Electricity Cut

Recently Mi Sol was woken by the noise of a JCB merrily digging a trench from the road outside the caravans to the outside of the property of Juan Muñez, see photos.

As is often the case these days, Pepe was not on the Park, so I had to wait until Saturday morning to ask him what was going on. He told me that his Brother in Law kept cutting the electrical cable supplying the street light outside his property, and in order to curb this activity, a new cable was being laid to supply a street light outside the property of Juan Muñez. This leaves a redundant street light and I was asked where it best to re-site it.

I was not aware this work was being carried out, neither have I seen a quotation for the work from Juan Muñez. Some of the Committee members I have spoken to were not aware of it either.
Therefore again, I am unable to tell you how much this work is costing Mi Sol.

Three points seem to arise from this:-

Why would a member of the opposing faction to Pepe keep cutting the power cable to the Street lights (allegedly)?

Why do the Committee never see three quotations for work such as this being carried out ? Three quotations are supposed to be supplied for any work being proposed.
I have only ever seen two quotations for work in the last six months, they were both from Juan Muñez. These were for the Wet Room and Garage. and the electrical updating.

Would laying electrical cables six inches or less beneath a road of hardcore (see photo showing the red plastic tube with the three cables inside it) be considered good practice or safe?

Whilst in the Office on Saturday, an Owner came in to ask if we had fitted new detectors to the Street Lights, because they kept going on and off when he walked under them. They do seem to have had a mind of their own recently, turning on and off without warning. Pepe explained that a sensor used to operate the Lights is not working properly.

Update.

On Monday morning an owner from circle "U" complained to me that Juan Muñez and his workers turned off the water supply to the circle without warning. It seems they have laid a new water pipe alongside the electrical cables in the shallow trench, also terminating in a box outside the property of Juan Muñez. Why this pipe has been laid is not known, as Pepe never mentioned anything about it when he told me about the new electrical cables being laid.

Juan Muñez also connected into this owners electrical supply, without his knowledge or permission, in order to use electrical equipment in the circle. When finished he left the live, unfused cable laying on the ground in the circle. The Owner in question has given me the cable, which I will show Pepe, if and when he comes back onto Mi Sol this week. Fortunately the owner spotted and removed the cable before the rain started on Monday evening. This is the second complaint to me about Juan Muñez and his men showing lack of consideration during the last week.

We as owners have been relieved of a huge amount of money by Juan Muñez over the last few years, surely we are entitled to expect the common courtesy of being informed in advance of when he is going to interrupt water and electricity supplies in order to carry out his activities.

Posted Thursday 29th March 2007