At approx 9:30 pm on July 1st the York County Sheriff's Department responded to a call for a county ordinance violation - fireworks, in the area of Shady Pond Dr.
At approx. 1:30 am on July 2nd the York County Sheriff's Department responded to a disturbance in the area of Water Fall Way, they were advised of a female that was acting disorderly upon arrival the disturbance had moved to the pool area, where deputies made contact with the female and two males that were involved. The deputies gave the female a ride back to her residence in Clover.
Monday, July 2, 2012
2035 Shady Pond Dr & 2037 Shady Pond Dr
UPDATED: A couple who was renting 2035 Shady Pond Dr, was moving furniture yesterday July 1st, they moved out of 2035 and into 2037 Shady Pond Dr and they left several items in the dumpster area see below picture. As posted on the gate it is a $100 fine for leaving garbage in the dumpster area and not inside the dumpsters. This is because Waste Management only empties the dumpsters they do not pick up any trash left outside of the dumpsters, so now the HOA will have to pay a maintenance person to come and haul this garbage away to the County Connivence Center, or break it up and put it into the dumpster, costing all home owners extra and unnecessary fees.
Our suggestion is that Kuester Real Estate should send the owner the $100 fine right way so the owner can deduct it out of the tenants security deposit before it is returned to them.
If Kuester does not follow through on this than the cost of removing this furniture will have to come out of the HOA funds instead of the fine, and will just be another reason why our dues will never go down.
The sad part is this couple was driving a red pick up truck pulling a white trailer with "Arnold" bread logo on the back, another words they had plenty of room to load up the trailer and take all their excess garbage down to the county convenience center, instead of dumping their unwanted stuff on the rest of the home owners to have to deal with now.
The driver of the pickup truck was a cuban male about 6'4'' and the passenger was a white female about 5'2'' with short red hair. They both unloaded and dumped the items together in the dumpster area.
UPDATE 07/06/12: Kuester had Metrolina Maintenance come out and clean up all the times the couple left outside the dumpster. We believe the HOA was charged somewhere between $100 to $130 to clean up their mess but someone would need to get the exact number from Kuester. Also we do not know if the home owner was fined or not, but our guess is more than likely not. And home owners wonder why our monthly fees will never go down? this is why........
UPDATE 07/08/12: A source told us another home owner who saw them leaving the items offered to help them, properly dispose of their unwanted furniture, and their response was to simply walk away and drive off, they obviously just do not are about this neighborhood, but since they are renters we guess they feel they have nothing invested here, so why should they care?
Our suggestion is that Kuester Real Estate should send the owner the $100 fine right way so the owner can deduct it out of the tenants security deposit before it is returned to them.
If Kuester does not follow through on this than the cost of removing this furniture will have to come out of the HOA funds instead of the fine, and will just be another reason why our dues will never go down.
The sad part is this couple was driving a red pick up truck pulling a white trailer with "Arnold" bread logo on the back, another words they had plenty of room to load up the trailer and take all their excess garbage down to the county convenience center, instead of dumping their unwanted stuff on the rest of the home owners to have to deal with now.
The driver of the pickup truck was a cuban male about 6'4'' and the passenger was a white female about 5'2'' with short red hair. They both unloaded and dumped the items together in the dumpster area.
UPDATE 07/06/12: Kuester had Metrolina Maintenance come out and clean up all the times the couple left outside the dumpster. We believe the HOA was charged somewhere between $100 to $130 to clean up their mess but someone would need to get the exact number from Kuester. Also we do not know if the home owner was fined or not, but our guess is more than likely not. And home owners wonder why our monthly fees will never go down? this is why........
UPDATE 07/08/12: A source told us another home owner who saw them leaving the items offered to help them, properly dispose of their unwanted furniture, and their response was to simply walk away and drive off, they obviously just do not are about this neighborhood, but since they are renters we guess they feel they have nothing invested here, so why should they care?
