widge wrote:Does anyone have any experience of applying for / obtaining retrospective planning consent ?

Try to get someone who works for that department to apply for you for a remuneration, it gets through quicker that way, don't know about the legalities though.

We had some of that view before they built the expensive and little used Sky Bar, now we can only see wooden troughs, greenery that is growing too tall and folded umbrellas. The noise of the air conditioners is beyond a joke and music coming from the bar is annoying too for us and all of our neighb...

Any comments on the refurbishment, is it an improvement? personally I thought the original décor was fine

The place on the out road on the left just further up than the Chinese shop, played there a lot with the lad who sang in a few pubs.

smudger wrote:

barbarella wrote:Worst Pizza ever

What was wrong with it? Soggy base? Not enough topping?
Interested as know the owner.

A soggy base may have something to do with the water tower?

algarve123 wrote:Dont mention the war!!

Or the U-Boat bases

Hi algarve123. Sorry to hear you've been subject to those comments. Unacceptable and certainly not generally part of the Carvoeiro experience. It does cut both ways though. From time to time over the years I've heard far from whispered comments about effing Brits and dirty Brits. I guess it just pr...

destroyer wrote:That's a pretty sweeping statement, Pato. Take this question as it is intended, that is not as a provocation, but would you perhaps share your experiences that would lead you to make it?
I'm English by the way.

Watch how the Irish handle the Ryanair fiasco.

That's a pretty sweeping statement, Pato. Take this question as it is intended, that is not as a provocation, but would you perhaps share your experiences that would lead you to make it? I'm English by the way. It's only my personal opinion and I'm very often wrong, but I did bank with the Allied I...

What's this AIMI demand, they want me to pay 800 euros as an extra rate payment and they've based that on my casa being valued at 600,000 euros, what a joke, this is sure one crazy country, I've got until the end of this month to make the payment any one know what it's all about. I'm on the verge of...

OK - so they have made a cock-up which they own up to and have (so far) not tried to avoid the statutory compensation regulations in the 2% of affected flights. O'Leary may not be the nicest man in town but give him credit for running one of the few profitable airlines in the world and still, even ...

The internet?

I've always been amazed at the lack of violence in Cvo it must be one of the safest resorts in the world, I personally have never seen one act of violence in fifty odd years, it's amazing1

logicbob wrote:

roy4eyes wrote:To be fair my €0.30 was compared to Ponto do Encontro - Portarade would be € 9.30 more but still well worth it

Ponto do Encontro is fantastic and just around the corner from our villa.

Have you paid for your drain connection yet?

Babaliz wrote:Can anyone recommend someone who could recover 2 large sofas for me? Thanks!

Lose weight, if you need two sofas.