Lillian continued her campaign to get the complex maintenance sorted. Quality Group were back at work and after some calls to the legal department and some emails sent we seem to be moving forward. Small steps but if anybody is going to get this sorted she is. I still find it hard to accept that despite it being law to contribute to the upkeep of shared areas of the complex our absent Cypriot neighbours completely ignore this. It would seem that they are well aware to actually enforce the law through the legal system will take forever. In the mean time they have estate agents signs on their gates, gardens that are completely ruined and overgrown and now a green swimming pool. How will they ever sell or rent their property? Perhaps they realize with the downturn in the property market they never will. You get mixed messages about property as you drive about. Not far from us there are three new developments under construction, two of which are near the Faros lighthouse which will afford fantastic sea views for some of the houses. Yet between us and Faros there is another development of about 10 houses on which work stopped some 18 months ago and remain as shells. So some are continuing to build and some have stopped. New prices are no different from what we agreed some 5 years ago!
A further trip to two garden centres owned by Floralink, the landscapers who did our garden. Michael the main man was not at the first en route to Nicosia so it was turn round and go to the centre at Zygi. Not that we minded the drive as it means we follow our favourite coastal route and as I have discovered how to link via bluetooth our iPad to the car radio we are able to sing along to favourite tunes. Amazing technology, have no idea how it works.
At Zygi we meet Michael and show him pictures of the garden (on the iPad) and we chat and talk about our dead trees. He shrugs and says how many he has lost this year due to the cold winter and it being completely unusual compared with previous winters. After much deliberation we take his recommendation for a new single tree to replace one of the dead hibiscus trees. It will certainly be a feature and will be delivered on Friday as at approximately 8 foot high was too big for the car. Watch this space for planting details and pictures. Surrounded by so many lovely plants we make some more purchases as shown by the pictures. Cant tell you the names but they look nice. It all seems a lot of money to be spending but this garden is giving us so much pleasure the time and money is so worthwhile.
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