Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "4 SALE SIGNS":
Excellent point on the resale list Chipper! I am a buyer looking for a property in LA. It annoyed me to no-end that the LA resale list did not have pricing.
When I was allowed to go into the community to see several properties listed, I took the extra time to check out some others. I am still working through the list, because I know what my price range is, yet, how can I stay in my price range, when the only way is to call each and every trailer on the list!!
Then, I have to go to each and every trailer, to see if the outside is worth it. Then I have to go back to the list, to get an appointment to see the inside of the trailers!!!
On and on, this process goes! The pricing is a MUST to be allowed on the list. And yes, "For sale signs", should and could be allowed!!!
Rules should be set on the size of the signs, where they are located...etc.
But this is beyond wrong that these two issues are not being addressed or corrected.
A suggestion would be for sellers to have photographs taped in the inside of a side window for buyers to view them.
Along with the price, telephone number and any details a buyer should know about the trailer...etc.
What could possibly be wrong with a 9X13 size sheet of paper listing pics and details?
It is just WRONG that this sort of capitalism is going on with this one realtor.
I, myself, would love to show and sell people's property at a FRACTION of what this man charges.Just to help people out.
And once I knew what he charged, why would I give him my hard earned cash as a buyer, when I would much rather give it to the seller, who most likely needs it more.
Or better yet...his fee told me what a seller is willing to negotiate.
So why would I buy from him when a private seller has probably marked up their own trailer 3 grand, since this is the fee the Realtor usually gets.
Sorry, for the long comment
But this issue irks me.I know other issues should take precedence but as a buyer...this issue should most definitely be addressed and corrected. That would indirectly take care of your other issues of abandoned trailers.
have a great day Chip:)
ps. I like the blog just as it is
ANON-- THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENT -- I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID --YOU MADE ALL THE POINTS I FEEL THAT NEEDED TO BE STATED-- YES SIGNAGE COULD BE CONTROLLED ---I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE EXPLAINED THE DIFFICULTY IN FINDING THE TRAILERS ON THE RESALE LIST -- THIS CURRENT ARRANGEMENT PUTS BOTH THE BUYER AND SELLER AT A DISADVANTAGE AND IS SET UP TO DRIVE BOTH PARTIES INTO DEALING WITH THE REALTORS--- THE MEMBERS AND POSSIBLE NEW MEMBERS ARE THE ONES WHO LOSE --- THIS SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY THE BOD--- CHIPPER
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "comment reply":
--Not a fan of the classifieds either. The survey questions are important and might be more effective if grouped together.--Not a place I would come for movie and TV reviews but links to local events and area attractions are very useful and would be better if also grouped together. Some may not be computer savy and might have a hard time navigating around.--Could be more tolerant of comments with views that differ from your own which may encourage more participation.--Info on community news especially the board meetings is great since little is published on the LA website.--Appreciate you taking the time to get this up and running and through your efforts I think indirectly we're getting some valuable feedback to the LA management
anon-- your right--- i do have a tendency to let my views be known and they don't always concur with the comments -- but i hope others will still post their views since what people are thinking out there is important and any discussion in good for everyone--- there are some who disagree with me and i publish them unedited and in full - - blogs are about expressing yourself and then see what the feedback is like --- sometimes it is more like blow back when they disagree but that's what blogging is suppose to be about and is healthy for people ( see proceeding article )-- thanks again and if you or anyone wants to help with the layout of the blog i'd be happy for the help--- chipper
contact me at lachipper@gmail.com or ubfriend@aol.com
#163
Hi Bob,
The very first week we were here, someone reported us to the office forleaving a light on and security came up to "scold" us. Didn't make us feeloverly welcome....I'm over it but don't want to draw attention tomyself...you never know what imaginary infractions they can come upwith...so anonymous is the way to go!
You can post this:
chipper says:
yes that has been a point of concern by other members also--that is bad practice and people have been made to feel unwelcome--- there was a lot of that with the last manager who used the security services to harass and intimidate members -- especially if you were not on his side-- -also a lot of that comes from neighbors who somehow believe they are the enforcer of rules--and in many cases they themselves don't abide by the rules -- the use of security services to intimidate and harass is wrong and should stop!!!!!!
Hi Chipper!
You gave me the card for your blog at the pool a couple of weeks ago.Well, I just had a chance to check it out this morning and I must tellyou that it is THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD !
