Keys Found

A set of keys have been found near the power lines between sections 1 & 2.  If you lost keys please call 803-645-2078 to claim then.

PPHOA Presents the 2014 Neighborhood Yard Sale

Don’t forget…our Neighborhood Yard Sale

is Saturday, April 26, 2014

starting at 7:00am

The HOA will provide advertisements and signs – all you have to do is set up & sell your stuff at your house! 

PPHOA Announces Special Home Power Washing Offer

Need your home Pressure Washed but don’t have the time?

Affordable Pressure Washing has agreed to pressure wash houses in the neighborhood at a reduced cost!  The number of homeowners who call and make an appointment by April 15, 2014 will determine the final cost.  Below is a price breakdown:

$95.00 per house for 1-10 Homes – confirmed with an appointment

$85.00 for per house for 11-20 Homes – confirmed with an appointment

$75.00 per house for 21 or more Homes – confirmed with an appointment

Affordable Pressure Washing

1523 Alpine Drive Aiken, SC 29803

Call - Jim Beasley at (803) 292-1775

**Don’t forget…the more homes that sign up the cheaper the total cost per home will be **

Yard Sale Date Change

The Home Owners Association Yard Sale date has changed.  Please mark your calendars for the new date, Saturday, April 26th.

Details to follow soon!

Let's Stop Making this Simple

One hates to think of it, but there have been reports lately about items being stolen from unlocked cars in our neighborhood.

The Aiken Standard reported on December 2nd:

A Warrenville man reported on Saturday that someone removed a nine-millimeter pistol from his vehicle that was parked outside his home on Avondale Lane. The victim said he left the doors to his vehicle unlocked.

WRDW reported on November 3rd there had been several vehicle break-ins in Pleasant Pointe. Our sympathies go out to those affected by these thefts. As both reports indicate, every vehicle involved was unlocked.

There is every reason to believe these crimes are committed by people who do not live in our neighborhood.  Oxford Place, just up Pine Log Road, has had similar problems.

Certainly we all wish we lived in a time where people respect others property.  As these reports indicate, clearly we don't.

So let's stop making this simple for these miscreants.  Lock the doors to your vehicles.  And your homes.  It seems these people are after easy pickings...there is no indication they are looking for resistance.

Perhaps if they find our neighborhood is locked up, they'll move along.

Halloween Parking Efforts

You may have noticed the yellow tape parking barriers at the entrances for Halloween this year.  This is the first year the HOA has made such an effort and you may be wondering why.

While reviewing expenses the board noted we have to replace sprinkler heads around the entrances every year.  A number of sprinkler heads are destroyed well beyond usual wear and tear.  It appears the most likely culprit is the number of cars that have traditionally parked on the grass at the neighborhood entrances during trick or treating.  Needless to say, these cars are generally owned by people who are not from the neighborhood.  

We think it is delightful that Pleasant Pointe is such a popular trick-or-treat location and seeing all the kids in their costumes is terrific fun.  At the same time we don't need to endure unnecessary costs by willy-nilly parking on the irrigation systems.  Thus the reason for the picket and tape barriers this year.  The entire project cost less than the replacement cost of a heavy-duty sprinkler head and the barriers are reusable.

We'd love to hear your thoughts on the idea.  Did this work in your opinion?  Were there unexpected consequences?  Do you have thoughts on how to handle traffic in the future?  Drop us a line at pleasantpointe29851@gmail.com and let us hear your constructive suggestions.

Meet a Neighbor Business

Right Brainworks, LLC is a Résumé Writing and Marketing Collateral Writing service owned by Pleasant Pointe neighbor Tim Fitzgerald.

Tim has been writing résumés and coaching others to do so for 12 years. 

You can find the Right Brainworks website here and its associated Linked In Site here

Doing Business With Neighbors

In the spirit of neighborliness, the HOA is happy to mention our members who would like to encourage Pleasant Pointe neighbors to do business with one another.

