Monday, January 11, 2010

Gate Issues

As we all know, our gate has not been working for some time. Michelle has had contact with Shauna Melvin regarding the issue, and I wanted to pass the information along.

Regarding the phone bill, roughly $175-200 is past due. The normal monthly cost for the gate phone is about the same as a regular residential land-line. Shauna said that she will check with Jim Selden to see if there is any money available to go toward the phone bill.

Shauna indicated that there is no money available to go toward gate repairs. Sutherland Security maintains our gate, and Michelle will contact them to see how much the repairs will be.

The following information comes from an email sent to me from Jim Ehnborn:

The phone bill should be filed with the bankruptcy court. We should only be responsible for costs in 2010. We may have to put down a security deposit.

Gate repair costs should be filed with the bankruptcy court. We should only be responsible for costs in 2010. We may be responsible for a security deposit on this as well.

Jim Selden has a new computer board for the south gate that is paid for. If the computer board is the problem for the north gate, we might be able to use it for the north gate by borrowing parts. We should just have to cover the cost of labor to repair the gate.

Which brings up the issue of money. How are we going to pay for this to get our gate up and running ASAP?

4 comments:

cowgirl_73 said...

It would probably be in the builder who purchased the new lots best interest to contribute to the cost of maintaining and fixing some of these things if they want to sell their new homes. Just a thought.:)

Cynthia said...

I could not agree more. With the new builder buying up about 20 lots in total, they just got out of being asked to participate in paying the additional $150 per lot to help towards the bankrupcy. I doubt they would have contributed to that anyway. Pitching in a few hundred dollars to help get the neighborhood back in order should be easy for the new builder...if they are on board with helping make the community a better place to live. It is certainly worth a shot.

cowgirl_73 said...

They also have to realize that potential buyers sometimes ask current owners what they think of the neighborhood and I wouldn't hesitate telling them the real issues because I would want someone to do that for me.

Tim and Paige said...

I agree 100%! I was very tempted the other evening to say something to the people looking at the Sterling home at the end of our street. I held off for now, but won't hesitate if the outcome is not good next week with the banks.