If you’re not a native speaker of English you might not understand the term ‘cowboy’ when referring to a builder; it means somebody who is very unprofessional and botches jobs.
Tag Archive for demolition
Goodbye Maro Smallerholders
by Martin Myall •
The Sociedad Azucarera Larios, which owns a lot of land within the municipality of Nerja, has ended land-leasing contracts with local farmers on the Maro Vega.
Nerja Bus Station Update
by Martin Myall •
Nerja Town Hall is trying to get a project through to provide the town with a long-awaited bus station, instead of the present bus-stop arrangement.
Sprucing up Playa Poniente
by Hugh MacArthur •
Motril Town Council plunges ahead with efforts to make Playa Poniente more attractive for tourism by going for the Blue Flag Award.
Junta Moves against Illegal Cortijos
by Martin Myall •
The days of slapping down a cortijo, on a piece of land the size of a postage stamp and hoping that nobody would notice, are over… Or if they did, you’d just pay a fine and that’s it.
Calabré Demolition Discord
by Martin Myall •
Almuñécar Town Hall complained that the closed-down Chiringuito Calabré was demolished without their permission by the provincial offices of the Central Government has responded.
Tourist Complex for Demolition
by Martin Myall •
In 1985 a building (La Resina) along San Cristóbal that had been built in 1950 as a temporary mental asylum, was renovated and turned into a tourism complex, renamed Turismo Tropical.
The Eternal Dilema
by Vivienne Hughes •
Lots of small villages in Andalucia used to have casas de los maestros where the teachers who were brought in to work at the village school lived.
The Hotel Piccadilly Blight
by Martin Myall •
Anybody approaching Almuñécar on the N-340 from La Herradura cannot fail to have noticed the monstrosity that is the Hotel Piccadilly structure.
Port Building Demolished
by Martin Myall •
And old building has disappeared in Motril Port, leaving a 255 sq/m space which will become part of the Paseo Marítimo de Varadero.