Past Due Accounts
Dear Chardonnay Residents,
We have had a lot of controversy about people who refuse to pay their monthly dues. I want all of the residents to understand that it is their duty and a requirement to pay the monthly assessment. I want to thank the good residents who pay their dues on time and have no problem with paying it. I want all of the owners who do not pay their dues to be on notice that we will do verything in our power to make you pay including liens, lawsuit's, and water turn off. It is our legal right to collect these monies to keep Chardonnay running. It's a shame that people who rent their units and collect the rent do not pay Chardonnay their required share. This causes harm to the renters as well as Chardonnay. That being said, we are on a path to fix the past problems here at Chardonnay and will do everything we can to make it a better place.
As most of you can see, we have begun making improvements with little money. We have a lot of serious problems that we face on the property that will cost us a lot of money to fix. Our sewage lift station is over 30 years old and failing, our drainage pipes are rotting out and collapsing. Our plumbing is failing under several buildings. Our buildings are rotting away. We have some homeowners who are costing us a lot of money definding lawsuits that are not our fault.
We have made strides in the past 6 months and will continue to improve our communituy. We need you help in doing this. We will be posting the units that are not paying (no names just unit numbers) on our blog and in our community bulliten board. Take the time to look at it. It is costing all of us money. Do what you can to get them to pay. We need your help.
Rental units have gotten out of hand and are taking a lot of our time to address. We are taking measures to stop this from happening. We are doing this for all of us who want to make Chardonnay a productive Village again. We don't wnat section 8 hoiusing and $0 down people moving into our community. We want people who can move in and help Chardonnay become the community we once had.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope you can come forth and help us save Chardonnay.
Once again, thanks to the good people of Chardonnay that are helping us make things better.
Durel Burke
President
Please respond to cvcapropertyman@att.net or through the blog http://chardonnaycondos.blogspot.com.
This is Kay Wakefield from Unit #1-B. I would like to comment on one small part of Durel Burke's letter above. I have thought about this a considerable amount since many years ago when my pregnant daughter moved in to share a home with me and raise my grandson here:
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I do not know if residents who now live in Chardonnay know that when this complex was built (1980 - By the way I moved into my unit in 1988 and my daughter and grandson have called Chardonnay their home since spring 1991) this city allowed condominium and apartment complexes to be built around the rule of "No Children Allowed". Yes, for years there was allowed to be places one could rent, own a condo, live where children or anyone who had them living with them could not have a home. Chardonnay Village was one of those. This complex's draw at the first building was for retirees or couples without children. This is why there are no common areas where it might be conducive to allow children to play outdoors.
In the late 80's this codicil to apartments, condo complexes, communities, etc., was deemed unlawful and it was removed. All complexes and communities became "open enrollment", so to speak.
What I want to say about the above quote is this: If this Village wants owners who will come in and care about their property as the ones who do now, maybe we should make this Village welcoming and comforting to young couples trying to purchase their first home. Many of our older residents may remember the excitement and pride that comes when, as a couple, you sign the documents and get the key to that first owned property where a family and life will start to be built together.
In this time in our country purchasing a single-family home is not often feasible for young couples, but a nice condo in a nice community may be affordable. However, and this is speaking from much experience with my daughter and grandson, living in Chardonnay Village is not very conducive for young couples who might actually consider making their first purchase a condominium in a nice community.
The area in itself is not very family-friendly (no close well-appointed parks or play areas that one doesn't have to drive to). Our Community does not have a lot of common areas (but what we do have might be fine for young, first-time homebuyers if not for the rulings), but those we do have no one is allowed to do anything in! At all (except traversing their expanse)! Other than the teensy-tiny park that is difficult to get to for young children who might live here on our property on the street before the canal, there is no place for a young mother and father to allow their small children to play.
With all the problems this Village has had with renters who, frankly, don't give a shit about this property, might it be better to market this community to young couples looking to build a family in a first-purchased home?
Change some of the rules, let the larger common areas (and we have several) be utilized for play (if toys are left out they can be confiscated and then no more toys left to mess up the common area), maybe convert one of the tennis courts over to a community-wide playground/area. If we want the people who live here and who we want to buy into our community to take pride in it, maybe we should consider our marketing strategy as a Village and not just individual sales. Make Chardonnay more family friendly. Hit those up who want to have pride in their first place they purchase to start building their future.
Thank you for taking the time read,
Kay Wakefield
Unit #1-B
I too completely agree! I moved in this complex 2 yrs ago as a single mother of 2. This was my first purchase. I think there should be some sort of play area. The tennis courts have not been tennis courts since i have been here, and who knows how long before that. A play area would be perfect right there. There are SEVERAL children in the complex that literally "play in the street". How safe is that? It isn't. Especially when you have people who completely ignore the 15mph signs. I think the board should focus on more than what meets the eye. Renters, don't care about anyone or anything. I have seen the parties they throw on the canal, the 20+people living in their units, the cars parked behind cars, the loud music, the destruction of other peoples homes, and vehicles. Attract a different crowd in here, because i can promise they will have a lot more condos going up for sale soon. If changes aren't made, you guys will be driving the good ovwners out.
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