By now, most you, already
know that we are pretty good at what we are doing and if, up to now, we were
doing property and rental management along with sales of the properties.
Not everyone wants their property to be rented, but still want it to be looked
after when the owners are not there.
We have structured a range of additional services that are available either on
request or in our Concierge
Package deal.
We provide property
maintenance services in the following areas: Playas del Coco and Ocotal.
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No one believed it, but thanks to one of the owners and his financial
and labour input into this project, we have finally the second pool
running in Sweet Dreams community.
You can see updated pictures of the Sweet Dreams Swimming Pools here:-
http://www.1costarica.net/Projects_Update/page_2199850.html
Here is a description of what Chris Taylor did to make the Big Pool work.
First we backflushed all the existing
lines for the Big Pool to remove all the debris we could, all lines
flushed except the Skimmer closest to the Rancho ( I will drain snake it
next time I'm down) for now it is OK. Then we scrubbed the entire pool
top to bottom( thanks to Tammy and Wendy) to
remove all the dirt from the tiles and the backflush water. Then I
connected the Bottom Supply line with shut off valve to the existing
Supply line for the other pool's, then connected the Return line with
shut off valve to the other pool's Return Line, then connected the
Skimmer line with shut off valve to the other pools Skimmer line.
Then we added a small amount of water to
the pool so I could pressure test the new system, once I was satisfied
with the test we ordered a water truck to fill the pool, once the pool
was full I measured the water each night to see if there were any leaks
and also visually checked every inch of the pool with mask and snorkel.
Then it was a mater of regulating the water flow between the three pool's, the best setting I could find.
The only other thing I noticed was that
when the pump comes on it takes a couple of minutes longer to prime it's
self but not a concern.
Total cost of this project:
Material and Valves $205.00
45,000 litres of water $520.00
Labour 10 hrs $00.00
Total in U.S $725.00
Received
James and Wendy (No 38) put in $200.00 for the water
Tammy and I (No 16) put in $200.00 for the water and $205.00 for materials
Andy and Cathy (No 50) put in $ 120.00 for the water.
Sean and Kim Fewer (No 60) are putting
$100 toward the materials and Valves and $120 toward the water so that
will bring my cost on Material down to $105 and I will split the $120
Sean gave for the water up between us that chipped in.
Total: $925.00
I think, Iwould expess everyone's opinion saying "THANK YOU GUYS!" for
your input into this project and I wish everyone was like you!!!
Brgds,
S. Galkine 
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Dear Sweet Dreams studio(s) buyer,
We are still trying to organize the buyers in Sweet Dreams studios project, so that we could make cleective decisions if needed.
This situation might arise rather sooner than later and at least we should know who is involved.
At the moment we have a confirmed database of the buyers/owners of 24 studio units out of 70 units which hardly 30%.
To make any collective decision we would need a majority of 2/3.
Please, if you know anyone who is involved in the project, please ask them to contact us with details.
I hope you are following our blog on Sweet Dreams. Last pictures of community taken at the end of June 2011 could be seen here:
http://www.1costarica.net/Projects_Update/page_2199850.html
Best regards,
S. Galkine
Dear Sweet Dreams Owner,
This is a follow up to our previous email regarding
Voluntary Maintenance Fund set up.
We
finally manged to set up a bank account with ScotiaBank Costa Rica for
this purpose and deposits totaling US$990.00 has already been received
from the owners of studios No 10, 16, 38, 55, 60 and 70.
Please email for the details of the bank account.
We expect a monthly amount to be US$20 or US$240.00 per year or any other amount would be also greatly appreciated.
To
apply your payments correctly, we would appreciate, if you could email
us a scanned copy of the payment or at least write to us informing about
the payment.
Every month, we
shall email to everyone involved in Sweet Dreams community a full
detailed statement of funds received and spent. All receipts will be
available on request.
Please remember, if we do not help ourselves to keep the community in good shape, no one will!
Best regards,
S. Galkine
Tropical Felgate
Office: +506-2670-1750
Hi guys, just to clarify my proposal and position regarding measures proposed in my last email.
I want everyone to be clear that it's not a condo fee in any way. It's purely a voluntary contribution towards maintenance of the community to keep it in a proper condition until we get a possession of the units.
The idea was not my, but of the quite a few owners/buyers who stayed in Coco in January/February. Some of them had done quite a lot of work in the community at their expense. Toilet and washing basin were installed in the Rancho, the second pool was repaired (tiles were falling out), some grass cutting and trimming was done by the owners.
I have 23 owners on my mail list and only 3 of them wrote to me saying that they were not going to pay.
So, far the maintenance and payments for it were done by and through the permanent residents of the community, but people feel that it should be organized and accountable for that's why they asked me to arrange it.
If someone else wants to do this, I am totally fine with it.
