nice .

Also , what is the situation with bin collection ? A particular day ? Where are bins left ?

The lady we are buying from doesn’t speak any English so it’s diffic to ask such things .

Thanks in advance 

Sam

hi sam ,

Feel free to ask anything and if I can help I will .

As Eric has said you take your bin bag to the nearest large bin to your house ,they are labeled what goes where.We were advised to empty kitchen bin every day because of the heat and we have made this a habit when we take our dog for his last walk at night.

They have occasional entertainment at Coveta Fuma and Pueblo Espanol only half as far as Campello .There are several routes back from Campello walking and you will get to know the quickest with a bar halfway for a breather if needed.

Sue

Sjr28

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:40am

Sjr28

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Location: El Campello

Joined: 28 Jul 2017

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:40am

That’s great thanks Sue and Eric .

Thanks for accommodating all my questions , it’s hard when we can’t get back there until the sale has gone through and then only for a week , I need to be prepared before I go !

Hope you don’t mind if I keep asking the questions as they spring to mind .

We need to organise in advance delivery of mattresses, a sofa and electrical items as well as find a local builder and electrician. Any recommendations for tradesmen or furniture and electrical  shops I could use ? Sorry but with only a week there at first to sort it all I need to cut out the leg work at get straight to it !

Many thanks 

Sorry to be a pain 

San

Sjr28

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:43am

Sjr28

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Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:43am

MarieM wrote on Sun Nov 5, 2017 6:59pm:

The entertainment is in El Campello but it is not all year long, some just in the autumn & spring.

Lobo Marina has a band on a Saturday sometimes 7.30 pm & other 11.30 pm

Bernie's on a Friday or Saturday, sometimes a singer with Karaoke to follow.

Sandra's bar guitar music on a Friday (book your table as very busy) & Saturday

Giggly Squid group on a Saturday 10 until 12 pm, all year

Casa de Cultura has music sometimes on the weekends

Pato Palo on a Sunday evening 5.30 until 8 pm

These are just the ones we enjoy but there are probably lots of others, as I said before you are a long way from the entertainment if you are going to buy at Alkabir!!

Hope this helps

Thanks Maria, very useful infi

Sjr28

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:45am

Sjr28

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Location: El Campello

Joined: 28 Jul 2017

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:45am

MarieM wrote on Sun Nov 5, 2017 6:59pm:

The entertainment is in El Campello but it is not all year long, some just in the autumn & spring.

Lobo Marina has a band on a Saturday sometimes 7.30 pm & other 11.30 pm

Bernie's on a Friday or Saturday, sometimes a singer with Karaoke to follow.

Sandra's bar guitar music on a Friday (book your table as very busy) & Saturday

Giggly Squid group on a Saturday 10 until 12 pm, all year

Casa de Cultura has music sometimes on the weekends

Pato Palo on a Sunday evening 5.30 until 8 pm

These are just the ones we enjoy but there are probably lots of others, as I said before you are a long way from the entertainment if you are going to buy at Alkabir!!

Hope this helps

Thanks Marie very useful inf

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ericpercival

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2017 12:40pm

Posts: 13

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Location: El Campello

Joined: 12 Jun 2017

Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2017 12:40pm

Sjr28 wrote on Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:40am:

That’s great thanks Sue and Eric .

Thanks for accommodating all my questions , it’s hard when we can’t get back there until the sale has gone through and then only for a week , I need to be prepared before I go !

Hope you don’t mind if I keep asking the questions as they spring to mind .

We need to organise in advance delivery of mattresses, a sofa and electrical items as well as find a local builder and electrician. Any recommendations for tradesmen or furniture and electrical  shops I could use ? Sorry but with only a week there at first to sort it all I need to cut out the leg work at get straight to it !

Many thanks 

Sorry to be a pain 

San

We have worked through a similar process of arranging things to happen for the limited time that we are there.   It's challenging - particularly with builders.

It's not always easy because not everyone delivers when you would like them to!  (Puede entregar esta semana?)  We ended up hiring a large car (Zafira style), putting the back seats down and doing our own pick ups.

We ordered beds and mattresses from a bed company - I think it was Dormitienda - online.  They were excellent - we were able to arrange delivery for when we were there - and they built all the beds for us in situ.  They even had to use ropes to haul one of them up the outside of the building - and they took away the old mattresses and the like.  (We gave the frames to a charity outfit.)

Ikea in Murcia were difficult - try as we might we couldn't arrange a delivery whilst we were in the UK - we spoke to the web support people on the phone - and they reckoned it was because our IP address was outside Spain - so we ended up ordering stuff that we would collect - and then driving down to Murcia to arrange delivery.  We bought our sofa from Ikea along with a bunch of other furniture and stuff.

