A Homeowner on Shady Pond Dr, near the intersection of Harpers Inlet Dr in the area near the dumpster, woke up this morning to find their car was hit overnight by another car and damaged. The South Carolina Highway Patrol was here and asked several neighbors that were around if they saw anything, but no one had seen who did it.
If anyone knows or had seen anything please call the HOA and let them know or let the Homeowner know, we think she would really appreciate it, if she knew who hit and damaged her car.
UPDATE: The persons responsible contacted the homeowner and resolved the situation.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Some Good News!
Metrolina did come today and clean up the dumpster area, they did a fairly good job from what we can see. The gate post has been temporally fixed, it was meant back a little so the gate will close, but it is still meant pretty bad and will proably bend right back in a few days, the pin will need to be replaced to be 100% fixed.
But there is no garbage outside of the dumpsters, hopefully we can all work together and keep it that way.
But there is no garbage outside of the dumpsters, hopefully we can all work together and keep it that way.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Forest Oaks Dog Walk Area
Well we just received an email from a home owner it is bad enough we have our own problems with residents not picking up after their dogs, this homeowner saw someone walking their dog next to his home and did not pick up after their dog, he asked the individual how old he was, and he stated he was 15, so he asked where he lived so he could talk to the parents about not picking up after the dog, the person replied that he lives in Forest Oaks, when asked why he was here, he said he was just here to walk his dog, he further stated that he has been walking his dog here in Harpers Mill for years. He was asked if he was here to visit a home owner he said "no I am not here to visit anyone, just here to walk my dog, I always walk my dog here", he said he does know people who live here, but he was not here to see them he was simply here to walk his dog.
The homeowner did call the Sheriff's Department who issued the person a warning, and directed the individual to leave the neighborhood.
It amazes us, we already knew Forest Oaks homeowners come here and illegally dump their garbage in our dumpsters, but we had no idea that Forest Oaks homeowners used Harpers Mill as their private dog walk.
The homeowner did call the Sheriff's Department who issued the person a warning, and directed the individual to leave the neighborhood.
It amazes us, we already knew Forest Oaks homeowners come here and illegally dump their garbage in our dumpsters, but we had no idea that Forest Oaks homeowners used Harpers Mill as their private dog walk.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Dumpster Yet Again
1) The walk through gate has been broken and cannot close this has been this way for 2 weeks now and no one has come to fix it.
2) for the second week in a row, either Metrolina Maintenance Group has come out and charged us for clearing the dumpster area, or they just haven't shown up at all because the same garbage is still on the ground since last week.
3) Waste Management of Gastonia came this morning to empty the dumpsters but one is still half full, so they are not doing what they are paid for, we have noticed the last few weeks, that after Waste Management comes, they are not completely emptying the dumpsters, and this is becoming a regular problem.
Sow how long before our Board of Directors and Kuester Management Take care of theses issues? When we figure out how to make a poll we will put one up for all you homeowners to vote on!!!!
2) for the second week in a row, either Metrolina Maintenance Group has come out and charged us for clearing the dumpster area, or they just haven't shown up at all because the same garbage is still on the ground since last week.
3) Waste Management of Gastonia came this morning to empty the dumpsters but one is still half full, so they are not doing what they are paid for, we have noticed the last few weeks, that after Waste Management comes, they are not completely emptying the dumpsters, and this is becoming a regular problem.
Sow how long before our Board of Directors and Kuester Management Take care of theses issues? When we figure out how to make a poll we will put one up for all you homeowners to vote on!!!!
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Harpers Mill Forclosures
In the recent newsletter that was sent out, the HOA mentions that if you are having financial difficulties to let them know so they can work with you. Now sometimes filling a foreclosure is a necessary thing to do, however, we have heard that the HOA has filled foreclosure paperwork on homeowners just 3 months behind, and they would not work with the homeowner at all. What is worse is if you having problems after 3 months that would leave you with a balance of $375.00 plus late fees, but when they file the foreclosure paperwork almost never notifying the homeowner before hand you suddenly have at least another $800 in legal fees added to your burden.
There is a recent case where a long term homeowner who was one of the first to live here, has always taken care of their home and never caused any problems to their neighbors is being foreclosed on by the HOA, we wonder how much they tried to work with this homeowner. We know the person in question lives by them self and lost their job about 6 months ago, we also know by looking at the court records the homeowner is not being forclosed on by the bank only the HOA, indicating that the bank is working with them in their time of need, we have our doubts if the HOA is doing the same.