Brgds,
S. Galkine
Hi guys,
Further to my email a few days earlier:-
We have consulted the lawyer on the issue of creating a structure for collecting, keeping and disbursing the funds for our community maintenance.
To emphasize once again, this is not any equivalent of a condo fee or maintenance fee. We are talking about voluntary contribution to the community maintenance fund.
While we are still not in legal possession of the shares of the condominium, we can not form a fully fledged legally bound Home Owners Association with all its right and responsibilities.
The only way to have our voluntary contribution funds to be accountable for is to form an informal structure we can call it either a Home Owners Trust or Association and to open a bank account either in someone's physical name (a person who is trusted by everybody and preferably living in the community on a more or less permanent basis) or a corporate legal entity with the bank account in Banco Nacional or similar.
Voluntary contributions will be accumulated on the account and disbursed only for community maintenance purpose.
I would advise the second option as we would still need a corporation entity when a proper HOA is set up when we get the shares for the units.
We can do all the above at no extra charge and provide a full report of funds disbursement on a monthly basis.
Best regards,
S. Galkine
I apologize for the long delay in updating you on what's going on in our community.
It's been quite busy in Coco in the last few weeks and there was a lot
of things to be done to plan our plan of actions.
As of now we are waiting for the current developer to remove the financial obstacles which would allow to complete the community which was promised to be done in abt 3 months. It's going to
take another 3 months to complete electric installations in Sweet Dreams.
Meanwhile the owners of Sweet Dreams formed a kind of HOA (but no
legally formed) based on the need for the community to be maintained in
order not to deteriorate (grass cutting, pools cleaning, security,
etc.).
The owners decided to make a voluntary contribution of US$20 per month
or US$240 per year towards the running costs. We are planning to set up
an escrow account with the local lawyer who would disperse the funds
only when needed to pay for maintenance. This way, all contributed funds
will be accounted for and it will be a good foundation for the future HOA.
We will be advising the name of the law firm and escrow account details by the end of the next week.
While we shall explore a legal possibility to form a fully fledged Home
Owners Association prior to the ownership (shares) to be distributed to
the owners, so that the owners would be ready to act after the ownership
is transferred to the owners and community is fully finished.
Please follow our blog at http://www.1costarica.net/blogs/sweet_dreams_studios_owners_blog/default.aspx
where we will be publishing any news related to Sweet Dreams community.
Brgds,
S. Galkine
Tropical Felgate (CR) LLC Ltda
Hi guys,
Electric Contractor "AdKom" visited the site of Sweet Dreams on December 6, 2010 and made a survey of the works to be done to finish the electric wiring and install transformers. We shall advise you as soon as the quote is available.
Brgds,
S. Galkine
For those who don't like the "mañana"
attitude ( I know, I don't...), we have just a few 2 bed/ 1 bath full furniture and appliances sets available for installation right now.
Very attractive price which is 20-25% less than any good local supplier could offer and quick quality installation. Price includes the cost of installation.
See already furnished 2 bed / 2 bath and studio units here:http://www.1costarica.net/Furnishing_Service/page_2382793.html
You can download a full inventory and price quotation on the same page.
Please note that we have limited availability for immediate installation and the orders will be completed on a "first come, first served" basis.
Brgds,
S. Galkine
Finally, we have all numbers from the Customs here in Costa Rica and
now I understand why all imported stuff is so expensive here.The Customs
duties go from 34 to 47%... But finally the containers are here, in
Costa Rica!You can request Inventory list for each type of condo -
studio / Loft (2 bed/1 bath) and 2 bed / 2 baths.
You can see the samples and request a full inventory and pricing HERE:
http://www.1costarica.net/Furnishing_Service/page_2382793.html
Hi guys,
We are trying to contact all owners / buyers in Sweet Dreams
Studios project in Ocotal, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
If you are the owner or know someone who is the owner, please
contact us as soon as possible.
We are in the process of
creating a home Owners Association for this community and need a
vote of at least 2/3 of the owners to do that.
We'll take
care of all formalities and procedures, just need you to contact
us and provide contact names and details for further
correspondence.
This community needs someone to take care
of, as the developer is not too eager to maintain the community.
The grass is getting out of control and the pool is not treated
regularly.
Please contact us by email sales@costaricaproperty.co.uk
or call us in Costa Rica on +506-2670-1750.
Best regards,
S. Galkine
Tropical Felgate (Costa Rica)
This blog is intended for owners/buyers in Sweet Dream Studios Project in Ocotal, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Please leave your comments, questions or suggestions and we shall try to answer your questions as soon as possible.
You can leave your questions or comments clicking on the link "comments" at the bottom of each post.
Photo updates are available here:
http://www.1costarica.net/Projects_Update/page_2199850.html
Sincerely,
Tropical Felgate Admin