Apartment for Sale

by **PeterMac** 04.01.15 23:25

Apartment for sale

2 bed,
bathroom, small bath and shower over,
large lounge with dining area
kitchen area. with work surfaces, broken washing machine, and fridge.
Balcony with lethal drop onto tiled area of garden
Dangerous steps down to small gate with no lock, leading onto busy road
Front aspect opens onto car park suitable for lurkers and perverts. Low walls to assist.
Broken shutters throughout
Sliding patio doors, lock needs attention
Windows need attention throughout
Heavy and noisy front door. Duplicate keys available anywhere in resort.
Curtains now frayed through “whooshing”
In need of redecoration and refurbishment, to cover evidence of previous occupant

Smell of dead piglets pervasive, source unknown but could be treated
Fridge has odour of sea bass, and should be left open
Fitted wardrobes big enough to hide tennis bags
Small area behind door in second bedroom suitable for storage of ironing board, or very flat person
Has been used for training of dogs, and police officers.

LOCATION

Praia da Luz, (Portuguese for Village of the Damned), Algarve, Portugal

by Silverspeed 05.01.15 0:53

PeterMac wrote:Apartment for sale

2 bed,
bathroom, small bath and shower over,
large lounge with dining area
kitchen area. with work surfaces, broken washing machine, and fridge.
Balcony with lethal drop onto tiled area of garden
Dangerous steps down to small gate with no lock, leading onto busy road
Front aspect opens onto car park suitable for lurkers and perverts. Low walls to assist.
Broken shutters throughout
Sliding patio doors, lock needs attention
Windows need attention throughout
Heavy and noisy front door. Duplicate keys available anywhere in resort.
Curtains now frayed through “whooshing”
In need of redecoration and refurbishment, to cover evidence of previous occupant

Smell of dead piglets pervasive, source unknown but could be treated
Fridge has odour of sea bass, and should be left open
Fitted wardrobes big enough to hide tennis bags
Small area behind door in second bedroom suitable for storage of ironing board, or very flat person
Has been used for training of dogs, and police officers.

LOCATION

Praia da Luz, (Portuguese for Village of the Damned), Algarve, Portugal

by Angelique 05.01.15 0:59

Double "lol" - sorry can't do the emotion symbol.

Also "no shelves".

by Gaggzy 05.01.15 1:41

'Does it have a sea view?'

'No.'

'Does it have a view of the nearest swimming pool?'

'No, I'm sorry.'

'What about a view of the nearest restaurant?'

Estate agent fumbles with his tie and blushes slightly. 'Er, umm ... sort of, sir. Erm, I suppose if you used your imagination ... I mean, REALLY used your imagination, you could say it would be just like dining out in your own back garden.'

'What? Do you mean if I lived in Downton Abbey kind of thing?'

'Ha-ha ... oh, umm. I take it you're not interested then?'

'Nah. I'll leave it. I can't even play tennis for months ... done my Achilles tendon in good style the other day.'

Estate agent cheers up. 'Really. There was a man here back in 07 did the same thing. His healed in half-an-hour, amazing it was ....'

by Liz Eagles 05.01.15 9:03

PeterMac is on form.

Gaggzy is too.

by Guest 05.01.15 9:21

PeterMac wrote:[i]Apartment for sale

Curtains now frayed through “whooshing”

Washing and whooshing titter

PeterMac, you're hilarious! clapping

by Grim 05.01.15 10:21

Its not for me it sounds positively ghastly ! , is it haunted per chance ? eek

by **PeterMac** 05.01.15 11:12

Curtain which go "Whooooooooooo " when there is no wind outside might lead one to suspect so.
Children who sleep soundly through the most immense commotion police searches, parents wailing and screaming, people pulling shutters and windows,
- might also lead one to suspect so

by Liz Eagles 05.01.15 11:25

PeterMac wrote:Curtain which go "Whooooooooooo " when there is no wind outside might lead one to suspect so.
Children who sleep soundly through the most immense commotion police searches, parents wailing and screaming, people pulling shutters and windows,
- might also lead one to suspect so

Yep, that's spooky.

An apartment where there's no light for kids left sleeping, parents tippy-toed in to listen if they were awake, other members unknown to Madeleine went around the apartment to listen at windows and walls, one of them went in through patio doors left open.

