Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 9:06pm
Hi Anneta and welcome to Urcal.
As above we've been here since late March and had a couple of bills.
One took in the fact we'd developed a leak in the main water line that thankfully ran in the "slab" by the drain cum water trough between the back of the villa and the pool and we managed to cap that line off and re-route it but dont know how much water we lost.
The top up system for the pool got shut off when we re-routed the main line but didnt lose anything but that's responsible for topping the pool back up thru the day as in this heat you can lose up to an inch in evaporation !.
So..............really we're just hoping that now things have settled down, oh forgot leaks on the irrigation system which keeps popping off lol. Now things seemed to have settled, the next bill should be our worst and will regularise from there.
By all means when you get here pop down and find us, we're at the motorway end of the road leading out of the village at the back of the big street lamps and the post boxes, number 68, off the road, follow the road down and keep right, big black gate, long long hedge white Honda in the drive.
Or come to the coviran bar Thursday its darts night lol, you can have a drink, food and meet lots of new friends and potential new neighbours who can maybe advise you as well or even better.
Basically, water is cheaper than the UK electricity is possibly a bit cheaper or on a par with the UK, depends how you use it.
Most places have a/c, hot and cold, lots of places have ceiling fans, partners villa has both, we run the pool pumps once a day, fan in the bedroom most of the night, cooker we use minimally and we dont have the tv on much at all. Think that covers most things, if you want to be more specific then as I said above, pop down and have a chat. Wines usually in the fridge or (red wine) on the rack, tea coffee via cafe au lait just a minute to do lol.
Hope you like it here as much as we've come to love it in a small space of time.
Ann n Jim