If you want to see foreclosure records for the community follow these simple instructions, these records are open to the public and available online
!) Goto: http://judicial.yorkcountygov.com/scjdpublicindex/
2) Don't change anything just click "Accept" towards the middle bottom of the page.
3) In the box labeled "Last/Business" Type "Harpers Mill"
4) Than you will see a listing of all cases filed since inception of the community, you will notice there are 7 pages of records, to go through, some by banks some only by the HOA. We count 32 Foreclosures that the HOA has filled as the Plaintiff, many of which show a status of cancelled which means the homeowner paid the past due amounts including all the inflated legal costs that were added to save their homes.
We hope this will bring some attention to this, and hope the HOA is really working with homeowners that are having difficult times and not just filling the paperwork and adding tons of legal fees on top of someone who is already struggling and would work with the HOA if the board was sincere in really helping our fellow homeowners out.
There is a recent case where a long term homeowner who was one of the first to live here, has always taken care of their home and never caused any problems to their neighbors is being foreclosed on by the HOA, we wonder how much they tried to work with this homeowner. We know the person in question lives by them self and lost their job about 6 months ago, we also know by looking at the court records the homeowner is not being forclosed on by the bank only the HOA, indicating that the bank is working with them in their time of need, we have our doubts if the HOA is doing the same.
If you want to see foreclosure records for the community follow these simple instructions, these records are open to the public and available online
!) Goto: http://judicial.yorkcountygov.com/scjdpublicindex/
2) Don't change anything just click "Accept" towards the middle bottom of the page.
3) In the box labeled "Last/Business" Type "Harpers Mill"
4) Than you will see a listing of all cases filed since inception of the community, you will notice there are 7 pages of records, to go through, some by banks some only by the HOA. We count 32 Foreclosures that the HOA has filled as the Plaintiff, many of which show a status of cancelled which means the homeowner paid the past due amounts including all the inflated legal costs that were added to save their homes.
We hope this will bring some attention to this, and hope the HOA is really working with homeowners that are having difficult times and not just filling the paperwork and adding tons of legal fees on top of someone who is already struggling and would work with the HOA if the board was sincere in really helping our fellow homeowners out.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Garbage Everywhere!
It would appear that Waste Management did not empty the dumpsters yesterday (Friday) like they normally do, it is Saturday morning and the dumpsters appear to be halfway full, which is unusual if they did just empty them yesterday.
To make matters worse a homeowner left a grill and several garbage bags outside the dumpster, now my first guess was that the homeowner sent their kid to dump their garbage and the kid could not lift the bags into the dumpster, but there is no way a kid could have brought the grill down to the dumpster area.
We have edited this post, removing the information on the homeowner who is in Phase 1 and did send their child back out to clean up the mess, they did a halfway decent job at cleaning it up, but this is a reminder to all homeowners, if your kids are young they may need help at the dumpster, and if they leave your trash outside the dumpster you can still be fined the $100 from the HOA.
We do not know if the same homeowner left the grill or not, there just is no way of knowing unless someone saw who put it in there, and if you did see who left it please email us or call Kuester Management.
We do not know if the same homeowner left the grill or not, there just is no way of knowing unless someone saw who put it in there, and if you did see who left it please email us or call Kuester Management.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Pool Opening This Weekend!
A message sent out by Kuester:
Just a reminder that the Pool Opens on Saturday, May 19th . Pool hours are from 9am until 9pm. You must have a pool pass to enter the pool area. Passes will not work if your homeowners account is delinquent. The management company will only be able update cards during normal business hours. For a complete list of rules please visit the community website at www.kuester.com. If you note any behavior or repair concerns during your pool visit this season please report to the management office at (803)8022-0004 or by emailing Rita at rbarrett@kuester.com
Just a reminder that the Pool Opens on Saturday, May 19th . Pool hours are from 9am until 9pm. You must have a pool pass to enter the pool area. Passes will not work if your homeowners account is delinquent. The management company will only be able update cards during normal business hours. For a complete list of rules please visit the community website at www.kuester.com. If you note any behavior or repair concerns during your pool visit this season please report to the management office at (803)8022-0004 or by emailing Rita at rbarrett@kuester.com
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