MEETING 16 OCTOBER

Dear neighbours
We want to inform you about the latest news from El Pinet.

1. Last Thursday 16th October Paco and I had a meeting at Elche town hall with the manager of the building department and the technical department(lawyer and economist). They have confirmed to us that they have given all the Licenses to San Jose to continue building (streets, lights, water and drainage etc) which means that the works can commence at any time. Once they are finished, with approval of the town hall they can start to issue us with habitation certificate so that the mains services can be legally connected i.e. water and electricity).

2. We also had a meeting with the administrators the same day to gain advice regarding the finances for these works. Arrangements have been made with a major bank to finance the works but this has still to be approved by the judge from Elche. This should be goods news for us but of course until the judge approves this is not guaranteed. We were told that this decision will be made before the 30th November. We also (the administrators, San Jose and ourselves) will have a meeting with the contractors for these works to ascertain whether it will be possible to commence these works a little sooner.


3. Of course this is progress and looks good news but we all know from past experience that nothing is guaranteed until we see it actually happen.

4. We know that on Thursday San Jose took away the machines and have fired some people but this is to save money and for security of the machines. We think that the important thing is to finish the work as soon as possible but also it is important to keep the water and electricity. We have paid so far 12,000 euros for water and sewerage that was part of the bill for September. We are now planning to speak to the water and electricity companies to keep these going. The show house is still open.


5. We are going to try and have another meeting next week with San Jose and the administrators to find out how much progress has been made. We will keep everyone informed as and when we here any more news.