House Visit Feb 18th - Feb 28th 2022
Well my dear friends on Velez Forum, Myself and my wife went to visit our house in Velez Malaga, Historical Quarter after spending 3 x days at Hotel Dila whilst waiting for our double bed to arrive. A couple of Hiccups, On Saturday 19th Feb 2022 we arranged for a delivery of a double bed we bought on Marketplace Spain, the couple live in Antequera aprox 50 x minutes drive from Velez Historical quarter.
We received a call from them saying all roads nearby were closed by the police for the local Carnival which we didn't know about until we went to the top of the street near the Muvvel Museo, the guy met us on foot and said he would send his Spanish friend on Monday, his Spanish friend turned up on Monday after getting lost, but ayy ho We had a bed to sleep on.
Hiccup no2 when we went in the House the Electric was off, I checked the fuses inside, they were all on.
I phoned Angela our estate agent and some one from her shop phoned ENSESA and Endesa said the electric was not cut off, she also set up a direct debit for us. I looked inside the meter box on the wall outside and noticed a large fuse holder was open with no fuse in it, Angela said have a good look around the house in the drawers and cupboards, I looked in the drawers of a wall unit which was left by the ex owner and found 2 x large fuses, I put a fuse in the fuse holder, and closed the holder, the meter was off so I clicked on a yellow button and the meter and electric to the. house came on "Thank God" we now have Electric, Hiccup no3 No gas bottle for the water heater, Angela the estate agent went to get some gas from a local Repsol gas station, but had an appointment somewhere, I looked on Google how to connect a Gas Bottle to a water heater, I tried this and tried igniting the boiler with a button on the boiler, made sure the gas valve was upright, tried cleaning the metal part with a needle, tried to ignite with a match to no avail, So Ayy Oh No Hot Water, We didn't let this spoil our holiday we bought a new kettle and Boiled the kettle and used shower gel to wash in the morning and in the evening. We had some nice weather for the 10 x days we were in Velez, planning on going again in September, probably best to get a new water boiler as the boiler looks quite old, We only found out I have a contract with Endesa when we went to get the House keys from my Lawyer, I have tried to activate an online CLIENTE ACCOUNT but cant activate it, I have phoned several contact numbers and eventually got through to a Spanish guy who spoke very little English (Un Poco) I have since sent an e-mail with a picture of my contract, might get a reply in a month fingers crossed.
Lets hope our next trip to the house is less stressful.
Warm Regards
Steve & Bev