NEWS

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This goes out to residents/owners at Sandown Lodge by email where possible, by hand otherwise and is posted here in the News section on our website www.sandownlodge.org.uk.

A warm welcome this quarter to a little new arrival in block D, and our best wishes to his (brand new!) parents.

VISITOR PARKING LISTS

Our thanks to the block representatives of the Residents’ Committee for assisting with this. All lists have now been renewed from April in the ANPR system and individual list sheets have been returned to each flat for your future reference.

SERVICE CHARGES  

March’s quarterly payment requests went out in a slightly changed format following updates to Barts’ accounting software. We hope these made sense but if not, please ask. Meanwhile, our thanks go to all our owners for paying service charges promptly.

EVC/FULL FIBRE   

We approach two years of electric vehicle charging on the estate, a great resource that has now supplied residents/visitors with about 1,750 kWh of charging. Our other new feature, full fibre broadband, arrived just over year ago - around two dozen flats are now connected and benefiting from the faster speeds. Our thanks to all who have helped integrate both these extra facilities - including ensuring the all-important prior approval before fibre cabling.

If you want to know more on either count, please get in touch.

ANNUAL TIDY-UPS

Our thanks to Mark for refreshing kerbs, posts, garage walls, bollards (and gas meter boxes too this year) with white paint. External sills and cladding have also been given a scrub by Mark and his team. Our thanks too to Nicky for repairing and repainting our garden benches, ready for what we hope will be a glorious summer.

The garden benches have been donated over the years and are there for all to use. Please feel free to enjoy!

ROADWAY BAY MARKINGS

From week commencing 26 May, subject to weather, caretaker Nicky hopes to start repainting roadway markings, starting with the bays between blocks E and G. This will require sections of parking to be taken out of service for 24 hours to give paint time to dry. Please keep a look-out for the letters being sent to individual flats advising when each section is being done and which cars will need to be moved.

GARAGE ROOF SEALS  

Now the better weather is returning, we await confirmation of work to replace two of our garage roof seals. This will involve digging ditches into the grass behind block D and, once started, is expected to take 2-3 weeks.
 

Last, not least...

AGM - 7.30pm, Thursday 31 July - St. Martin's School

Please make a diary note. We have lots to discuss this year and need your input. How best to tackle door refurbishment? How best to update our entryphone system? What have we learned from the 12-month trials for parking and residents’ committee introduced at last year’s meeting?

Over the next couple of months, briefing sheets will be sent out covering all these things to help keep discussion focused and leave more time for refreshments afterwards. Please join us on 31 July, we look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you for reading this update.  

Your directors 

Terry Davey (flat 53), Tony Green (flat 47), Richard Grace (flat 10), Andrew Humphreys (flat 26) and Paul Stokes (flat 41)