Suntree, What a Waste!

Don't let your HOA board become filled with excuse makers who spend money without changing anything.  Suntree HOA has board members who believe the standard answers given by the landscapers.  Owners complain about water running into the street when the lawns are watered.  Without even checking it out the board or landscapers automatically say, it's water run off and the lawns need aeration.  Aeration is the standard answer given by landscapers before they ever check it out to see what others are seeing.  Oh wait, they never see what others see because they set the water schedule to go off at 2 am then change it to go off at midnight and 2 am.  Instead of water running into the gutters and puddling without running off once a night it does it twice a night.  Not only is this wasting water but is damaging the joints under the street that connect the asphalt and concrete gutters.  It's a double whammy!  Not one person has ever ever known why the city has an issue with water running off onto the street.  So, now you know!

Our problem with water running into the street isn't because of water run off.  It took me 10 mins to discover that multiple lawns all have the same problem causing water to run into the street. All you have to do is stand on the sidewalk while the sprinklers are on to figure it out.  The problem is the sprinkler heads have a wider spray pattern than the lawns resulting in water spraying onto the sidewalks and running into the street.  This is why some sprinkler heads were adjustable and some were not.  The only reason why all the heads need to be the same is that they must all spray the same gallons per minute.  Many brands have heads which will spray the same gallons per minute and that is what matters not the brand!

Water run off isn't always aeration, that is just what landscapers say because they get to charge you more money!  The proof of this is that the landscapers aerated Suntree some lawns on Friday and on Saturday night there is still water running into the streets.  The ones done on Monday are still running into the street on Tuesday. 

Then there is the problem with the sprinklers being aimed at the mailboxes.  So, much for the $17,000.00 spent on painting!  Who cares how much money the BoD saves when they are wasting the money they do spend!!  This community hasn't changed in over 10 years.  It looked like crap then and still looks like CRAP!!  Instead of doing something about the problem they keep doing the same things they have always done and keep buying the excuses given by landscapers.