Being asked for contribution

BronsonTB

We have this where I live and I do pay it. It is done by the resident association. The process is very transparent. €45 pa

But sounds like just a few got together & did work to improve the area without giving everyone a chance to have their say.

Good intentions but very very badly executed.

Advise them to get organised properly & form resident association first before sending any more letters or doing anything further in the common area's.

michellie

Ours is €30 per annum and paid to the residents association. That's fine.

Your neighbours have done it arseways

Leftyflip

Ha! Not a hope!

champchamp

Who pays for cutting the grass in the common areas?

road_high

No way would I hand over €100 willy billy like this.
My estate has a yearly management service charge but I knew that when I moved in which is a separate thing really.
If they wanted to do this it would need to be agreed beforehand etc. Transparency of where the money is going. I’d say only a handful will pay hence the high amount asked for

jaffa20

In our estate, there is over 100 houses and it's a 50euro contribution per year. It seems to be mostly for cutting grass really in the green areas which don't seem huge. I'm guessing a lot of people don't contribute so might be reason why it's more expensive. There were trees pruned during the winter so maybe that contributes to the cost also.

purpleshoe

There has been a number of posts that essentially state that by questioning this initiative you have no interest in your community, and how dare one question a person(s) get and go when you yourself have not be arsed to do anything.

I don't agree with this. You are absolutely right to query what is been done/planned and look for a breakdown. As posted by others, people tastes vary. A well intended feature could easily look out of place, and quickly become an eyesore after a winter or two. One step forward, two steps back.

Also by having a breakdown you will see if there is a charge for labour. Some people do over value their time, skills, and standing in the community.

brisan

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Lol reading this thread makes me see why so many estates are sh1tholes.
100 freaking euro and you don't have to lift a finger and the estate is improved.
I also don't get where people are saying 4k- I'd say they will be lucky to gather 1500.
I live in an estate of about 80 houses spread out with a few green areas. We gladly pay 100 every year and the residents committee who look after the place arrange for grass cutting, trees cut back and every third year the edges around the whole estate are done by a machine.
They also buy a lot of tools and one of the guys stores them in a work shop he has.
Also a bbq with bouncy castles etc every summer for the kids.
Great value in my opinion to keep the estate looking great.

Thats the difference
I assume the committee issue statements and financial reports

JimmyVik

Dav010 wrote: »

No guarantees if everyone was asked that it would match everyone’s idea of how it should look. They asked for a contribution, it isn’t a demand, this is the point that most are missing. Every estate has a few people with the initiative to want to improve how it looks, and the knobs that think they are doing it to thieve from their neighbours. You think you don’t get the same issues when there are OMC’s or RA’s? You will always have people who refuse to pay, that is why subscriptions have to be so high each year.

I don’t see why the people asking for the contribution would have an issue with providing receipts. In fact, just to show the knobs, they should provide copies to all who contribute, automatically. When it’s finished, invite all who have contributed out for a drink in the common area.

Where I used to live what happened was that someone came around and asked everyone would they like to join a residents group for improvements to the area. After that they set up a whatsapp group with the people who wanted to join. Then they posted a proposal and a detailed quote of the work that needed to be done for it.
They asked for a portion of it from each house before the work was done.
They had a shortfall of a few hundred euro, so adjusted the amount that could be done and sent that to all of the people who contributed and asked would they like their money back or go ahead. Everyone agreed, so they went ahead with it. And it was a lovely addition to the community.

tom_murphy112

champchamp wrote: »

Who pays for cutting the grass in the common areas?

Currently done by the county council

tom_murphy112

Also talked to about 4 people in the estate. None of them were impressed with how it was done and only one out of 4 of them contributed. Most of them cited, still haven't gone back to work fully and also the back to school cost.

Mrs OBumble

tom_murphy112 wrote: »

They are adding two benches for folks to sit as well.

And who's gonna deal with the ASB complaints once local teens start hanging out there?

Gael23

I would be happy to contribute towards materials but not for the work

er1983

tom_murphy112 wrote: »

I would like peoples opinion here, we live in an estate where we have a common green area. Couple of the locals decided to do up the green area - put some underlay, mulch, flowering plants etc. We thought maybe some of them had some free time and decided to do it up.

Well 2 weeks ago we got a letter saying that such and such was done and they are looking for €100 contribution towards it. With plans to add more improvements over the course of the year.

The letter wasn't a demand, but merely a request for the work they did. There are close to 40 houses in the estate, so if everyone would donate that will be €4,000

I don't feel like contributing, but the OH says we should - considering we live in the estate. What are people's thoughts on this ?

All residents should have discussed 1st before anything done & then quotes gotten on what is agreed. But its voluntary to make a payment to residents committee, legally you dont have to at all

brisan

er1983 wrote: »

All residents should have discussed 1st before anything done & then quotes gotten on what is agreed. But its voluntary to make a payment to residents committee, legally you dont have to at all

problem is its not a residents committee
Its a few neighbours off their own back