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Estate News

Dear Residents

With the summer behind us, most of differing opinions, experiences and
us will start preparing for the winter perceptions. Due to the switch to the
of 2021 with some questions in the new service provider, who was under
back of one’s mind, such as, will this pressure to meet certain deadlines,
winter be as bitterly cold as that of some applications, when put into
2020? Will we experience the third practice, did not function or the
wave of the CovID infection, and what function was not understood by some At van Niekerk
will the effect or the outcome to these residents and in some instances had to
questions have on our daily livelihood? be adjusted to comply with the hoa’s
For me, it is a question of being focused specifications. the developers of the estate Management is in the
and taking life day-by-day. i-neighbour are attending to several process of drafting several hoa forms
the 2020 matriculation results adjustments of which the more in a digital format, which will be shared
were released late this year. a special prominent ones are: with the residents in due course. this
word of congratulations to the matric l the time delay for the landing page will enable residents to complete
class of 2020, who had to end their to open and a quicker response for and submit the official hoa forms
school career under very difficult individual functions. this delay is online. at the same time, the current
circumstances. you are invited to share caused by the amazon server being official web portal of the Irene Farm
your experience with us, which we will hosted in Malaysia. It will be hosted villages will undergo some changes
gladly share with our readers. in Cape town as from May 2021. to accommodate the new i-neighbour
In this edition, the Knight touches this will address the time delay to a Community Management System.
on the ‘endgame’, which spells out the shorter response period. the construction at the north gate
ultimate goal, to place your opponent l the content of the visitor’s invitation is progressing according to the set
in checkmate with the sound advice message will be simplified to be timelines, with the completion date
“stay on the same colour square as a better, more understandable to be 30 april 2021. residents will be
your opponent”. Please feel free to message. notified in time of any access closures
contact the Knight for assistance with l all attachments will be sent via and re-opening. once the construction
your game of chess at 079 575 8636. e-mail and the app. has been completed, the electronic
February 28, 2021 saw the end of equipment, which is currently hosted
the financial year for the homeowners’ in a container, will be relocated to the
association (hoa). this financial year north gatehouse. this will inevitably
was differentiated from the previous again result in downtime of the
financial years, as it was executed vodacom Ftth network. this will be
within the tough CovID-dominated communicated with the residents closer
conditions, which caused fiscal to the action date.
uncertainty and caution regarding
operational expenditures by the hoa.
the financial statements will now
be audited by the hoa-appointed
auditors and the results will be shared
with the members at the 2021 annual
general Meeting.
the new i-neighbour visitors’
management system (referred to
as the ‘app’), which was officially
implemented on 1 February this year,
was received by the residents with

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