Showing posts with label Wenatchee real estate agent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wenatchee real estate agent. Show all posts

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Parkside Wenatchee Welcomes Spring












Happy Spring!!

First, we’d like to apologize for NOT getting the dryer vents cleaned or the furnace filters changed as planned the week of he 16th. All maintenance issues are high on our priority list. When we know what the new schedule will be, we will put out a new notice to everyone.

Parking still seems to be an issue. Please inform your guests all parking spaces are assigned. If they cannot locate a visitor-parking stall they will need to park on the street. This is a bit inconvenient but we must all respect each other’s parking spaces. You expect your parking space to be available to you and others have the same expectation.

Cigarette butts are still being discarded onto the property. It is extremely inconsiderate not to dispose of smoking materials properly. Please have a coffee can or some other non-flammable container available to discard cigarette butts into. We have not yet begun a special assessment to the offenders but are on the verge of doing so because this creates additional clean-up expense. It is also annoying and embarrassing for tenants when they have guests come over.

Another unsanitary and embarrassing habit some people are in is to put their garbage sack out by their front door or on their patio. This is not o.k. All trash needs to be discarded of immediately. It’s unsightly, unsanitary and an eyesore.




AGAIN, the same old reminder to pet owners: Your pet is YOUR responsibility. We are getting specific complaints and we will be monitoring the problems. We will be starting yard maintenance again soon so it is even more imperative the areas around your buildings are clean of debris.

Every pet owner is responsible for cleaning up after his or her pet. Period. Period. Period. If this continues to be an ongoing problem we will address it on a case-by-case basis… and it may become necessary to revoke permission for some residents to have pets. I hope it doesn’t come to that, as I know it would be extremely unpopular. We want to be a pet friendly environment but our resident’s comfort and convenience is our priority.

Also, we STILL have not completed the installation of all the peepholes and still have not cashed any of your checks written for the peepholes. Again, we apologize if this causes any inconvenience in your bank account reconciliation.

On another subject, many of you had term leases under the prior management company that have expired. I have had many requests for renewals and I will get to those as soon as possible. In the meantime, rest assured we will not be raising the rent for those who indicated they want a lease extension.

We enjoy being your property managers and appreciate the cooperative spirit throughout the complex. We want Parkside to be a pleasant place to live and if there is anything more we can do to attain that goal, please let us know.

If you have any questions, please call our office at 470-6012. If you have something of an emergency nature call (or text) my cell phone at 670-7840.

Again… Happy Spring






Parkside Property Managers
Carol Williams CarolWilliams@charter.net
Shelley Granger ShelleyGranger@charter.net


Willinger Real Estate
1642 Stella Ave., #1 * Wenatchee, WA 98801
Office: 509-470-6012 * e-Fax: 419-818-4009

Sunday, March 8, 2009

New Neighbors



First, we wish to welcome all of our new tenants at Parkside. As always, we encourage tenants to contact us with questions or if there are issues in your unit or something about the grounds maintenance that needs to be tended to.

We will be enjoying some nice Spring weather soon, and it will be necessary for maintenance to fertilize the grass. We will give you some notice before we do this. Those of you who have small children and pets will want to take special caution to stay off the grass until the fertilizer has had a chance to work it's way into the ground.

During the week of March 16th - 20th, Maintenance will be making the rounds to inspect the dryer vent hose in every unit. At the same time, he will be changing out furnace filters again. After this, we will send out a reminder to tenants when it is time for YOU to change filters in the future. Maintenance personnel will be putting instructions on each furnace. Depending on other maintenance needs, we anticipate Ted to need access to your units on the following schedule:

March 16th & 17th 1428 - 1440 McKittrick
March 17th & 18th 1410 - 1428 McKittrick
March 18th & 19th 1602 - 1682 Stella

You are welcome to be in attendance during these maintenance tasks. If you are not home, we will use our management key to access your units so we can access the dryer vents and change out the filter in the furnace. Please remember NOT to overload the dryers. Your clothes will dry much faster (costing you less in electricity expenses) and the units will last much longer.

We still have not installed all of the peepholes... so don't think we have forgotten. We are a little behind, but we will soon be caught up.

We are seeing much improvement on parking issues, the disposal of cigarette butts, animal droppings and other debris on the grounds. For that we thank you all very very much.

Please make all rent checks to: Willinger Real Estate

Everything we do as your management company is intended to make your life at Parkside more pleasant and to control maintenance costs so we can avoid rent increases. We appreciate everyone's cooperation toward that goal!

If you do need to contact us, please call the office number if it is not an issue that needs immediate attention: 470-6012. If it is something needing immediate attention, please text message or call Carol at 670-7840. Text messages are preferred.

