Suprise ..Suprise

Before starting this post I would like to remind you of a few facts, all of which have been posted on this web log in the past.

All the Owners attending the recent EGM insisted that in future, the Committee were to be informed, and give their approval before any projects were carried out on Mi Sol.

The Committee were to be informed of the cost of such works before they commenced.

Three quotations should be obtained before any work was agreed to.

Pepe said he would abide by the decision I made, regarding the construction of new Wet Room facilities at the bottom of the Park.

I said that after consulting other members of the Committee regarding these works, the majority decision would prevail.




Given the above statements, try to imagine my surprise, when this morning, after consulting only one member of the Committee, I discovered Juan Muñez had already commenced work on the new Wet Rooms!!

At the Committee meeting last Saturday, Pepe said he had a quotation for the work, but did not show it to us, or indeed tell us how much it was for. This was taken on face value, after all two blocks had already been completed and it was reasonable to expect the quotation for the third block to be along similar lines.

This morning Pepe gave me a copy of the quotation, which is attached. The quotation Pepe has agreed to is for the amount of 14,500 Euro, Fourteen Thousand, Five Hundred Euro!!!
50 % to be paid at the commencement of work, the other 50 % on completion.

A perusal of the quotation revealed the sentence :-
se pintaran los techos con pintura blanca plastificada, which as far as I can establish is, "painting the roofs with white plastic paint". Which roofs, or how many of them it does not say.

As far as I know, none of the Committee knew anything about this proposed painting, I certainly did not. Also included on the quotation are two 80 Litre hot water boilers, I pointed out to Pepe it had been agreed not to install hot water in these new Wet Rooms.

This means that in the last couple of weeks Pepe has managed to reduced the balance of Mi Sol Bank Account by 21,500 Euro. An insurance policy of 7,000 Euro the Committee were not consulted about. 14,500 Euro, for Wet Rooms the Committee had not agreed to.

A committee member asked me this afternoon whether work on the Wet Rooms could be stopped by the Administrator, I replied that enquiries would be made, but that as Pepe holds the cheque book and writes the cheques, as long as someone counter signs them, what could we do ?