Driveway Pawing Project is cancelled (for this year)

Unfortunately the company we selected for pawing of our driveway was not able to complete the project.
Initially, as an excuse, they told me that Quincy Police Department were short on their officers and they could not schedule police detail.
Looking back, I think it was not entirely true. Over the past 3 months I called Hatch Asphalt for status updates almost every week and gradually learned that some of their key workers left the company (like, one of the project managers and then a project coordinator). It feels like the company is going thru some tough time and they tried to keep our project on a back-burner hoping to regroup and get things done. I guess it did not worked out.

When I called them last week they started asking if we would like to reschedule the project to the spring but I was not comfortable dealing with them again. The company will be refunding 50% down-payment we made and we will be searching for a new contractor again once the snow melts.

As a heads-up, within next few days we will be patching the pothole in the driveway in front of our garage gates to keep our area safe till the driveway is finally refinished.

Thank you
Alex

Status update on the paving project

On October 6th I received the following update from our paving contractor (Hatch Asphalt company):

Hi Alex,
Just wanted to touch base and let you know what's going on.
Right now we are waiting for the Quincy police dept. They have been in a training camp for about three weeks, and because of that they aren't able to fill the details. I spoke with detective Lauren Lambert who handles the details and this should be over end of the week. Once I get the green light from the police dept. we have to resubmit the payment and book your dates. As soon as I have anymore information I will let you know.

If you have any questions please let us know
Katie

Here is what happens when gates were left open

Our gates were out of service and remained open for a couple days waiting for a fix.
This "gentlemen" who drives a Ford SUV with MA license plate 1LZW42 took it as an invitation to relief himself on inside - YouTube video.

Please remember to close the gates each time.

I have more videos from our security cameras that can give you better impression on what sometimes happens in our condo. Please let me know if you would like me to make them available on the condo YouTube channel.

Thank you
Alex

Hancock Garage parking during paving project

I spoke with Hancock Garage manager and he said he can let us park there for 2 weeks for half of their monthly pass price. For two weeks it will be $87.50.
If you are interested you can leave me your name, license plate number and a check for 87.50 and I will make a list of our residents and then send them one payment for all.

You can, of course, pay to the Garage directly but they said it would be more convenient to have all our cars on one list for easy tracking.

They can wait for us when we have paving project dates set.

Thank you
Alex

Garage Gates Service on Tuesday

I found a company who claims they have the spring we need in stock. It is Lynoka company (Braintree): https://lynokagaragedoor.com. They have 5-stars rating with 68 reviews on Google.

Repair service is scheduled for Tuesday, September 28th from 2pm to 4pm.
Fingers crossed.

 

Thank you
Alex

Garage Gates are out of order

Our garage gates are out of order again. It happened because one of the springs snapped. It is the same spring that snapped a few weeks earlier and was temporary fixed by installing a clamp.

Unfortunately, back then our vendor was not able to replace the spring with a new one because the New England suppliers were out of stock. It was something to do with shipping delays from China and pandemic.

I reached out our vendor to see what options we might have this time.

Right now the gates would not close and I powered them down. I had to left them open because without the second spring they are too heavy to move up manually.

The Trustees recommend keeping your cars locked and all valuable items removed from parking places.
Please remember that Burns Manor Condominium Trust is not responsible for missing or damaged personal property.

Thank you
Alex

Paving is delayed

Quincy Police Department was not able to provide police detail for our project. This is because of extensive road work being done in our city and they do not have available officers.

According to our contractor, the project is being delayed for at least two weeks and till the moment when police assistance is available.

It was frustrating for me to hear, especially with all the prep work done by us in the building.
I am sorry I had to bring you this last-minute change.
 

Thank you
Alex