Conforama down in San Juan is another place to buy stuff - and Carrefour up in Finnestrat or in San Juan are another.  Different Carrefour stores deliver to El Campello on different days - but you can't order stuff a long time in advance.  There are a lot of other furniture stores and similar next to the N332 in San Juan.  Aki (DIY) are next to Carrefour in San Juan and there's a Leroy Merlin in Finnestrat and another on the way into Alicante beyond San Juan (although a bit trickier to find.)  Zara Home and Casa are also both in Finnestrat.  (Finnestrat is 20 to 30 minutes drive up the N332, just before Benidorm.)
If you want more upmarket (expensive and slightly quirky) stuff, there's an Albir Colonial 2 minutes drive towards El Campello just past Aldi.  There's a sofa shop on the opposite side of the road there that we haven't been into.  (EDI Rentacar are there as well if you want an alternative to the standard airport guys - English owned and speaking, very helpful, although a bit more expensive than the Gold Cars and the like.)

Builders are a bit trickier - we've used the guys who have an office onsite - Molina.  They do good work, but tend to be very busy and also a bit disorganised - typically not remembering details of things we thought we had agreed.  They are friendly and helpful and ok to deal with - but by all accounts a bit expensive compared to others.  Andres, the owner, doesn't speak a lot of English and our Spanish is still a bit limited.  He tends to get his son, Raoul, to help with translation.  They are not very good at committing to dates - and our initial enquiries by email got no response.  Once we'd met them and had them round we managed to make progress - although if they say maybe regarding when they can do the work, we learned that that usually means no :-).  As long as you can be patient it's fine.  They can also arrange electricians and plumbers - their preferred plumber (Salvatore I think his name is) is very good in our experience.  We needed to get the electricity supply upgraded because it kept tripping - which basically meant changing the main switch - but we had to supply a previous bill and I think our NIE number before this could be done.  Otherwise it was straightforward.  Andres phoned the electrician who came round the same day.

So - it can be challenging and patience and persistence are required :-).

Good luck,

Eric

carolab

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:02pm

Posts: 9

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Location: Albir

Joined: 14 Jan 2018

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:02pm

Sjr28 wrote on Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:01pm:

Hi all . 

We are looking at buying a holiday home for now with a view to spending half a year there in retirement ( currently in our late 40s,/early 50s with 2 kids , 11. and 19 year old. ) We have settled on el campello due to the tram links and ease of access to Alicante and up and down coast . We would ...

...like to be able to visit in winter as well as summer. We would like to be within walking distance of a sandy beach, and close (walking distance) to shops restaurants and services. We would like a nice communal pool and to be able to get to the tram and bus easily to explore the area. We would like and urbanisation that is quite busy even in winter months with permanent residents as well as holiday homes, and a town that does not close down over winter. Does eL Campello fit the bill ? and if so what urbanisations do you recommend? We would like to be able to safely lock and leave. I have looked at el poblet, alkabir, playa alkabir. Any other suggestions ? as I don't know what urbanisations are in the area, I am just going off what I can find in property searches. We are coming over in October to research the area more fully, all advice would be greatly appreciated thank you. 

Sam

Did you find a place?. A neighbour is selling in Playa de San Juan. 

Thank you

Sjr28

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:33am

Sjr28

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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:33am

Hi ,

Yes we did ThankYou . We are in the process of buying on alkabir El Campello.

Thanks for the thought though.

Sam

Sjr28

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:02pm

Sjr28

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Location: El Campello

Joined: 28 Jul 2017

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:02pm

Thanks for all the advice so far. We have now completed on a property on alkabir and are coming over for the first time soon . Furniture delivery sorted, electrician sorted. I now have a question about post . My solicitor tells me than we have a box with a key to collect mail. How does this work with parcel delivery ? I was considering posting some items from home to myself or order direct from Spanish eBay and getting them delivered to the house . Are parcels delivered to individual houses or are they collected from the office or near the mail boxes?

Also the estate agent told us about an on line delivery service for groceries but I can’t remember the name .

Any tips gratefully appreciated. 

Thanks again for all your help .

Sam

sue55

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:57am

Posts: 26

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Location: Villajoyosa

Joined: 5 Nov 2017

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:57am

Hi Sam ,

 We have had deliveries from Conforama, Jysk , Groupon & Leroy Merlon etc, never a problem. They usually phone and say they will be with you in half an hour( in Spanish) .Never used an online delivery service .

Dia do online grocery delivery not sure of any others but we have never used it. Dia is 30 mins walk on the same road as Alkabir , past Aldi, I shop there once a month.Just remember supermarkets very rarely open Sundays !

Good Luck 

Sue 

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