We Want Comments from Our Neighborhood
SCHG - 6-22-18
We believe communication will bring forth the majority's opinions. This is where we will post our neighbors comments and opinions on events, survey results, and actions by our POA Board that effect us. If you are a property owner please feel free to send us your comments for publication.
The most important thing happening here is a strong effort to make Sugarhill a place where owners don't feel intimidated by an aggressive POA that does things in secret. Tell us about any type of events happening to you in Sugarhill that you think might be of interest.
THE BOARD SETS LOOSE THE SIGNATURE DOGS AGAINIf you're questioning how evil this board really is...read on
John Doty - 7-22-18
One of our long time residences Mary Lou Rada is now being harassed for a regularly maintained shed she has had on her property for over 20+ years. NOW it has suddenly become a covenant violation after all these years. Huh?
Not only that, one board member and her husband have resorted to harassing her at her work! Holy cow, what is going on here?
These photos were taken from the street. Look hard in this last photo and maybe you'll be lucky enough to see that shed.
Not only that, one board member and her husband have resorted to harassing her at her work! Holy cow, what is going on here?
These photos were taken from the street. Look hard in this last photo and maybe you'll be lucky enough to see that shed.
Currently the rumor is no longer a rumor and is getting more nasty by the hour and no relief from the huge daily fines threat about to be (not legally) levied by the board through Signature. I now have Mary's account of the events in a letter she has sent to Signature. (Use your BACK button to return here once you have opened the PDF)
Assuming you read Mary's letter I can only reference back to when Dan Smith and I decided this wasn't the way we wanted to live in our neighborhood. Our final conclusion of our conversation was that we did not want people hurt by this "very different" Board leadership. A 78 year-old being harassed for a well maintained irrigation equipment shed? That's what we meant by being hurt. Very unbecoming for Sugarhill.
Most of us in this group have known Mary Lou since we moved in, we think she is great and she certainly does not deserve this ill-conceived high-handedness, and for such trivia as this shed. WOW.
More coming very Soon
Signature Shows Their Colors. Evil is the Only Thought That Comes To Mind
John Doty - 7-18-18
So word came down through the grapevine and has now been verified by us, that signature property management has started their first attack. We’ll keep the family‘s name anonymous.
First a little background on the situation. A young couple with two very young children bought a complete and total wreck of a house on Sugarhill Avenue about two years ago. According to our homeowner he has documentation showing appraisal at $0 value when he bought it. (This is certainly believable since I have talked to Realtors that saw the house early on.) Over the last years he has totally restored and remodeled the entire house, an enormous undertaking. He was relentlessly dogged like pit bulls attacking someone on the street throughout the entire project by our POA Board. Now it’s been kicked over to Signature Property Management, the masters of attack.
Our homeowner has now received certified letters with threats and deadlines and potential fines to be levied by our POA board. So what is his crime you say? His trim color is the most slight shade off I’ve ever seen of our covenant colors. I know what the house looked like before he did all this work and I can tell you right now every single thing he did to that house including the roof, the trim, the windows, and the landscape work has been an incredible neighborhood improvement and has increased home values to everyone in Sugarhill.
His house is in complete keeping with all the homes in Sugarhill and it has absolutely improved property values. It doesn’t stand out, it doesn’t miss-communicate the ideal of rustic, as our covenants demand, and it’s a welcome improvement to the neighborhood.
This is the very reason we have formed our group. We do not want people being hurt at the finicky whim of a very narrow few. More to come...
Are The Covenants Negatively Effecting Our Property Values?
SCHG - 6-25-18
We communicate with non-resident realtors occasionally and discuss potential buyer's reactions to the covenants in Sugarhill. For the most part realtors know about our bylaws and covenants and try not to disclose much if they can. The realtors we have talked to are unanimous about the odd nature of our covenants as a potential deal killer in Sugarhill.
The prospect of our covenants being a potential negative on our home values is real.
Stiff requirements like our roofing materials also drive up our insurance rates, I know this from my own experiences.
So the thought of an aggressive property management company being added to an already tentative situation will likely continue more headaches for realtors trying to sell Sugarhill homes. The very idea of covenants should be to enhance property values, not reduce them, don't you think?
