The old ruse of applying for building permission for an apero (brick, tool shed) and an alberca (water-storage pond) but building a chalet complete with swimming pool has had its day.
Tag Archive for apero
When Your Crop’s Not Safe
by Vivienne Hughes •
More and more fruit farmers are paying out from their own pockets private security guards to watch over their tropical-fruit orchards.
Double Trouble
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Guardia Civil are investigating a 21-year-old man from Salobreña over two cortijo break-ins in Molvízar.
Councillor-cum-Builder Scandal
by Martin Myall •
A councillor at the Torrox Town Hall has been caught over an illegal build; an 24-sq/m apero (mini cortijo) without a licence in an area known as El Merlí.
Smile, You’re on Camera!
by Vivienne Hughes •
Thanks to the CCTV cameras on a nearby company warehouse, the police in Lanjarón were able to identify a thief who had burgled an apero (a farm store shed).
Itrabo Before the Judge
by Martin Myall •
If you want a case of people building what they like, were the hell they like, then you need only take the back road between Ítrabo and Jete; You climb past multi-storey houses, some looking more ornate than a wedding cake.