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Pool Chairs
For those who have been to the pool you surely have noticed that most of the pool chairs are broke in some way. A home owner advised us that Kuester has ordered replacements that will be shipped to their office and than brought out here by their maintenance department. We should see the new chairs in the pool area in about 2 weeks from now so by about July 15th the new chairs should be out at the pool ready for use.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Possible Water Interruption's Today 6/29/2012
Utilities, Inc the parent company of Carolina Water Service is working in the neighborhood today on Harpers Inlet Dr repairing a water main leak. They are digging up a parking area to access the pipe. They say they are going to try to limit any service disruptions to as little time as possible. Water was already turned off to the neighborhood for a few minutes and was probably not noticeable to most home owners. The work should be done around 2pm this afternoon.
Apparently the board and Kuester knew about this work ahead of time, but to our knowledge no home owners were alerted, we do have a community email list which is a perfect way to communicate things just like this to the home owners, we are unsure why no notice was sent out, since this could cause interruptions in your water service, it would have been nice to know in advance.
Apparently the board and Kuester knew about this work ahead of time, but to our knowledge no home owners were alerted, we do have a community email list which is a perfect way to communicate things just like this to the home owners, we are unsure why no notice was sent out, since this could cause interruptions in your water service, it would have been nice to know in advance.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Lots of Sore Feet at the Pool
Kids all around the neighborhood and even many adults are coming out of the pool with cuts on their feet many which are so bad they are bleeding. Apparently this has been very common this year according to a homeowner who knows about pools told us, over the years the chemicals in the pool eat away at the bottom causing the surface to become very rough, a procedure known as "polishing" the bottom of the pool can correct this, however the pool would need to be drained. In the meantime many pool goers are buying pool shoes and hoping that the HOA will drain the pool and fix it at the end of the season.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Property complexes step into DNA testing of dog poop
Interesting article in today's USA TODAY:
USA Today: Property Complexes Step Into DNA Testing of Dog Poop
This is very interesting and is a new trend sweeping the country, being used by homeowners associations and apartment complex managers, maybe this could help solve our problems with people not picking up their dog poop.
USA Today: Property Complexes Step Into DNA Testing of Dog Poop
This is very interesting and is a new trend sweeping the country, being used by homeowners associations and apartment complex managers, maybe this could help solve our problems with people not picking up their dog poop.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Playground?
We have had a few homeowners contact us asking why we do not have a playground and how can we get one?
So we did a little research and asked around about this issue, here is what we found out:
1) The current Board Members, who are all single with no kids living with them in the neighborhood are completely against any playground, their claim is that the insurance needed would be so high dues would be raised to over $150 a month.
2) Some homeowners in phase 1 were told when they bought their home from Mercedes Homes that a playground would be built, although Mercedes plans never included a playground.
3) Many homeowners do not want a playground, they feel it would attract more kids from neighboring communities like Forest Oaks, which would ultimately cause more problems overall for the neighborhood.
From what we can tell, many believe there is plenty of room for a playground maybe near the pool is one location mentioned, we don't believe the insurance claim, we feel homeowners should request from the board 2 or 3 estimates from insurance companies showing the cost of adding a playground to the existing insurance policy.
This comes down to two sides parents with kids that would like a playground and homeowners without kids that don't want the added expense or potential problems that a playground may bring. Either way we believe the board should get the estimates for both the cost to build a playground and to insure it. and let homeowners decide in a vote, however we don't believe this will happen anytime soon, with the current regime in power.
So we did a little research and asked around about this issue, here is what we found out:
1) The current Board Members, who are all single with no kids living with them in the neighborhood are completely against any playground, their claim is that the insurance needed would be so high dues would be raised to over $150 a month.
2) Some homeowners in phase 1 were told when they bought their home from Mercedes Homes that a playground would be built, although Mercedes plans never included a playground.
3) Many homeowners do not want a playground, they feel it would attract more kids from neighboring communities like Forest Oaks, which would ultimately cause more problems overall for the neighborhood.
From what we can tell, many believe there is plenty of room for a playground maybe near the pool is one location mentioned, we don't believe the insurance claim, we feel homeowners should request from the board 2 or 3 estimates from insurance companies showing the cost of adding a playground to the existing insurance policy.
This comes down to two sides parents with kids that would like a playground and homeowners without kids that don't want the added expense or potential problems that a playground may bring. Either way we believe the board should get the estimates for both the cost to build a playground and to insure it. and let homeowners decide in a vote, however we don't believe this will happen anytime soon, with the current regime in power.
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