I saw a few people telling you how to make it better, but I think it's fine, hey, you just are getting started and it's certainly betterthan what we had before, which is NOTHING. :)
The other thing is that I would really like to post some comment about my
concerns regarding the run down trailers at LA. I'm not sure how to dothat.
I think that the LA management should allow property owners to buy therun down trailers and lots and get rid of the trailers, many of us wouldbut then we have to pay the same amount of ridiculously high dues on anempty lot.
Doesn't make sense, an empty lot is not using any resources and if it weremaintained would add to the looks of the park. Much better to have aclean, kept up empty lot contributing some dues than a bunch of crappedup, nasty lots in default and paying NO DUES. Logical? I kind of thoughtso.
Thank you again for this blog, keep up the good work...we need it.
When people can put their heads together, things get done.
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "comment reply":
Just want to give you my thoughts on this web site.
I think you started something good but can be better with some changes.
- Remove the classified ads as the site is very unorganized and difficult to use. If you think there is a need to have them, create a separate page but have a pointer from the main page.
- Integrate a user forum. Their are many free ones on the web that you can link to for no charge. This will enable you to really create a community broken down into different topics about LA. Entice users to register in order to get access to specific forums.
- Have a separate page for pictures
- Create the main page like a newspaper.
I see and understand what you are trying to do. With the suggestions I mentioned, and your willingness to make some changes, I have no doubt you will be successful.
Please post if you have any questions :)
anon -- yes your right i would like to do those things but i am a newbie and i'm having difficulty as it is ---- i 've been looking for help on line but so far i've haven't found anyone closer than Bangladesh or Iowa or India --- also the time is a factor right now-- a lot of trial and error before i get things done -- departmentalizing the blog with several pages is the way to go-- i don't know if it's possible with google -- it is but i don't how to do it--- i've looked at wordpress a little bit and i guess what i'll have to do is set up a dummy blog and try working with it --is wordpress a viable program or are there others -- any help would be good-- i sure would like to have others participate and be able to add to the blog -- oh well helpless as usual????--thanks for your encouragement and i'll keep working on it--- chipper
#165
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "4 SALE SIGNS":
This isn't a problem for me. I think if it was allowed people would migrate to signs for other things. Give 'em an inch and they take a mile. Real estate is mostly sold to outsiders who need an escort to get in so the signs would only be useful to those looking to move within the community and I don't think that happens often enough to warrant for sale signs all over the place. While it might be a useful tool in the general real estate market I don't think it is useful in a gated community. I've been to Eagle Lake and Trails End and neither allow for sale signs either. If I were to pick my battles with the BOD I'd go with things that have a bigger impact like getting the 12' wides passed and getting junk off the lots and not sweat the small stuff.
Anon-- yes you're right it will most useful within the community---but all kinds of outsiders drive around la UNESCORTED every spring and fall looking for properties--- their ability to get into la is through a realtor --usually the realtor will show you the top 3 properties then sends you around unescorted with a map and list in hand to look around and if you see something you can call them--- if they don't sense that your ready to buy they move on and let you search on your own--- in these cases signs would be helpful----- also another interesting observation in regards to protecting the in house realtor-- why are the realtor resales list carrying the property descriptions and the sale price for the properties while the la list excludes any descriptions or sale price------ oversight on la part or realtor pressure--- this should change--
also no one is picking a battle with the bod--- the comments in this blog are meant to highlight some of the inequities in the operational behaviors that occur in the community and let members express their opinions just as you did in the comment section-- and this community should only have one maximum -- if it doesn't benefit the entire community membership it should not be allowed to happen--- there is a lot of special interests that seek and get preferable treatment and that doesn't do anything for the community--- actually this comment that you sent sounds like you could be a realtor or working for him --- i wonder
you comment 'give 'em an inch and they take a mile' is really out of step in today's world-- that something from another era and should be left there ---
also if the rules are changed to allow sale signs they can be tailored to suit whatever the needs are and if it doesn't work then you modify them to get to what you want to achieve --
change is necessary and desirable -- la is stuck in a hole and the membership needs to speak up and insist that things get corrected and improved -- after all it is YOUR community!
