Page 3 - August Newsletter

Important Message from

the Home Office,

Please Take Note

The new porch lights are LED and will not have to al supporting frame of the patio cover. The patio
have a bulb replaced. Please do not disassemble or cover is a water drainage system and is not to be
try to open. Call in if you have a maintenance issue drilled in to. At some point all of the corrugated
with the porch light. It is very energy efficient and we panels will be removed because we do have plans
recommend you leave your porch light on during the to make the units look more uniform as far as the
night hours. patio's are concerned. Do not install hooks or
nails into any part of the patio cover.
With the new windows comes a new request in that
we do not want you using the twist on secondary  Installing portable water using appliances such as
locks on the window frames. The frames of the new washing machine or dishwasher that uses the wa-
windows are vinyl and the twist on locks will poke a ter from the water supply that provides water to
hole in the vinyl frame. adjoining units. Not only is this an unapproved
modification, it's a nuisance as well, considering
A new issue we are experiencing lately is that by us- neighboring units must wait for the hot water to
ing clorox tabs in your toilet tanks, it's causing unusu- resupply in the water heater in order to bathe, or
al wear and tear on the rubber elements inside the experience low water pressure because of a ma-
tank such as the flapper, flush handle, and fill tubes/ jor appliance filling. Portable clothes dryers are
valves. We are requesting that you refrain from using also not allowed as there is no venting for the dry-
the clorox or other bleach tabs in your toilet er. Further, the faucet wears out when you plug
tanks. Also, using the blue non bleach tabs is against in your water hose by pulling on the faucet spout.
the rules as well. I'd suggest using those stick-on I have instructed maintenance to report these
gummy tabs inside the toilet bowl, not inside the types of unusual faucet replacements because it's
tank where the toilet guts are located. not our fault you wore out the faucet. You will be
responsible for pay for a new faucet if by you hav-
Enclosed you will find a flyer on how to clean the fil- ing portables is causing damage. While I do not
ters in your Air Conditioner unit. The filters must be wish for anybody to move, perhaps if it's so im-
cleaned all throughout the year; even in the winter portant for you to have your own private clothes
when the heater is used. This is the only way the sys- washer or dishwasher, you should relocate to a
tem will work properly and keep your energy bill property in which there is dedicated space for
down. Further, if you do not keep the filters clean, such appliances. We will be taking this issue seri-
you will damage the unit beyond repair. ously because we have been receiving many com- Thank you for your
plaints from residents who are extremely incon-
I'd like to clarify what a modification to the apart- venienced by this issue
ments are, and to clarify that modifications are not
allowed without landlords approval. some examples Thank you for your attention to all of these matters.
are:
Dena
 Installing corrugated material to the front of your
patio covers and especially if drilled into the met-