Grange Manor Residents Association

Grange Manor Residents’ Association AGM

Residents Association — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:02:16 +0000

The Grange Manor Residents’ Association annual general meeting will take place next Wednesday, December 16th at 7:30 p.m. in the Farronshoneen Community Hall beside the Ardkeen Credit Union (and most probably the voting station of all Grange Manor residents).

Items on the agenda will include a review of the year 2009, tasks ahead for 2010, and the election of a committee for the coming year.

The residents’ association would like to take this opportunity thank everyone who contributed to the estate maintenance fund this year, to help keep our estate looking good and also those who showed up to lend a hand on the Spring Clean earlier in the year. While a committee of people is elected every year to help coordinate tasks and deal with the council on various matters, it is ultimately everyone in the estate, working together, that provides for any success. If we don’t all help each other then life becomes very difficult for everyone that wants to make a difference.

Estate Maintenance Contribution

Residents Association — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:59:45 +0000

We’d like to say thank you to all those who have so far contributed the €40 Estate Maintenance Contribution. If you have not already paid, a representative from the Grange Manor Residents Association will be calling to collect your contribution in the next few weeks. GMRA members will carry ID when collecting. All funds raised will be singularly reserved for maintaining the shared green areas in the estate that we all enjoy, and improving the appearance of our community.

Spring Clean Success!

Residents Association — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:44:56 +0000

A big thank you is due to all those who gave up several hours of their free time last Sunday (26th April) to help Grange Manor improve its cleanliness and remove as much litter as possible. We are all in this together and it’s great to see a community working alongside each other to keep our homes looking great! A grand total of 11 large refuse sacks were collected and crammed full of rubbish from the various streets and green areas – kindly taken away by Waterford City Council today. Residents also volunteered their time to clean up edges of curbing, prune trees, fix toppled trees, replace fence panels, and sweep up alongside footpaths. Overall the day was a great success!

Spring Clean

Residents Association — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:32:00 +0000

The Grange Manor Residents Association has organised a Spring Clean in association with Waterford City Council, to take place on April 26th 2009 at 1500h. Spring Clean is an iniative run by An Taisce in conjunction with local councils – it encourages communities to get together and keep their areas clean and litter free. A number of waste disposal sacks and protective gloves are given by the Waterford City Council to the residents association and the City Council will also collect the waste collected, for free, after the event. This is a great opportunity to help tidy up the estate and remove annoyances such as litter that has been blowing around green areas for some time now or snagging the plants in your garden.

Help the volunteers by tidying up your front garden and immediate area outside your home so that rubbish can be easily packed into waste sacks. A little effort by everyone will make this event a huge success!

2009 and Things to do

Residents Association — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:28:45 +0000

2009 is well under way and with Spring fast approaching we all need to make sure that we get on top of the estate management issues. The most pressing matter to tackle is that of keeping the shared grassy areas of the estate cut and not to let them get out of hand. We have been lucky so far with the weather being cold and little growth in the grass. However, the weather is getting warmer now and we need to put in place, a contract with a landscaper to cut the grass on a regular basis. As such members of the resident’s committee will soon be doing a door to door collection to gather funds for this important task. We ask all residents to be understanding and that maintenance of the estate is a shared problem that we will all tackle together. If everyone agrees to help out then the cost per home will be very small indeed. Let’s keep our estate looking at its best!

Committee Meeting 21st October

Residents Association — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:27:20 +0000

On the 21st of October a meeting of the newly formed committee was held. At this meeting the committee positions for the coming year were formalised and an agenda for pressing items was drawn up. The most pressing item is currently to organise a grass cutting service for the estate for 2009. The committee are currently investigating options for this service and will be notifying residents of the need to collect money to pay for this service in the near future. The appearance of the entire estate is at risk if a service is not secured and there is a responsibility upon every resident to ensure that the estate is maintained as best possible to ensure that quality of life, house prices and other aspects are not affected by run down common areas. A newsletter will be circulated to the residents in the coming weeks.

EGM September 2008

Residents Association — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:51:59 +0000

On Monday September 15th 2008, an emergency general meeting of the Grange Manor Residents Association was held in the community hall of the Sacred Heart Church. The meeting was attended by a large number of residents who responded to the flyer circulated to all houses in the estate, the previous week.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the handover of the estate by the builder to the city council and the responsibilities that now lie with the residents of the estate. The biggest issue associated with the handover is that grass cutting and weed control within the estate will soon stop and become the responsibility of the residents. Various options were suggested at the meeting as to how funds can be raised for this task and a decision will be made in the near future. However, it was noted that all residents have a responsibility to contribute towards the upkeep of the estate and the amount of money required to hire a landscaping company to take care of the grass cutting equates to very little per house if everyone contributes.

The meeting also saw the election of a new committee for the Residents Association and the departure of some long-serving members. Appreciation is due to those who have contributed time and effort throughout the years and helped to keep the association active. Also, new members of the committee were welcomed and a very positive show of interest was noted for the future upkeep of the estate.