Father has a wee and flushes the loo (have you heard the sound of a toilet flushing in a tiled floor apartment? even the sound of a tinkle is thunderous) and doesn't like to use the front door due to the sound disturbing the children.Father manages to open children's bedroom door, and with light left on in lounge has a proud father moment.

Mother went into apartment at 10 o'clock and was 'just listening' and might not have ventured further but she noticed the 'bedroom door was not how we usually left it' and then didn't want to switch on the light in case she woke the children. She could barely make out Madeleine and thought she'd just take a look....then there was the door closing 'to just about here' and then the curtains whooshed.

Mother did a reccie around apartment within seconds and just 'knew' Madeleine had been taken, then left remaining two children in apartment with bust open window, whooshing curtains, open doors and ran down to the Tapas Bar. Clarence Mitchell then says no-one had a telephone.

Madeleine's mother didn't think to scream from the balcony that was so close to the Tapas Bar.

Yep, that's one spooky bleeding apartment....if you're Madeleine and her siblings.

One of the rogatory interviews (I think it was Fiona Payne) says when the police arrived they switched on the light in the children's bedroom.

As Lazz says....it's a crock.

by angie o'plasty 05.01.15 15:53

Just a few steps away from a supermarket which stocks a selection of New Zealand wines.

And cleaning products.

by aiyoyo 05.01.15 16:13

admin wrote:
PeterMac wrote:[i]Apartment for sale

Curtains now frayed through “whooshing”

Washing and whooshing

PeterMac, you're hilarious!

Plus wishy washy tall tale of abduction.

Hilarious!

by sammyc 05.01.15 22:04

Does it come with use of a hire car - preferably a Renault Scenic? Oh, and the keys to any old little Church that I might or might not pass? Only asking whistling

by Smokeandmirrors 05.01.15 22:08

I hear it's very private, no clear view through PVC Tapas enclosure or bourganvillia, and has the magical ability to turn a 250m distance into 50m. The only thing your neighbours can hear is a can of baked beans falling off the shelf winkwink

by stillsloppingout 06.01.15 11:35

Appartment for Sale .

Spotlessly clean = Literally .

Roomy = Just enough room to swing a cuddle cat .

Sea View's = if that means Sea Bass !!

A stones throw from the Local Amenities = 400m +

Fitted with traditional easy to open shutters = They wish !!!.

Babysitting service ? ...

One carefull owner .......

by Daryl Dixon 06.01.15 12:07

stillsloppingout wrote:Appartment for Sale .

Spotlessly clean = Literally .

Roomy = Just enough room to swing a cuddle cat .

Sea View's = if that means Sea Bass !!

A stones throw from the Local Amenities = 400m +

Fitted with traditional easy to open shutters = They wish !!!.

Babysitting service ? ...

One carefull owner .......

Did PeterMac himself not prove that it was in fact very easy to open the shutters from outside?

by Grim 06.01.15 12:10

Smokeandmirrors wrote:I hear it's very private, no clear view through PVC Tapas enclosure or bourganvillia, and has the magical ability to turn a 250m distance into 50m. The only thing your neighbours can hear is a can of baked beans falling off the shelf

57 variations on things that go bump in the night and half baked timelines / sad

by Gaggzy 06.01.15 12:31

Well, having considered this apartment, I phoned the estate agent in Praia da Luz this morning to put an offer in.

A Mr Moorhat answered the phone and I told him my offer was one hundred and fifty.

'Oh,' he said. 'The owners were hoping for something closer to one hundred and seventy, but I'll put your offer of one hundred and fifty thousand euros to them.'

I managed to stop laughing after six seconds then said, 'I could have been the victim of the biggest f**k-up in history then. My offer is one hundred and fifty QUID!'

It's funny, isn't it. When the line goes dead, you can't really tell whether they have calmly replaced the receiver, or slammed it down with the force of a bedroom door blown shut by a sudden gust of wind when a window has been left open.

