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£5 per annum maintenance fee increase agreed at GWR Annual General Meeting Following the AGM on the 28 July 2011 it was shown how the Garden Wood estate maintenance costs have been rising since we introduced the standing order of £35 and cheque £40 in 2003. It was approved unanimously by all residents attended the meeting that the maintenance fee for 2012, with great reluctance, has to be raised to the following: Standing order: £40 Direct cheque or cash: £45 Late payment after 31 December: £100 PLEASE NOTE THIS IS FROM 2012. All those who are paying by standing order are requested to ask their bank to revise the standing order to £40 from next year. Jack Hill 2010 newsletter and accounts PDF
copy of GWR 2011 newsletter Buying and selling a house on Garden Wood Garden Wood is a private estate. Although the roads and footpaths are maintained by West Sussex County Council, the community areas are owned and maintained by Garden Wood Residents Co Ltd. The company was set up for the sole purpose of maintaining the estate. All home-owners on the estate are required to purchase 10 shares in the company from the seller of the house when buying a house in Garden Wood. The company is a non-profit-making organisation run by residents for residents. The details of this arrangement are set out in the deeds of all the properties on the Garden Wood estate. To maintain the estate, an annual maintenance charge is payable. This charge is set by the directors of the company. The directors try to keep this charge to a minimum while still maintaining the estate to a reasonable standard. When you sell a house on Garden Wood, you should advise your solicitor and the buyer of the maintenance charges and the Share certificate arrangement. Your solicitor should then apportion the charges and arrange the transfer of the shares. The maintenance charges are paid yearly in arrears. They are requested to be paid in July each year and must be paid before the end of December. As they are paid in arrears, an outgoing home-owner could owe up to the whole year's charges depending on the time of year the sale is completed and whether the charges had already been paid to the company. When you buy a house on Garden Wood, you should be advised of the maintenance charges and shares via your solicitor. Even if the vendor has neglected to advise your solicitor, the latter should have noticed this requirement in the deeds. Your solicitor should ensure that the maintenance charges have been apportioned between buyer and seller. Your solicitor should contact the Garden Wood Resident Company’s solicitor to arrange the transfer of the shares into your name and the issue of a new share certificate. Homeowners who pay the maintenance charge by standing order pay a slightly reduced charge which reflects the reduced cost to the company. Standing order mandates are available from the company secretary. The maintenance charge for the year ending December 2010 is £40 per annum (£35 if paid by standing order). The company’s solicitor is Allen Ticehurst. The company’s official address and that of our solicitor is: The Studio, 43–45 Cantelupe Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3BL. The company can also be contacted by email on gwres@hotmail.co.ukOnly Garden Wood house owners may own shares in the company. The maintenance charges are mandatory as attested to in the deeds of all Garden Wood properties. Therefore, all refusals to pay are pursued through the Small Claims Court and will result in a County Court Judgement. GWR news 201 1 January 26The future planning for housing growth in East Grinstead for the last few years has now been itemised in a map of the town. This covers approximately 3,036 houses that have received or are pending planning permission. On the map below (click image to see in greater detail): Red = 1 – 5 houses, Green = 6 – 14
houses From 1/1/2004 to 31/3/2009, 1,073 housing planning permissions were granted for East Grinstead. From 1/1/2004 to 31/3/2009. 91 housing units were granted Planning permission for villages. The remaining 1,872 houses are strategic houses and of this 787 houses are destined for the land west of Imberhorne Lane. At the moment the development opposite the west end of Heathcote Drive has been refused but the land developer Crest Nicholson has now lodged an appeal to the Secretary of State for the Environment. If this natural barrier has been breached, housing developers are likely to swarm into the farming area. From 1/1/2004 to 31/3/2009 148 affordable housing units were granted planning permission for East Grinstead. From 1/1/2004 to 31/3/2009 no affordable housing units were granted planning permission for villages. From 1/1/2004 to 31/3/2009 residential completions within 5 km of Ashdown Forest: 162. Commercial building planning permission granted for 33,299 square metres for East Grinstead and 2,926 square metres for the villages. The plan now is to find out the housing units completed for East Grinstead and local villages to see what is still outstanding.
2010 August 6 Crest Nicholson has made an application to build 100 houses on ground west of Imberhorne Lane. The area is the wooded fields just at the end of the School grounds from the corner of Heathcote Road to the left on Imberhorne. When this barrier is broken, many developers are likely to pounce and start building. I have attached a PDF document (click here to view, download or print). The last page is an official objection form. I would appreciate it if you would individually print the last page and send to Mid Sussex District Council. I do not have the time to print and distribute to all on Gardenwood before the dateline of 13th August. But I am your representative on the PRC which has been fighting for the last 5 years to stop building until we see improvement to the roads and infrastructure. PLEASE ALSO FORWARD THIS OBJECTION FORM TO YOUR FRIENDS LIVING IN EAST GRINSTEAD. IN THIS WAY WE CAN ACHIEVE SOME COVERAGE. Jack Hill, Chairman, G.W. Resident Company Limited 2010 May 22 PDF copy (261 kBytes) 2010 April 26 PDF copy of the 2009 accounts (22 kBytes) 2010 January 8 If you receive a telephone call from a male or female with a pleasant approach about your welfare and home insulation please do not engage in conversation about you, your home and offers they may wish to engage you in. If you are fortunate enough to get the details of company name or that of the person making the call, please let us know. Please also check 1471 to see if there is a number they have called from. Mick Cogger |