#167
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "BIG DAY TOMORRROW!":
#1 - who the hell are the minnows. That is not the name of Lake Adventures Swim Team. #2 I want to clarify that what you wrote is strictly your opinion - and other owners opinions think that the "coin toss" is absolutely wonderful. Children were never in harm's way and I would suggest that you think carefully before making such defamatory unrealistic and incorrect comments on something you know nothing about
Anon--- you must really be a case-- i drove in and out that gate and saw what those kids were doing---
anyone who can say that putting children in harms way to raise a few dollars for a swim team has got their priorities messed up -- i understand the fervor in supporting your group and that's good .....but you never allow this fervor to over ride common sense and let the raising of money become a more important issue than the safety of children--- i don't think you will get much support for endangering the welfare of children---chipper
#168
follows is an article that appeared in the sunday morning call (click on article to enlarge it)
WEATHER STARTED OUT IFFY AND WENT UP FROM THERE-- GREAT DAY OF SWIMMING, PICNICS, GAMES, MUSIC, FAMILIES AND THEN AWESOME FIRE WORKS!
#170
tomorrow is la day -- looks like it will be a fun filled event for the whole family-- tonight the ice cream social was busy and as usual i ate tooooo much ice cream with fudge--- hmm!
earlier tonight i went out the gate at 6pm and returned within an hour and the minnows swim organization was collecting money at the gate in both the in/out bound lanes...... bad idea!!!!!
why would you put children in these lanes to collect money -- how much can you possibly collect that warrants the risk of injury to these children in the event if an accident
these lanes are narrow and a tight fit to begin with -- drivers are preoccupied with getting close enough to get the community flyer, swipe their cards and get through the gate -- the last thing you need is to have several kids bouncing up and down with cans and signs or running across the lanes to get on the island to collect money -- this is not a proper way to raise money for your organization---
la should not allow this activity to occur strictly on a safety issue if not for the welfare of the kids---
and the minnow organization should put adults out there if they feel this practice is necessary and permitted -- it should not be permitted--- i'd bet that you won't get anyone on this board to sign a memo allowing this activity-- if they did then i'd have to be concerned about their ability to assess this situation and the effects on la in the event of an accident
i wish the minnows organization luck but they need to find a better way to raise money!
#171
the minnows had an evening meet tonight and had a nice crowd cheering then on to victory over birchywood guppies -- lots of action--- you sure do see the the difference between the younger swimmers and the older ones with more experience and proficiency -- it is a great development program for youngsters and it is evident in these meets that the young ones try really hard and will be at the level of the older members quickly if they continue with the program here at la, at school and home-- this is a program that is well deserving of being supported and encouraged by the community---
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "JUNK CARS":
This is something to inquire about at the next board meeting. Maybe those directly affected should send a letter or e-mail to Joe Birrell, the Community Compliance Officer and a paid LA employee, prior to the next meeting and request it be publically addressed. Those of us indirectly affected can then weigh in with our dissatisfaction on Aug 16th. I'm sure prospective buyers find the junk as unattractive as we do. Hopefully a new Community Mgr will start cleaning things up. We may have to be patient as the BOD has their hands full with interviewing and replacing the Community Mgr and working with the new attorney on the 12' wide issue. Two important subjects that also need to be addressed at the next meeting.
anon-- i think that there appeared to be some effort to get weeds cut early this spring with a reminder in each weekly flyer -- but that was dropped shortly after it ran a few weekends ergo before the majority of the summer members arrived -- there is no coordinated, consistent, concerted effort to remind members of their responsibilities through print media such as the weekly flyer, the web page or the quarterly adventurer publication to accomplish any particular effort to clean up their properties, remove unlicensed vehicles, remove tarps from trailers, clean up leaves from drainage swales -- it is a miss and hit effort that fails all the time because it is not in front of the members when they're here (weekly flyer), doesn't appear in the adventurer which every member gets (at a high cost to produce and deliver) and is filled with the same boiler plate messages year after year-- the adventurer is a perfect vehicle to set the qualty of life standards that are going to be expected from each member for any program that the bod wants to use to improve la-- a way to introduce a compliance procedures consisting of written notices for non compliance, warnings and finally the leveling of fines for noncompliance and the time frames for each stage of the compliance procedures-- after this type of procedure is executed there should be no member that would have a right to complain that he wasn't aware of the effort at achieving improvement throughout la-- this type of effort must be followed through by the la management team in a even, fair enforcement of the rules without any bias present in the enforcement effort if it is to be successful -- while it is labor intensive and some what expensive at the beginning it should lighten up considerably as it works its way through the members and they realize that the stated quality of life goals will be achieved--- as for those that don't respond positively then the bod should use enhanced, very costly fines and costly liens to get at the members and get them to comply or leave-- some people will find it more advantageous to get out voluntarily or get out by losing their property-- it isn't pleasant situation ... but these uncooperative members have no interest in la or the welfare of the community and should not be here