My money is on the slam. window

by joyce1938 06.01.15 13:40

I have seen a video or picture of petermac , in the process of testing the said window . the outcome was ,he could lift up from bottom just so high ,but no further ,and if he had to let go down it would tumble and make a racket could not as far as I could make out,open an inside window from there.i do believe that window is fastened on inside only. I believe my memory is o k ,some things just stick in mind .joyce1938

by **PeterMac** 06.01.15 14:03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IeuMzyaCnnY

by Guest 06.01.15 15:21

Were these Kate's?

by Guest 06.01.15 15:32

I just dug around.

They don't know who they belonged to. They were "inadequate".

by tiny 06.01.15 15:55

VESTIGES COLLECTED
5….. Fingerprints….Inside interior window of the children’s bedroom…..DBT…..Suf

1. Methodology and means of operation:
2. Established number of supposed authors:
3. Abandoned objects:
4. Objects or values that were the target of the crime:
5. Importance of the damage incurred:

Observations: The fingerprint traces collected are identified as being the middle finger of the left hand (3x) and forefinger of the left hand (2x), of the missing girl’s mother,
The fingerprint inspection was only carried out on the inside of the window because it was night time, the location was sealed and preserved so that light conditions would permit the inspection of the residence to be finalised.

04_VOLUME_IVa_Page_885

by Guest 06.01.15 16:15

PeterMac wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IeuMzyaCnnY

How did you open it that far?

Were they broken at the time?

I thought they were locked inside so they couldn't be moved?

by **PeterMac** 06.01.15 17:02

Shutters like that do not lock. They are free to be pulled up using the rotating mechanism inside the box at the top, using the strap which is inside the house.
If you push them up, as I did, the mechanism does not rotate, so it all crunches up into the box and gets jammed, as you see.
Once you let go they come crunching back down again. Lots of noise but no result. You can't get in that way - on your own.
As eventually they admitted, without then going on to explain their alternative theory.
As the Bard might have said,

It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

by joyce1938 06.01.15 17:16

there were also at some stage that 2 retired officers from Britain also checked those blinds and it seemsd that what I heard from that was ,that it coild not have been accessed and the fingerprints ,cant recall exactly but were quietly said only the prints were opening from the inside? does anyone recall this ,it may have been on a tv video ?joyce1938

by Guest 06.01.15 17:55

So....

If the shutter was up when Kate went into the room, it was up because the strap had been used from the inside.

So...

When Gerry went out to test the shutter did someone release the strap so he could play with it?

And did someone then use the strap to put the shutter back up before the Police arrived?

(All this time Madeleine might have been just down the road because they had no idea if she was taken just before Kate went in).

by tiny 06.01.15 18:07

BlueBag wrote:So....

If the shutter was up when Kate went into the room, it was up because the strap had been used from the inside.

So...

When Gerry went out to test the shutter did someone release the strap so he could play with it?

And did someone then use the strap to put the shutter back up before the Police arrived?

(All this time Madeleine might have been just down the road because they had no idea if she was taken just before Kate went in).

Your last sentence makes no sense,are you saying there was an abduction????

by Guest 06.01.15 18:14

tiny wrote:
BlueBag wrote:So....

If the shutter was up when Kate went into the room, it was up because the strap had been used from the inside.

So...

When Gerry went out to test the shutter did someone release the strap so he could play with it?

And did someone then use the strap to put the shutter back up before the Police arrived?

(All this time Madeleine might have been just down the road because they had no idea if she was taken just before Kate went in).
Your last sentence makes no sense,are you saying there was an abduction????

According to their version.

Testing the shutters at that point makes no sense when Madeleine could have been taken seconds before Kate went in.

I'd be running around the block immediately.

by tiny 06.01.15 18:29

BlueBag wrote:
tiny wrote:
BlueBag wrote:So....

If the shutter was up when Kate went into the room, it was up because the strap had been used from the inside.

So...

When Gerry went out to test the shutter did someone release the strap so he could play with it?

And did someone then use the strap to put the shutter back up before the Police arrived?

(All this time Madeleine might have been just down the road because they had no idea if she was taken just before Kate went in).
Your last sentence makes no sense,are you saying there was an abduction????
According to their version.

Testing the shutters at that point makes no sense when Madeleine could have been taken seconds before Kate went in.

I'd be running around the block immediately.

Sorry BlueBag for a moment there I thought YOU were saying there was an abduction