Condo VII – October 2024
DATES TO REMEMBER
• October 2 – Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown
• October 11 – Yom Kippur starts at sundown
• October 14 – Columbus Day & Indigenous Peoples’ Day
• October 31 – Halloween
Please join us in welcoming our new neighbor Michelle Downs at 807 Woodland Ct.
New Fiscal Year and Common Charges
By now you will have received the budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year and your new coupon books. The common charges increased $45 to $62 per unit ($26 of which is an increase from the HOA). An explanation regarding the increase was detailed in the letter sent with the coupon books and reviewed at September’s annual meeting. If you did not receive your book, contact the Board.
If your payment is set up to be sent automatically by your bank and you have not already done so, change your payment to the new amount. Common charges are due on the 1st of the month. If you, or your bank, mail it after the 1st, it is already late. Any payment received after the 10th of the month, will be charged the $50 late fee. There will be no exceptions.
Our election meeting was held on September 26th so at the time of this writing we do not have the results. They will be published in the next newsletter.
We recently experienced another plumbing backup/blockage issue in one of our buildings. When the plumber was finally able to find it he cleared out clumps of grease, hair and coffee grounds that had been dumped down the kitchen drains. We are once again reminding you that these items as well as numerous other ones DO NOT BELONG in the drains. This information has been published numerous times in the newsletter and is specifically detailed on Page 28 of the 2024 Resident Information Booklet. If the issue is traced back to one or more specific units, the expense will be billed to those units.
Smoke Alarm Inspections
We will be starting the semi-annual inspection of the smoke alarms in October. This is a very important safety precaution so please allow access to your unit in order for your smoke detector to be checked. It only takes a couple of minutes. If your detector is not working, it will be replaced at no cost to you. Please note: We will only replace the Condo installed detector. Any additional detectors you installed need to be replaced at your expense.
Contact Information/Blast Calls
It is important that all residents provide a current as well as an emergency contact number to the office. In addition to receiving the blast calls which provide important information to you, a current phone number is the only way the Board and/or the HOA will be able to reach you in the event of an emergency. Please make sure your information is up-to-date.
Snowbirds
For those snowbirds who are starting to leave us, just a few reminders. If you are leaving your car, park it in one of Condo VII’s eight long-term parking spots in Parking Plaza 29A. Should it be left in one of the other plazas or on the street, and we have a snow storm it will be towed at your expense.
Your thermostat should be set no lower than 55° – 60° so the pipes don’t freeze. You may want to consider shutting off the water to your hot water heater and washing machine as well as turning off the circuit breaker to your hot water heater. This will help prevent any potentially expensive water damage not only to your unit but your neighbors as well.
If your unit has the shut-off valve for the outside water spigot, turn it off or make sure someone will have access to your unit to turn it off before the temperatures drop below freezing.
Please provide a contact name/number of someone who will be able to access your unit in the event of an emergency.
The preferred method to submit Work Orders is online at https://brettonwoodshoa.org/work-orders. Please make sure you include a phone number. No computer? No problem. You can still obtain a paper work order at the Clubhouse.
Thought for the month
“Magic is believing in yourself; if you can do that, you can make anything happen.”
– Johann Wolfgang van Goethe