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

Paving project - September 23-24

Finally, I was able to get the exact dates of our paving project.
Our contractors should be here on the 23rd (Thursday) from 7am to 10am for excavating and prep work. Actual paving will be done the next day, the 24th (Friday).
After that, in order to allow asphalt to cure, access to the driveway will be closed for 10 days.
 
Access should be fully restored on October 5th.

Please remember that we have an emergency exit door located in the back of the garage. You can also use this door to get into the garage from outside (the lock will open with the same key you use for other doors).

Thank you
Alex

Elevator is out of service

Our elevator got stuck on the ground floor and the door would not open. We requested a technician from Atlantic Elevator (our vendor) to get it resolved.
Please use the stairs till the issue is fixed.
Thank you,
Alex

Please Separate Trash for the next 2-3 weeks

We are a few days away from our driveway paving project which should start next Wednesday, September 22nd (the exact date is still to be confirmed, it could be the 24th).

During the project we would not be able to roll dumpsters out for emptying and we are going to miss two or three trash pickup days (our dumpsters are emptied on Fridays at 7am).

We do not want to have bad smells in our garage for the next two-three weeks.

Please, starting tomorrow, Friday, September 17th start taking extra efforts to separate trash.

Here is what we can do to help ourselves:

1. Pack TIGHT anything that can go rotten and cause bad smells in plastic bags and leave them in the grey barrels that will be available the dumpster area. These barrels will be taken out thru the garage back door and onto the sidewalk for trash pickups on Fridays.

2. All other household trash that will not go bad and cannot cause smells can be left in the dumpsters.
Please remember that the dumpsters will not be emptied for 2-3 weeks. It is important to compact trash to save space.

3. Please recycle!
Our "Single Stream Recycling" bins will be taken outside on Fridays thru the back door.
Our green bins are for  CLEAN and DRY glass, plastic, metal, paper, cardboard boxes.
Please NO FOOD and NO LIQUIDS in there, packaging must be cut or flatten to save space.

Thank you
Alex

1. I called our paving contractor and explained that we cannot have 5 days gap between two stages of the project. This is because it restricts use of our driveway for 12-15 days (vs 7-10 announces earlier) and is way too many. Plus we are going to miss two trash pickup days.
Saidie, the scheduling coordinator from the Hatch company was understanding of our situation and said she would try to close the gap between stages for the project. This means they can ether move the whole project closer to 22nd of September or closer to the 27th. Or, perhaps, to move it to the next week.
I will follow up with the company one more time later this week to get actual dates.
Please stay tuned for updates.

2. Work on bathroom remodeling in unit 14 starts on Thursday, September 16th. The owner is aware that no loud work can be performed outside of work hours (9am to 5pm). I would assume there might be some noises from tile saw and power tools heard across the building.

Thank you
Alex

Paving is scheduled for September 22 - 27

Hatch Asphalt company, which we picked for our driveway paving project, set September 22nd for the first stage when they plan to remove existing layers, put gravel, level and then compact it. I think on that day they will also put the first rough layer of asphalt.
Then they plan co come back 5 days later on September 27th to put the final layer of asphalt.

It is not clear how our driveway will look like for these 5 days. I hope they are not planning to leave it with just compacted gravel, which is not going to be acceptable for us.

On Monday September 13th I will be calling a project manager for details. I do not know why they decided to add the 5 days gap between the stages. I think it makes more sense if the whole project is done in two consecutive days. I will discuss this and possible would be able to  adjust the schedule.

I will post an update as soon as I have new information.

Thank you
Alex

Updates on driveway paving and unit 14 remodeling

1. As of end of the day September 9th we still do not have exact dates for the driveway paving project, which is tentatively scheduled for the next week.
We reached out to the company and then to project manager directly but have not heard back from anybody yet. We expect to get more details on paving on Friday.

 

2. Some carpentry work is planned in the unit 14 on Monday September 13th.

 

3. Google discontinued email notifications for blogs they host so we had to switch to a MailChimp.com service instead. Notification about this post will be the first that goes thru MailChimp.com.
Format of a notification email you receive might look different from what it was before.

 

Thank you
Alex

Condo Blog Subscription Changes

Starting this month Google (who hosts our blog) discontinued email subscription services. We switched to a new subscription service via mailchimp.com.
All existing subscribers will be migrated to mailchimp.com on September 8th and a test blog post will be created to make sure you get your emails.

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