a little rough? i don't think so
ps-- i don't think the bod will exactly spend a lot of time vetting a new manager-- i think it will amount to a matter of good luck or bad luck and the la membership will have to live with the result -- the 12' wide issue i think is in the hands of new legal counsel-- if this attorney knows what he's doing he'll be up to speed quite fast and with minimal input from the la bod== no excuses are acceptable for not getting these two issues completed for the la members
email for la info@lakeadventure.net
#174
LA RV COMMUNITY IS TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT FOR JUNK VEHICLES-
there are quite a few cars parked here at la that are not inspected, licensed or in running order -- there must be reason way la can't get these vehicle owners to get these vehicles out of here -- i don't what it is but you know if the rules do not cover this problem then they need to be modified to give the community association the authority to address this problem and remove these vehicles -- after all there are home owners associations all over the country that have all kinds of restrictive rules from what type of flower pots you can use or the type of color you can select to paint the exterior of your property -- there are many more and some of them may be crazy but they are out there and homeowners associations are able to enforce them -- la must begin to get into this problem of junk, inoperable vehicles, unlicensed vehicles, construction trailers and equipment, trailers with race cars and more that i haven't seen yet--
there is a junk vehicle at the lake shore with broken windows and florida plates that probably aren't current -- with the value of the lakefront properties what they are --i'd be complaining like hell to the bod for allowing this member to depress my property value and also complaining about the few that don't maintain their properties with mowing or weed control -- these are the prime properties of the community and the lakefront property owners have the most to protect in the value of those properties--
this is the same throughout the community-- a few are allowed to junk up the neighborhood-- and from what i see these same people do nothing to maintain their properties in any other way and probably aren't paying their dues -- these problems need to addressed by modifying the rules to get these people to comply or to get these people out of the community in a expedited manner-- the current method of waiting until the county sells the property at a sheriff sale is a very long drawn out process that take years and is unacceptable-- there must be a better more efficient manner to handle these absent, neglectful members who are devaluing every ones property-- the bod needs to address these problems and at the next open bod meeting the members should voice their concerns
i returned the polaroid led tv because it was did not work-- the clerk said he knew there were problems with this product but he didn't think it was that bad -- yea really-- oh well
picked up a sony -- works great
#175
yes you should use scott tissue in your bathroom at la -- also avoid flushing wipes, personal napkins, babies diapers or condoms in the hoppers -- these cause blockages and are costly to unclog -- this is a very expensive cost for the community-- while scott may cost slightly more it is the right thing to do for your community
sunny with nice temps -- no humidity --- heaven at la -- weekend looks good--
ice cream social tonight was a big success as usual -- can't beat the deal--
maintenance still working on the drainage culverts along the roads -- looks like they're doin a good job -- should take care of runoff for a while--
#178
Review: 'Mad Men' will persuade you to stay tuned
we had it all overnite-- it was at times a little wild -- hopefully no one at la had any damages - didn't hear of any -- the lake was really brown with muddy runoff -- no one swimming in there today -- the maintenance department was out with heavy equipment working on cleaning up drainage swales --saw them along the roads-- i'm sure they were busy today with other problems from the storms-- problems always come up
ARTICLE TODAY IN THE MORNING CALL CONCERNS FEEDING BEARS -- OR YOU SHOULD NOT -- CLICK LINK FOR THE COMPLETE ARTICLE
oh it was HOT HOT HOTTER at home sunday thru tuesday -- i thought i'd died and gone to hell -- heat and unbearable humidity -- i had enuf and now i'm back at la -- it may get hot at la but it never is that humid ---
raining cats and dogs tonight with lots of rolling thunder and lightning -- but it looks like they must of had some rain while i was gone because the deck plants were it great shape--- lucky on that one
USA TODAY HAS AN INTERESTING ARTICLE REGARDING THE RESURGENCE IN THE USE OF GOLF CARTS AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR RUN AROUND JOBS-- click on the link for the full article
I'M COMPILING LISTS OF LOCAL ATTRACTIONS THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO LA COMMUNITY MEMBERS-- places to visit while on your trip to la -- send them with your comments to lachipper@gmail.com
i have a few and hope others will add to the list:
