Guides
What to do first, before or instead of ringing anyone
Short guides for the problems that come up in this town in particular: the camera-controlled streets of the old town, holiday flats in residential blocks, shutters a few metres from the sea, and houses at the top of a valley.
3 guides
Inside the walls
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An elderly parent living alone in the old town
A parent in a painted house up a steep street, and you a flight away. What to set up now, so that a lost key, a door that will not open from inside or a fall is a phone call rather than a crisis.
5 minutes to read
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The door sticks after the façade is repainted
The house has its colour back, and the front door now drags, the latch will not catch and the key is stiff. Where the paint went, what you can clean yourself, and what needs a locksmith.
4 minutes to read
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Locked out inside the old town’s camera zone
About twenty streets of the old town only let authorised vehicles in, for up to half an hour. What that changes when you are standing outside your own door, and what to tell the locksmith.
4 minutes to read
2 guides
Hosts and businesses
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A tourist flat in a community block
Letting a flat to visitors in a building where everyone else lives all year? The street door, the lift, the bins and your own front door are where neighbours notice first.
5 minutes to read
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The seafront shutter that will not lift
The key goes into the shutter lock and nothing happens, with lunch service an hour away. Why it happens so close to the sea, what is safe to try, and when to stop.
4 minutes to read
3 guides
Beach, hospital and valley
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A lockout up the Amadorio valley
Shut out of a village house in Orxeta, Sella or Relleu, after dark, with the coast a long way down the road. How to be found, what to expect from the drive, and where to wait.
4 minutes to read
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Home from Hospital Marina Baixa without your keys
You went in by ambulance, in a hurry, and now you are being sent home with a discharge letter and no house keys. A few checks at the ward save a cold wait on your own doorstep.
4 minutes to read
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Keys lost in the sand after the Desembarco
The Desembarco fills the beach in the dark and ends at sunrise. Some keys stay behind in the sand. Where to look, who to ask, and how to get back through your own door.
4 minutes to read
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