06 Dec 2011 7:45 PM:
Hi All
I've seen this letter.
First of all it applies to phases 1 to 3 only (at the moment)
If it were me I would have a number of issuesw:
1 Who are these people and who appointed them??
2 I would insist that the committee (to be elected at the meeting in Pepas) give a contract for no more than 6 months and then go and get at least two further quotes from property management companies.
3 Some of the prices they included look to be very expensive and I am in no doubt that there is plenty of "fat" built into thier pricing to ensure Peinsa dont have to pay for the empty houses
4 There is an issue as to whether the roads are private or are public - I believe there are both in the development therefore there should be no charge for the public ones.
For your info they are looking for 400 euro per house per annum which as I say is very expensive.
Further points I would make are:
A The "rules" they have drafted are ludricous and obviously have been cut and pasted from some other development - as an example " parking on the street is prohibited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
or
You can use the pool (which will be open all year) in silence??? between 1 and 3 in the afternoon.
B While they say some of the charges are for maintenance of pools, public areas etc there are no indications as to what "maintenace" means - therefore any committee worth its salt will have to ensure there are service level agreements in place to ensure that these people actually do provide services to an appropriate standard.
Community thread:
First AGM - Setting up the community
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