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Good afternoon all,

I have my sister staying who would really, really like a decent paella. We don't eat it personally so wouldn't know which place to recommend around Torrevieja so could one of you lovely knowledgeable people please help us out here? 🤔🤔

Many thanks

Lynda 

I would like for someone to Supply and Fit an Interior white door in EL CHAPARRAL the size of the Existing Door is 200x80 Please let me know if you can help.

Happy Sunday all. We have friends over and cannot remember if the big market in town is open on good Friday. Can anyone help please? 

Many thank yous Lynda 👍👍

Hi looking for taxi/transport for April from Alicante airport to La siesta and return a week later. Please private message me if you know of anyone in the area who provides a taxi service. Thanks 

We at el sueno are looking for a Gardner / maintenance person for a few hours per week to keep urbanisation clean and tidy. Must have legal status to work automino

Any recommendations appreciated 

Thanks 

Rob 

Hello everyone, does anyone know where we can store extra furniture, boxes of books etc for a few months. Spare garage, underbuild, storage company?? Thanks in advance

Lynda

There are over 500,000 UK Ex-pats living in France and Spain many of whom are retired old age pensioners.

About 10 years ago Iain Duncan Smith called for wealthy pensioners who do not need benefit payments such as winter fuel allowance and free bus passes benefit payments should voluntarily hand back the money to the government. I would enjoy reading the audited statistics of the money repaid.

Shock horror when all UK Ex-Pats living in France and Spain had their Winter Fuel Allowance cancelled.

The then Work and Pensions Secretary explained that calculations were made on official temperature figures for each country, based on a five month winter that represents the coldest time of the year in the UK, matching existing criteria used by the government for other forms of cold weather payment.

In response to questions about recognising the variance of temperatures depending on altitude and region, Mr Duncan Smith said the government had looked at a system of weighting temperatures for areas with heavy populations of British pensioners, as opposed to calculating using figures for each whole country. But as the highest concentrations of British pensioners were often found in the warmer parts of European countries, it would have meant at least as many countries would be excluded as under the adopted scheme, if not more.

On the complaint that warmer overseas territories of countries like France, Spain and Portugal had skewed the results for British pensioners in those countries, the Work Minister said that European law would have to be changed for France’s Caribbean islands, Spain’s Canary Islands and Portugal’s Atlantic islands not to be included in the calculations.

The changes implemented including the system of weighting meant that the measurement of temperature was altered to suit the new criteria thus denying UK Ex-Pat pensioners the Winter Fuel Allowance

For those of us UK Ex-pats that live full-time in France and Spain

we know just how cold the winter months may be.

Please view my UK government petition

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/647060

or click on the Q Code below to try and reinstate our much needed benefit to keep warm in winter.

General handyman required to refit sliding cupboard doors as mine keep on coming off.  Also to fit a new stovetop, put up an awning etc

If anyone can recommend I would be grateful

Can you recommend kitchen suppliers and fitters please. Personal recommendations would be great. Many thanks

Hi All. 

I'd ordered a package to be delivered to my apartment but unfortunately the delivery date has slipped out to September and I won't be here. 

Does anyone know a service that will keep parcels for a month or so until I get back out ?

They're not super large,  dimensions probably 1000mm x 500mm x 600mm.