Sincerely,









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Shelley Granger ShelleyGranger@charter.net

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Maintenance Update: Nov. 22, 2008








The furnace filters were all replaced on schedule this passed week. This will improve the efficiency of your furnace and help keep your heating bills as low as possible.

Our maintenance supervisor has marked each unit with the filter size, an arrow for the direction of air flow and the date of replacement. These are 90 days filters and should be replaced again in the Spring. These filters cost less than $5 and you, as tenants and owners, should replace them on a regular basis to keep your furnace functioning properly and reduce your electric bills.

We also replaced ALL of the entryway lights with CFL (compact fluorescent) bulbs. This should reduce our energy consumption and last longer than regular bulbs.

We have had some requests for peepholes in the main doors. He is putting together a quote for this. This is optional, but let us know if you are interested in having a peephole in your entry door. If you have our maintenance guy do the work, we will allow it to be done. I don't expect it to cost too much, especially if we can have him do several in one day.

Also, we are trying to get Waste Management to bring a different dumpster for the lower units (Stella and lower McKittrick)... one with a latch so the lid can be propped open. We realize this bin is tall and difficult for many of you to hold the door open while throwing garbage in the dumpster. Please, do everything possible to NOT leave bags outside the dumpster. Stray animals love these bags full of "candy". Also, please break down cardboard boxes before putting them into the dumpsters. Empty cardboard boxes waste space in the dumpster.

As always, if you see things that need to be addressed in the complex, let us know. We need to be conscious of costs but want Parkside to be a place where you are proud to live. Anything you can do to help, such as keeping your own entryway clean, aids us in keeping costs down and keeping holding rents as low as possible.

Happy Holidays,

Your Willinger Real Estate Property Management Team:
Carol Williams CarolWilliams@charter.net
Shelley Granger ShelleyGranger@charter.net
Office phone: 509-470-6012
Emergency phone: 509-670-7840

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Filter Changing Schedule




We've posted notices with everyone, but here is a reminder of the furnace filter changing schedule for the units we manage at Parkside:

1428 - 1440 McKittrick Monday, Nov. 17th
1410 - 1424 McKittrick Tuesday, Nov.18th
1602 - 1682 Stella Wednesday, Nov. 19th.

As the notice indicated, you may be present for this scheduled maintenance but it is not necessary.

Have a great week!






Property Manager
Broker, Realtor, ABR, e-PRO, GRI
Willinger Real Estate

Office Phone: 509-470-6012
Emergency Phone: 509-670-7840

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Wenatchee Rentals Available



Do you know anyone who might like to live at the "Under New Management" Parkside apartments and condos? Here is your chance to recommend a new neighbor.

Here is what is available and coming up:

Available now:
Top level 3 bedroom, 2 bath unit $995 per month

Available early December:
Top level 2 bedroom, 2 bath unit $850 per month
Lower level 3 bedroom, 2 bath unit $995 per month

Pets will be considered with a deposit and guarantee to pay any actual damages over and above the deposit amount.

Life is good at Parkside!







Office phone: 509-470-6012
Carol Williams CarolWilliams@charter.net
Shelley Granger ShelleyGranger@charter.net

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Gold Star Building





In addition to a tenant-of-the-month, we will be watching for entire buildings within the Parkside complex (all units on McKittrick and Stella Streets) that show particular pride of tenancy. This means clean entries and free of cigarette butts and other loose debris.

Having tenants be mindful of the cleanliness within the area around their own buildings will help us control maintenance costs and control the need for potential rent increases.

Tasteful seasonal decorations will also be taken into consideration. We will not necessarily be announcing a building winner on a monthly basis, but instead awards will be announced as warranted.

Have a great week...

Your Willinger Real Estate Property Management Team:







Carol Williams CarolWilliams@charter.net
Shelley Granger ShelleyGranger@charter.net

Office phone: 509-470-6012 * Emergency phone: 509-670-7840

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Sunday, November 2, 2008

Common Courtesies





I've discovered it's often the little things in life that can make a big difference. In that spirit, I'd like to mention a few common courtesies that will help make Parkside an attractive and pleasant place to live.



1) I've noticed a number of cigarette butts under some of the stairways and in the driveway and parking lot. Please, please, please, dispose of your own cigarette butts! Someone has to do it and it might as well be you! Today I picked up 3 butts within a 20 foot radius near our office. I don't smoke and I detest picking up someone elses cigarette butts. This would be equivalent to you having to take someone else's baby's diaper to the garbage. It's gross.

2) We have the parking spaces numbered for a reason... to protect YOUR parking spots. Please respect other parking spots as you want yours respected. Even if a unit is vacant, those spots need to be left open so we have a place for prospective tenants (or buyers) to park. For example, if I have a showing scheduled for a specific unit, I would like the prospect to be able to park in that spot. We know the covered parking is a bit tight, so please be respective of your neighbors space so neither of your cars get damaged. Parking ON the white line is a problem.

