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ESTATE MATTERS

is on a leash and ensure you clean-up
after your dog, so it does not become
someone else’s problem.

• We experienced some load shedding.
Some residents complained that their
power remained off after load shedding.

If this happens, please check all your DV
boards, as it may happen that your power
trips during load shedding.
• Please remember that we stop
contractors from working on the estate
from the 14 December 2019 and they
may resume working again on the 2
January 2020. Emergency repairs and
garden services may continue, but we
stop normal building activities during
this period to create less traffi c and noise
for residents who will stay on the estate
during the festive season.
• Last week level 2 water restrictions were
imposed in Tshwane. This means that
irrigation and the use of hose pipes to
for your visitors to enter the estate. You • The Cornwall Hill Estate AGM took place water gardens are prohibited on the
will then not be contacted for permission recently. Only 48 residents attended this estate. We are observing that some
for the person to enter the estate but will meeting but there was a good interaction residents are still using irrigation and
be notified once the person enters the between the residents and the directors. even cleaning their pavements with hose

estate, and when he/she leaves the estate pipes. Please help save water as there is
again. • A rule change was adapted to allow a crisis and according to very disturbing
residents who have built a second articles in the media water will become
• We received the new street name boards dwelling and who have created a a huge issue in Gauteng. Although the
and replaced the old street boards that sectional title, and who want the second estate does not have the authority to fi ne
became faded. We have also completed dwelling to be bigger than the 40% residents who disobey these restrictions,
the re-painting of each stand number currently allowed, to apply for permission we may contact the Metro who will hand

next to the road, close to each entrance. from the City Council and then present out fines. We need to become more water
this permission to the directors for their conscious and we urgently request all
• Please ensure visitors and deliveries consideration for possible approval. residents to start saving water.
always use the stand number at the
entrance and not the street number. • Our aesthetic director indicated his • Unfortunately, no one may sink a
Some street numbers are the same as the concerns about the state of some borehole on the estate, because of
stand numbers of other residents which residents’ lack of care for the sidewalks dolomite problems.
creates some confusion. etc. I am following up on an individual
basis with some residents regarding their • Our security bakkie was damaged by a
• City Council is busy sorting out issues lack of adherence to our estate rules in security guard.
some residents have with three-phased this regard.
prepaid meters who have not received • Mrs Michelle Burger has been co-opted
their keypads and cards. • Our maintenance team added topsoil as director in the place of Mr Wouter
to the sidewalk between the estate and Keyser, who had to resign due to his
• We note with concern the number of the College where they added the sill work situation that changed. Her specifi c
residents who pay their levy account late, beneath the palisade. portfolio will be communication.
and who are a few months in arrears.
This situation creates cash fl ow problems • Our lawyers have recently won two court • Some of the streetlight issues that have
for the estate. Invoices and statements cases that we initiated against residents been frustrating residents have been
are sent out on the 25th of the previous who disregarded initial legal action to fixed, but some lights have not yet been

month and full payment is requested enforce proper and timeous payment attended to. Karina is providing a list of
before the 7th of every month. Arrears of monthly levies. We also handed over all faulty streetlights to City Council and
result in legal action and legal fees that a few new residents who have fallen to our Councillor on a weekly basis.
are added to levies. We recommend that behind with levy payments. An urgent
each resident fill in a debit order form. request is made to all residents to ensure • Our maintenance team has started

Forms and more information can be compliance with levy payments to avoid putting in paving from the stop street at
obtained from our bookkeeper, Nanette unnecessary strain on the estates' cash the entrance to the circle, on the left side

at accounts@cornwallhill.co.za. flow and avoid expenses for legal action. of the road.
• We provided approval to a company • We have sent out the latest estate rules to Wishing you all a safe and blessed festive
called Global Recovery to do weekly all residents. We have added the density season.
recycling on the estate. It will be rule (rule 2.2 on page 57) to the existing
voluntarily and at no cost to any resident rules, after it was approved at the AGM. Kind regards,
or to the estate.
• Directors have approved new amounts Dirk
• The estate became a member of ARC on fines that the estate may impose.

(Association of Residential Communities).

We will benefit by evaluating what we do • A resident complained about dog faeces
on Cornwall Hill Estate with best practises on her lawn. If you take your dog for Dirk Heyns
on 350 other South African estates. a walk, please make sure that the dog
6 Cornwall View • Issue 6 2019