Painting. Avoid bright colours, neutrals are ideal.

Damp. Repair the damp areas and repaint. (The damp must be repaired from the root or could otherwise be a “latent defect”.)

Doors and windows. All locks should open and close quietly and easily.

Lighting. All lights must work, replace any blown bulbs.

Bathrooms and kitchen. Fix any leaks and make sure that sink fittings are free of limescale.

Furniture and decorative items. Remove all unnecessary furniture that reduces the space and try not to have too many decorative objects on show.

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High season for this sport is May to September and there are 2 championships:

• Puerto Rico Deep-Sea Fishing Championship.                                       29 - 31 of July.
• Pasito Blanco Deep-Sea Fishing Championship.                                    26 - 28 of August.

Will see if this time a new world record is broken again.

We strongly recommend to take a look at the Yacht Marina in Puerto Rico between the 29th and the 31st of July.

Last saturday we held our Companies Summer party.  All our employees brought a typical dish from their country of origin so we all enjoyed Paella, Speckknödel from Austria, Quich from Switzerland, appertizers from Denmark along with some great desserts.

All our employees came along with their partners and children and we had hours of fun dancing, singing, playing football and fun games in the swimming pool.

We all had a great time and were sorry to see the day end but as the saying goes “Time flies when your having fun”.  We will all be looking forward to the next Summer party!

More Fotos in our Flickr Album

But moreover the figure of Norwegian visitors, which concerns our Southwest area especially, have registered an amazing boost of 58,39% in June (highly welcome!).

Several times I’ve heard, from Senior business people having experienced other crisis episodes, that the Canary Islands are historically one of the first regions to take off after a recession time, so I trust this is a good omen also for the total Spanish economy (after the most important one that was winning the World Cup!).

In any case, at least regionally this is real growth figures so this may be THE right moment to buy a property in Gran Canaria.

Here is the full article at maspalomasahora

(Photo: Leonor on the left and Lucy on the right)

Although the fiestas here in Arguineguin started last weekend we all got a little carried away with the world cup and forgot to inform you all of the program of events!

The Romeria (offering to the Virgin Carmen) was held on Saturday; thousands dressed in their Canarian costumes and joined in the fun including Lonnie, Leonor and myself.  The Pilgrimage floats set off from the market square at roughly 7pm passing through the streets to the church square where the offerings were made.

Here is the program for the rest of the fiestas that will finish on Sunday.

Wednesday the 14^th of July

21:00 h: Children’s Theatre company “Barullo” presents Pinocchio
Location: Plaza de las Marañuelas

21:30 h: Scala en Hifi for adults
Location: Plaza de Las Maranuelas

Thursday the 15^th of July

19:00 h: Traditional Children’s Games and Typical Canarian Food Contest
Location: Playa de las Marañuelas

21:30 h: Tribute to Expedito Oliva Segura, photographer of the Municipal followed by popular music from the group “Encanatadores”.
Location: Plaza de las Marañuelas
23:30 h: Open-air dance with “Güira Latina”
Location: Plaza del Mercadillo (market square)

Friday 16th July – Dia de Nuestra Senora del Carmen (Bank holiday in Mogán municipal)

11:00 – 14:00 h: Ludo Children’s Park
Location: Plaza de las Maranuelas

12:30 h: Tribute to the elderly of 75 years +
Location: Club 3ª Edad La Jaca

19:00 h: Mass and Procession accompanied by “Banda Barrial”

23:00 h: “El Carmen 2010″ Concert – “Salvapantallas”, “Foncho” and “DJ Promaster”
Location: Chiringuito Zone

00:30 h: Open-air dance with “Caracter Latino”
Location: Plaza del Mercadillo (market square)

Saturday 17th July

18:00 h: Bajada de la Rama (water fight) with the bands Gran Canaria and Barrial
Leaves from: Plaza de Pino Seco

23:00 h: Open-air late night dance with Orchestra “Banda Joven” and “Primera Linea”
Location: Plaza del Mercadillo (market square)

00:00 h: Fireworks Display

Sunday 18th July

10:30 h: Eucharist followed by the Virgin del Carmen Maritime Procession where the Virgin is taken to Puerto de Mogán by boat.
20:00 h: Theater presented by the “Taller de teatro Los Pescadores de Arguineguin” followed by the rope dance with the folklore group “Los Parranderos del Sur”
Location: Plaza de las Marañuelas

At approximately 9.20 pm yesterday evening Spain once again made history by winning the 2010 World Cup in South Africa in a 1-0 win against Holland.

Spain are the Champions simply because they are the best!  This unique generation of players have played with a style only worthy of Champions, they have been united since the first moment and most importantly they have played with dignity and respect.

Congratulations to the whole team and every single fan for making this a truly magical month of football.

Let the party continue!!!!!!

Whilst we are all going crazy over the Spanish football team after reaching the finals in the World cup we also want to congratulate Rafa Nadal on taking the Wimbeldon championship title this year.  Wimbeldon is one of the oldest and most prestigious events in the tennis world and it is every players dream to win this grand slam.

Rafa reached the final after beating Andy Murray and went on to overcome Tomas Berdych in straight sets on the centre court adding another grand slam title to the seven he already has and equalling the amount of titles won by legends such as Fred Perry, Andre Aggasi and Jimmy Connors.  Let’s hope that his form continues at the upcoming US open in August.

Rafa is also a crazy football fan and can often be seen cheering on his favourite team Real Madrid in the football stands. He is in contact with many of the Spanish team players and is hoping that the next trophy lifted will be that of the Spanish team in the world cup final on Sunday.

I was watching the game hidden away in my house in Arguineguin as I promised not to embarrass my daughter with my shouting throughout the game.  The streets were deserted whilst the game was on which was probably the case in every other village, town and city in Spain. After the goal and the final whistle the streets came alive with the sounds of car horns, fireworks and shouts of celebrations including those of Leonor who I work with, she lives just down the road from me and is today suffering from a very husky voice!

Also well worth a mention is Paul the octopus who is becoming a well know celebrity and much loved creature for all us Spanish supporters.  Paul correctly predicted that Spain would beat Germany in the semi-final.  For those who have yet to hear about him he is an octopus who lives in an aquarium in Germany, his keepers put 2 feeding boxes in his tank one with the German flag and the other with the rival flag, Paul then chooses the winners box which this time happened to be Spain and keeps his success rate at 100% in this years world cup.

Not only are the Spanish footballers our hero’s but Paul the octopus too!

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