May 2020

16th April 2021 by Andre Pakes in Newsletter

Dear Residents, here are the latest updates regarding the estate.

Welcome!

Welcome to everyone who has moved onto the estate recently. The Directors and Court Reps are available to help if there are any questions or issues. Please don’t hesitate to ask. A welcome pack should be delivered to every new resident. Let your Court Rep or one of the Directors know if you’ve not received it. Newsletters are produced quarterly, and in these strange times it’s important to communicate and encourage each other. We hope you find them useful.

For new residents it might be useful to point out the basic roles. The Directors are volunteers who employ Realty to deal with the business and admin side of DPM; and, together with the volunteer Court Reps, are an interface for communication. We are also friends and neighbours too of course.

Communal Areas

During the Covid-19 lockdown, these areas are coming to the fore. It’s great that they’re being enjoyed and used by the community.

As these areas are for everyone to use, we ask residents to continue to tidy away their personal items and equipment after use. This ensures that there are no accidents and the gardeners have access to cut the grass and maintain them.

By the time this newsletter arrives, residents may have received a letter from Realty pointing out that bins shouldn’t be stored in play areas along with any furniture that can’t be removed. There are still ongoing issues regarding the annexing of play areas for residents’ personal use. This is being dealt with by Realty. This letter was sent to all residents as part of the procedure for dealing with specific problems.

Please, do walk around the estate and enjoy using the communal spaces in each of the Courts. You may be surprised how many there are and how different thy look.

Covid-19

Hopefully all residents will have seen the leaflet hand-delivered to all the houses about the support network that has been set up within the estate to help those self-isolating during lockdown. It’s good that we’ve had very little call to help, and this reflects on the neighbourliness and kindness of those looking out for each other. This is a great testimony to everyone on the estate – thank you!

Ev & Phil Speak 10, Deneway Close are co-ordinators on 0161-432-2130

Phase 2 Painting/UPVC Cleaning

This has been delayed due to Covid-19 restrictions but will be resumed as soon as it is deemed safe to do so.

Gardening/Planting etc.

DPM are considering the idea of some form of community gardening project on the estate. Unfortunately, because we are a limited company, we don’t qualify for lottery funding. We are open to ideas – please get in touch if you feel you would like to get involved.

Thanks to Director Sophie who played a big part in getting Realty to organise gardener Wilf to return to mowing the grass during the lockdown. We are so pleased that he is back keeping on top of the estate green areas. Until the resumption of green bin collection, Wilf is “double cutting” the grass and leaving it on the ground where appropriate.

During periods of dry weather, please feel free to water any of the plants growing nearby. It would be a shame to lose any plants for lack of watering.

Volunteer Gardening Group

We are always looking for volunteers to join an informal gardening group to help maintain areas that have been renewed on the estate.

Contact Bo (0161 432 4851)

or Pat (0161 432 6716)

Owls

Thanks to Sandra in Dene Court and Nick and children from Burley Court for looking after our wooden owl sculptures: “Deney” and “Harry”. Along with the residents, we are sure the owls appreciate the cleaning and varnishing. If you think you can help too, please contact the Directors.

Security

Please continue to be vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the police on 101; and if appropriate, put it on the estate WhatsApp group and/or let your neighbours know.

Neighbourhood Watch

The estate representative is Phil Mason at 3 Dene Court. Phil is happy to respond to those who get in touch about neighbourhood watch issues.

(email: [email protected])

Dene Park Estate Website

The address is www.denepark.org.

Already, some new residents have said they found the website useful when researching the area before buying a house here. Surveys, newsletters, contact details etc. are available on the site. One of our residents has expertise in this area and has offered to help to ensure the site is put to the best use and kept up to date.

DPM WhatsApp group

The estate WhatsApp group is very useful for

quick communications – so join up if you haven’t already (see end for details).

Parking

Please continue to park with care and consideration. This is especially important at the moment with so many residents being at home during the day.

Bins

Please ensure your bins are put away after they’ve been emptied as they look unsightly and get in the way when left out.

Realty Management

Realty continue to manage the estate and any queries regarding service charge or administration should be directed to them. Our Realty Rep, Siobhan, has attended Directors and Committee meetings and been on site meeting contractors etc. See end of this newsletter for her contact details.

The Directors and Court Reps are available if you have any non-admin related queries or are concerned about any other estate issues. We meet regularly (via Zoom during the lockdown) to discuss issues arising. Please let your Court Rep or a Director know if there are any issues that need addressing and they will be added to the agenda for the next meeting.

Complaints Procedure

Please contact your Court Rep or one of the Directors if you have any complaints about the way the estate is run or any general estate issues causing worry or concern. Contact details are at the end of this newsletter

Contacts

Pat Flynn (Director)

16, Deneway Mews

0161 432 6716

[email protected]

Bo Cochran (Director and Court Rep)

11, Burley Court

0161 432 4851

[email protected]

Ev Speak (Director)

10 Deneway Close

0161 432 2130