Page 6 - Cornwall Issue 6 2021

ESTATE NEWS

GOODBYE TO DIRK HEYNS

e are saying a fond farewell the GloVisitor system to create codes
to Dr. Dirk Heyns, manager of for visitors and today we have the wave
WCornwall Hill Country Estate for readers at the main gate. He was very
the past 11 years. proud to be able to replace our old
maintenance bakkie with a new vehicle
Dirk became estate manager in May which was branded with the newly
2010 and the first project he was created estate logo.
involved in was the establishment of
the contractor’s entrance. Additional It was a pleasure to work with Dirk on the
land had to be procured and he was Board of Directors where he served as
instrumental in seeing this project secretary. The many years of experience
through to its successful conclusion. served him well and he made good A WORD
A further part of the upgrade was the friends with the residents. He always had FROM DIRK
addition of a perimeter wall, extensive the interests of the estate at heart and
paving, boom gates and finger print his relationships with staff members, Saying goodbye is always difficult.
readers. We re-zoned and sold the last external stakeholders and other service
buildable stand on the estate, which providers bear witness to his kind I will remember Cornwall Hill and
channelled the considerable amount of personality and management skills. most of its residents with fondness, as
R2 million to our reserves and gradually I made many friends here and worked
contributed to the management of this From January 2022, Dirk will be offering constructively together with directors,
fund, which today stands at around R7 his services elsewhere and we are sure residents and staff members to serve
million. that he will make a great success of that the needs of the community over the
as well. We wish him all the best in this past 11 years.
Many smaller projects were also new chapter of his career and assure him
undertaken over the years, including that he will be sorely missed. I’d like to extend my thanks to
less visible changes such as better everyone who gave me the
administrative systems and the upgrading Jan Snyman opportunity to work here and who
of the security system. Dirk implemented Chairperson always treated me with respect. You
made it a pleasure!

All the very best for the future of the
A MILESTONE FOR estate and to the residents, tenants,
staff members and security guards
JOHAN VISSER who form part of this wonderful
community.

ohan Visser is a well known sight in the course of his duties as the estate Regards
around and about Cornwall Hill maintenance manager, you are sure to Dirk Heyns
JEstate. Whether ferrying workers have seen him. Perhaps you have even
and provisions around in the estate bakkie been lucky enough – or early enough – to to the position of maintenance manager.
or striding through the parks and grounds have caught him out on a run. Perhaps Johan brings his years of work experience
less well known is the fact that Johan and hands-on approach to the job, which
celebrates his sixtieth birthday this year. he describes as being one of problem
solving and value adding to the estate
In 2001 Johan and his wife Ursula chose environment. He and the maintenance
to build their family home in Cornwall Hill team work well together on a huge variety
Estate. With three children of school-going of projects, from maintenance on estate
age and their own full-time jobs, the close buildings, fence and perimeter lights to
and safe proximity to Cornwall Hill College trimming trees and shrubbery obscuring
was the deciding factor for the family. signage, paving new walkways and even
controlling invader species on open
Johan is at his happiest tinkering stands and common areas.
away in his garage, building things or
doing woodwork. Thus it came about On being asked how he was going to
approximately five years ago that he felt celebrate this milestone birthday, Johan
the time had come to step back from the confessed to “not being a big party guy”.
long, daily commute and the fast pace of His birthday celebrations will be low
his corporate facilities management job. key, with just family and close friends. I
think I may, on behalf of the entire estate,
Being a resident and having a vested extend the warmest birthday wishes to
interest, as it were, in the aesthetics of the him and hope for many more healthy,
estate, he applied for and was appointed happy years ahead.
4 Cornwall View • Issue 6 2021