If you own a business or even if your work at a business you would like the neighbors to look into, email us at pleasantpointe29851@gmail.com.  Provide your name, the business name, and a paragraph describing the business.  Send your logo if you have one, and a link to your website.

Businesses must meet all licensing requirements established by applicable State and County laws.

Thanks to Gold Ivy Realty

Gold Ivy Realty serves the neighborhood in the role of contracted neighborhood management services. Thanks to Karen and Chris and their diligence in staying on top of notifications, the neighborhood is generally looking its best ever (yes, we know we still have some hold-outs with shaggy yards).  Take a look around with newly-opened eyes and note how nice things are looking.

Next General Membership Meeting

Go ahead and mark your calendars, please.  The HOA annual general membership meeting will be held Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 7:00 p.m. at Pentecost Methodist Church on Pine Log Rd.

Policy for Temporary Signs

To preserve the attractiveness of the Pleasant Pointe entrances, temporary signs relating to open house, yard sales, or other special events may be placed at subdivision entrances for no longer than 48 hours. The Homeowner is responsible to completely remove signs, tape, etc by the expiration of the 48 hour period.

This policy applies subdivision entrances, common areas, and street intersections. Naturally “For sale/lease” signs may be posted on the offered property for as long as needed.

This common-area policy does not apply to such permanent signage as may be approved by the board.  This policy is effective as of August 15, 2013.

HOA to Hold Neighborhood Food Drive - Get Involved

The Pleasant Pointe HOA is holding a special event to help prevent hunger in Aiken.  

No need to tell you that times have been tough for many.  Fortunately the CSRA is blessed with a wonderful agency, Golden Harvest Food Bank.  Run by locals, for locals, over its history Golden Harvest Food Bank has fed over 11 million people in its 30 county service area.

The Pleasant Pointe HOA will collect neighborhood donations of canned goods and dry goods (rice, oatmeal, etc.) on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. Please place your bagged donations at your mailbox.  

We need volunteers to help with the collection.  Please send an email to pleasantpointe29851@gmail.com if you would be kind enough to volunteer to help with us collect that day.  

Neighborhood Yard Sale

Let’s have a really giant yard sale!  Yard sales are a great way to make some money, recycle your useful but unneeded items, and remove clutter.  But yard sales work best when they are multi-seller events.  So we thought, "Hey, let's have one for the whole neighborhood and see what happens!"

The HOA will organize a neighborhood-wide yard sale.  There is no cost to participate.  The HOA will cover advertising costs and place signs at the entrances. If you wish to join the sale, simply be ready in your driveway or front yard on the day of the event.  To protect the common areas we will not be holding any sales except from homeowners' yards.

If this is a success, we are considering making it an annual event for the neighborhood.

The first neighborhood yard sale is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 29, 2014.  If you have ideas or suggestions - especially about successful advertising, email us at pleasantpointe29851@gmail.com.

Have A Look

Next time you are out during the darkness, check out the tall lamps and the sign lighting at the brick entrance.  They have been fixed and give the entrance a handsome, proper look.

As part of the repair we had the bulbs changed to high-powered fluorescent bulbs.  This will help to keep the electricity costs down.

Just a reminder that this work was done (1) because you who attended the last general membership meeting of the homeowners' association made your priorities very clear and (2) because we have been setting aside money for such repairs for a couple of years.  Naturally, the more neighbors who actually meet their obligations for the HOA dues, the easier it is to maintain the infrastructure and lights won't have to go dark in the first place.

More work is coming.  Stay tuned.

Special Thanks

Since our membership meeting last week the board has been sorting through the problems associated with the lighting and electricity.  We are on a path toward a firm fix.  Will keep you posted.

The board wants to publicly thank Pleasant Pointe neighbor Bruce Dziengielewski  for his help in analyzing electricity usage data.  Bruce's careful analysis and comparison with older personal records has helped immensely in scoping the size of the issue and helping to prioritize the sequence of the fix.  

Bruce didn't hesitate to step up when asked.  Thank you, Bruce.  We sincerely appreciate your assistance and helping attitude.