Coventry Group Property Management, Inc.

Landscape stones were recently placed on the gravel corner shoulders at the heavily traveled intersection of Larkspur Lane and Talisman Drive.  The Board and the ARC Committee added the stones in response to long standing concerns from residents about unsafe driving, and parents who worried about their children walking along the streets after school.  Drivers have been seen ignoring the stop signs, traveling too fast, and whipping around the corners off the road.   The presence of the stones keeps cars on the asphalt and they tend to make drivers go slower as they approach the stop signs at these corners.  Landscape stones are commonly used in such situations and there has already been a noticeable improvement in drivers being more cautious at the intersection.

The Board of Directors and Coventry Group would like to thank the many residents who responded with cooperation after receiving reminder letters in 2011 regarding necessary Laurel Ridge rules.  Homeowners cooperated by moving basketball goals and cars off the streets, performing needed yard work, repairing their homes, putting trash cans away,  removing commercial vehicles from the property, etc.  It has made a noticeable improvement in the appearance of Laurel Ridge and has helped minimize safety and liability issues.  We have confidence that homeowners who receive notices about such matters  in the future will also appreciate the need  for, and benefit of these important  rules.

A large number of single family homes in Laurel Ridge  have no house numbers posted on the mailbox or on the front of the house.   In addition, some townhouse address numbers are either missing or painted in the same color as the trim they are posted on, making them very difficult to see.  Please make sure that your house number is posted and is very easily seen.  The police department and the fire department in particular asks homeowners to have their address number posted very clearly so that precious time is not lost trying to find a house when there is a fire or other emergency.

The 2012 Laurel Ridge budget prepared by the Board of Directors was mailed to homeowners in December along with the Annual Meeting notice.  The budget calls for a new annual assessment of $168 that is due on January 1, 2012.  If homeowners have questions about the budget they may call or e-mail Robin Schaeffer at Coventry Group  (540_535-5786; rschaeffer@coventrygrp.com.

The Annual Meeting/Election will be held on January 9, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Independent Bible Church, 2306 Hedgesville Road,  Martinsburg.  Homeowners recently received the official notice of this meeting along with a yellow proxy form and a blue absentee ballot.  We encourage you to vote and to attend, but if you are not able to attend, please send in your yellow proxy in the envelope provided to help the association reach a quorum.

Karin Williams has accepted the  administrative assistant position vacated by Melissa Rodriguez who recently resigned to take a position in a different field.  Karin will be handling many aspects of community management including accounts payable and receivable. She is an integral part of keeping the business running smoothly.  Karin’s e-mail address is admin@coventrygrp.com.  Her phone number is (540) 535-0816. Karin will begin working on January 9.

New Mailing Address and Fax Number For Your HOA

Coventry Group has recently moved their office to downtown Winchester. All correspondence including payments should be sent to:

            302 W. Boscawen Street, Suite 3B

            Winchester, VA 22601

Any correspondence sent to the old P.O. Box will be forwarded to us for the next few months. If you have your bank drafting funds directly from your account, please change the mailing address to this new one so there will not be a delay in payment deposits.

Additionally, the fax number has changed to 540-301-5143.

We would like to make the community aware of a theft in the neighborhood. Items were taken off of a homeowner’s porch. If you note any suspicious behavior, please contact the police immediately.

The governing documents include detailed policies, but there  are helpful tips for homeowners regarding some important “Dos and Don’ts” at the Documents tab or here.