You will know from previous posts on this blog that:

a)    I live in Marbella
b)    I´ve just bought a new house in Marbella
c)    It´s been a record summer for high temperatures in Southern Spain

So, when I ordered the air conditioning for my new home in the first week of June, I didn’t think it would be unrealistic to expect the machine to be installed before the renovation work in my home ended on the 31st July.

If only life were so simple! You see, apparently I need a special wall unit from Panasonic (more about them later!). Not particularly special actually, just smaller than the average kit that they produce. I was told by my air-con man that Panasonic had been lowering their stockpiles due to the recession and that a new unit was being sourced from Barcelona – the unit would be here in my Marbella property no later than the 2nd week of July. OK, just before the August heatwave – that would just about be acceptable. Continue reading »