LA LO O K S LAKE ASHTON (LAKE WALES) HOA CORNER Have you heard the HOA secured more services at less cost? Now, that’s a great combination and it is what’s happening with the hiring of the new management firm by the Lake Wales HOA! As of July 1 al l administrative responsibilities of the Lake Wales HOA are being handled by the Don Asher Group management firm. You will be receiving a welcome letter from the Asher firm letting you know they are on board and ready to serve. The new management firm will save the HOA about $25,000 per year rolling up the cost of former office manager duties and the cost of both the HOA website and financial software. Until the manager resigned in February the HOA was paying nearly $55,000 for the position. Now, with the Don Asher Group, the HOA will pay only $36,000 for more services than the HOA received from the former office manager and can eliminate the costs of website and financial software. In addition to all the legally required recordkeeping, the Don Asher firm will be handling the administration of all ARC requests for Lake Wales, all for less money. Members of the Lake Wales ARC will be approving or denying requests, but all other functions will be done by the management firm. That includes receiving the request, checking for completeness and making sure proper diagrams and descriptions are included in the request, and handing the request off for action by the ARC. The management firm will also be inspecting the community for architectural violations and sending residents reminders of violations. This will eliminate the necessity of ARC members confronting residents on ARC issues, as the violation process will be handled by the Asher firm. Accompanying this change to a professional management company will be some small changes in how you contact the Lake Wales HOA. There will be a new website name — all the information you want about the Lake Wales HOA will be located at lakeashtonhoa.org. All property owners in the Lake Wales portion of Lake Ashton are HOA members and should use this new website address to find all information relating to their individual HOA account. All general HOA documents, including governing documents, meeting minutes, ARC rules and all notices concerning the Lake Wales HOA can now be found on lakeashtonhoa.org. The HOA board is looking forward to smoother administrative operations at a cost savings to member s . More i nformat ion about the management company and how it will be working for you will be coming via future email blasts and articles in the LA Times newsletter.
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