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8/24/04 Amenities comparison between Park
Mediterrania HOA and Casa Mediterrania Apartments.
Casa
Mediterrania Apartments, 1043 Santo Antonio Drive, (909) 825-1100
On
8/24/04 I bicycled through their property next door to Park Mediterrania
Homeowners Association and then phoned their manager. Connie was very helpful with answering questions.
I
asked what it was they were doing with their ponds. Connie stated they are presently draining them and then the
cracks will be repaired. After that,
they will be flushed out and refilled.
Recently here at Park Mediterrania, Alex Taylor's Board of Directors had
some repair work done on our ponds, but skipped flushing them out before
refilling them, therefore the water in all of our ponds is still very
filthy. Of course we really shouldn't
complain. I have heard Alex Taylor
state at several meetings the board's policy was to rip them out when they
needed to be repaired. And he also said
that they were to expensive to maintain, yet the board paid a whooping $26,600
of our money to demolish the last pond and landscape the area.
Connie
said they like the ducks, but when there are to many ducks a duck farm just
picks up the extra.
Shaynes
Water Gardens and Ponds, Phone: (760)
772-2817, Fax: (760) 772-2837
Unlike
us homeowners paying both mortgages and high association dues, the renters
there have a lot more amenities then we have.
The entrance/exit has two gates.
The grounds are very nicely landscaped with better looking and larger
sunken ponds. Patio furniture includes
stone table and benches near separately fenced spa and swimming pool. Fitness center with work out room, Jacuzzi
and two saunas. In the back of the
property is a May pole, volleyball court, small basketball court and BBQ with
metal table and benches. Yep, a lot more amenities then we have. I have never rented an apartment with so
many amenities. I am disappointed that our HOA has so few and due to Alex
Taylor's Board of Directors they are in a sad state of disrepair.
Here
we have ponds that are not well built and two of the four frequently overflow
on the sidewalk or driveway which is a waste of water and raises our utility
costs a lot. We do have a swimming pool and a spa. The main gate for them has a
lock, but one does not need a key, because it can easily be opened with just a
tug. The swimming pool water was clear
enough to see what appears to be algae growing on the sides and the bottom of
the pool. I'm talking about some real
thick clumps of it looking like moss on a tree, I was able to scrap off chunks
of it with my swimming pool key. Imagine paying all that association dues money
for pool service and still having growing on the sides and bottom that stuff I
described. No supervision by either Euclid or Alex Taylor's Board of Directors.
Of
course we have something they do not have, tennis courts. But that is nothing
to brag about, because our tennis courts are hazardous to play on due to the
presence of cracks up to 5 1/2 inches wide and lots of broken glass. The 2 tennis courts each has a gate, but
only one has a lock, a broken one at that.
Why didn't Alex Taylor's Board of Directors maintain the tennis
courts? Ask Alex Taylor. He was on the board for 16 years and the
only thing I am aware of he did to them was take down the basketball backboard
so neither the kids from the neighborhood nor ours could play basketball.
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