OCTOBER 2021
I will be on vacation November 1 and returning on November 10th with limited access to email while I am away. Both Dennis and Courtney can handle the day to day needs as well as emergency situations for Farmstead. If you have something unique you want to discuss with Management, please wait until I return to contact the office. Thanks!!
Don’t forget Farmstead has a website full of community information including Director meeting minutes. Log on to FarmsteadCommons.com – If you need the Owners only password, please call the office at 358-0040.
Please squish your trash to dispose of it and recycle correctly. Recycle items cannot be bagged and left in the recycle area. Please make sure all recyclables are co-mingled and free in the appropriate receptacles, not bagged and dumped. If you need a copy of the Recycling Guidelines, call us and we’ll be sure you get one.
Please pay your monthly condo fees in a timely manner by the first day of the month in which they’re due. If your payment is received after the 10th a late fee will be added. We don’t have a huge problem with non-payers, but we plan a pretty tight budget for the Association so we can pay our bills each month. When even one owner doesn’t pay, it can create a problem that eventually reflects on the entire Association. If fees remain unpaid, the state of New Hampshire allows the delinquent owner to be denied services normally provided by the Association including (but not limited to) on-site parking and trash removal. If you are having issues with making your condo fee payments, please contact my office - we can only work with you if you communicate with us.
We’ve mentioned this before, but unfortunately the units at Farmstead aren’t as soundproof as we’d like. Please try to be a good neighbor and keep the noise level from your unit as non-intrusive as possible. Avoid running on stairs (your children, too.) Use potentially noisy appliances such as washers, dryers, vacuum cleaners etc. after 8 in the morning and before 9 at night. Keep the volume on TVs and radios as low as possible. And please be aware of how annoying a dog that barks constantly can be.
Added to this, please be sure to clean up after your dog every time – this means when you are walking on common property or behind your own unit, the rules are clear, you must clean up after your pet.
Recently, some residents have had a problem with visitors parking in the numbered spaces and/or other residents using the visitor spaces. There’s enough parking for everyone at Farmstead, as long as the good neighbor rules are followed. No unit may have more than two vehicles except with permission of the Directors (through the Property Manager). Units with carports must park in them when at home. If there’s a second car, it should be parked in the space designated for that unit. Homes without carports should park the first vehicle in the designated space and the second vehicle must be parked in the spaces on the Entrance Road closest to Base Hill Road. Visitors should park in visitor spaces or along the Entrance Road near the mailboxes.
Please remove all hoses from outside spigots. The faucets are self-draining and an attached hose fools the faucet into “thinking” it’s drained when it’s not. The result could be frozen pipes which are an expensive problem! Dennis will be around very soon to remove any hoses that are left attached or lying on the ground.
L&G Propane has set the rate for Propane for Farmstead residents for the 2021 - 2022 season at $1.629 through March of 2022.
Be prepared for ghosts, goblins and maybe even a Princess to visit you on Halloween. If you want to “Treat” leave your front light on and you can have a couple of hours of real fun with the characters who come to call. Happy Halloween!!!!!