After the "crow-bar" burglaries in the last quarter of 2011, a decision was taken to upgrade the existing lights in the park. The trustees' considered various options and decided that we could accomplish two objectives in one operation. "Improve the lighting and save on energy costs".
All the existing light fittings of the street lights in the complex were replaced and fitted with 45 Watt energy saver fluorescent globes. In addition to this, two new street lights were installed to improve the illumination on the Birkenhead Road side of the complex. The existing complex garage lights were also replaced.
The new energy saver lights achieve a much better penetration and brightness. The picture below shows the illumination behind units 13 - 24.
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Garage door painting
The main garage doors were beginning to look shabby, especially the North facing doors. So we took the decision to repaint them. The side pedestrian doors were also in need of a freshen up, so they were added to the project as were the wooden garden gates. The idea behind the colour we chose, was to try and get close to the bronze colour of the existing aluminium frames used in the complex.
There was a need for some minor repairs to doors and gates; these repairs have now been completed. The painting is nearing the half way mark, at the time of posting this article. Our painting contractor is planning to complete the project by the end of May; weather permitting. The trustees would like to thank owners and residents for their cooperation during this exercise. You are helping us to enhance your property.
Unfortunately, we did have one resident threatening to shoot anyone who came into his yard, and another who argued that he was perfectly happy with his garden gate in it's then state of disrepair. Fortunately this only amounts to 2.22% of the Rietvlei community, so we are optimistic that the balance of the project will go off without to much fuss.
Our vision, is to maintain the excellent reputation we have with residents of the Table View and Flamingo Vlei areas, for keeping our complex neat and well maintained. By doing this, we retain our status as being a worth while investment and a sought after address.