3) It would be very helpful if the lower unit tenants could sweep out their entry space on a regular basis. We will be doing regular maintenance but the wind tends to blow debris in right after we clean up, and there is no way we can keep up. If you keep the entry clean, there will be less dirt tracked into your unit and it will be easier for you to maintain your living space and get your full deposit back when you move out.

Anyone have anything that's been bugging them? Place a comment at the bottom of this post.

Have a great week!






Office phone: 509-470-6012
Emergency Phone: 509-670-7840

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Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Art Of Garbage Disposal





As a courtesy to all tenants, I'd like to request you be aware of a few changes that will keep the dumpster areas cleaner and more efficient.

I have noticed many boxes and bags left on the outside of the dumpsters (either in front, beside or behind the dumpsters). This garbage is candy to animals and they drag it all over the place. It is an eye sore and particularly annoying to the people who live nearest to the dumpsters. It's unsanitary and unsightly

The garbage company does not put excess refuse IN the dumpster. They will, literally, pick up the dumpster, dump it, and slap it right back down without regard to whether it lands on top of other garbage. When this happens it is very difficult to get the garbage sack or box out from under the dumpster.

Also, if you are disposing of cardboard boxes, please break down the boxes before putting them in the dumpster. If you don't, there is a huge amount of wasted space in the dumpster and it fills up before the next pick-up.

Also, do not dump furniture or bookcases in the dumpster unless you can break them down into smaller pieces.

Old furniture, bookcases and boxes that are not broken down waste a lot of space in the dumpster. We do NOT want to have to get bigger dumpsters to accommodate all the trash, because that would raise our costs considerably and we would, ultimately, have to pass this cost onto the tenants through higher rents.

Please remember these few common courtesies and it will help your Property Managers to stay friendly.

Thanks!






Wenatchee Property Management team:
Carol Williams CarolWilliams@charter.net
Shelley Granger ShelleyGranger@charter.net

Office phone: 509-470-6012
Emergency phone: 509-670-7840

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Secure Mailboxes



We are already working with the post office to get the process started to have the secure (locking) mailboxes installed. I'm sure everyone will be happy with this improvement.

These boxes will look similar to the picture at left. The individual compartments look small but you will be amazed how much they actually hold. There is a package compartment as well. When you get a package, it will be put in the locked package compartment and the key will be put in your box.

Hopefully this process won't take too long, but considering the time of year it might not get done before Spring... mainly because pouring a concrete pad for each bank of boxes is required. I will keep you informed.

Have a great day!






Office Phone: 509-470-6012
Emergency phone: 509-670-7840

Wenatchee Property Management team:
Carol Williams CarolWilliams@charter.net
Shelley Granger ShelleyGranger@charter.net

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Contact Guidelines





To: ALL Parkside Wenatchee Tenants

As your new Property Management company we want to be responsive to your needs. We DO want to hear from you but have a few guidelines we'd like you to follow.


Shelley and I are both busy and will appreciate you respecting our time. Unless you have a need that requires immediate attention, please do not call our cell phones. If you do have an urgent need, we prefer text messages to our phones. Carol 509-670-7840. Shelley 509-670-3867.

For non-urgent matters, we prefer you send an e-mail, write comments in this blog... or leave a message at the office number (470-6012) Do not hesitate to leave a comment on the blog because I get automatically notified whenever a comment is posted. I WILL get your comment.

To leave a comment, go to the bottom of any post. There is a white box. On the right side of the white box there is an image of a pencil. Next to the pencil it shows how many comments have been left. Click on that comment link and you can make your post. You can comment anonymously, but if you are making comments that you don't want to sign, I suggest you either don't post it or send me a private e-mail. We want this blog to be a positive experience for everyone (especially me)! Nobody likes a crabby property manager. :-)

Thanks!






Wenatchee Property Management team:
Carol Williams CarolWilliams@charter.net
Shelley Granger ShelleyGranger@charter.net

Office phone: 509-470-6012
Emergency phone: 509-670-7840 (Carol's cell)

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Welcome to the Parkside Condos Blog
















On November 1st (this week-end), Willinger Real Estate will take over the Property Management at Parkside Condos in Wenatchee.

Shelley & I want to use this blog as a forum to keep our tenants informed about what's happening at the complex... and give the tenants an opportunity to make comments and suggestions.

Have a great day!





Contact the Willinger Real Estate Property Management Team:
Carol Williams CarolWilliams@charter.net
Shelley Granger ShelleyGranger@charter.net

Office phone: 509-470-6012
Emergency phone: 509-670-7840

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