by kenz » Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:01 pm
Hi Iqbanel,
I completed on AP1 couple of years ago, snagging was frustrating as people in the office were helpful-ish but often couldnt find correct tradesman, i found best bet was to find foreman wandering on site & grab them. As i say was couple of years ago so maybe is a bit more organised now.
For furinture i used Hamid Basri - he spent few days driving us around furniture shops in tetuan etc, i cant reccommend Hamid enough, he is brilliant, also at getting you sorted with elec, water, insurance etc as well as getting someone to do all the furniture fixtures & fittings etc, & the most important thing which was get us an english satellite sorted & the air con,
If yourself or anyone else is completing & wants to rent our apartment for whilst they are there, see the furniture etc we got etc then please give us a call - 0771 935 5371. Its a 2 bedroom penthouse apartment in AP1 on the front line.
We travel from the north west, so for cost we fly to Gibraltar, walk across border to spain & get a 25 euro taxi to algeciras,
you can then get ferry to Ceuta, spend another 5 euros on taxi to the border/frontera, cross the border on foot which takes on average 15 minutes, first time you do it can be confusing, & then another 5 minute taxi the other side from frontera to Alcudia Smir,
Or get ferry from Algeciras to Tangier Med port, which is halfway between tangier & alcudia smir, from there its a 30 minute taxi ride, the customs is done on the boat.
Personally we just get to Algeciras & get on what-ever is the next boat.
Ferry is quite expensive at 27 euros ish per person each way, dont get a return, means you have to wait for that specific company when returning & actually costs more.