To: Jim Burgess and all other owners with concerns about the Painting of the doors Project

 

From: Richard Kelly (President of the Board and General Manager)

 

Subject: Why we are painting the doors and how the color was chosen

 

History: When MPI built the Lodges (1-105) they did not put a primer or an exterior grade finish on the front doors. Because of this lack of a proper exterior grade finish many of the doors are starting to show signs of deterioration. Several of the doors have already had to be replaced due to damage and reworking of the entry keying system. Keep in mind that the doors are part of the exterior of the building and are governed by the Lodges at Roark Creek COA Covenants and By-Laws that the COA has to enforce. Also keep in mind that the Lodges come under the control of the ACC committee that has final approval of the exterior colors of all buildings in Stonebridge Village.

Many owners, seeing the exterior of their front doors weather and deteriorate, have painted their doors with whatever color they liked. The door color issue was raised with the ACC and they asked that all the front doors be the same color in harmony with the colors of the trim and exterior of the building. The purpose of the all doors being the same is uniformity and prevents someone from detracting from the value of their neighbors lodge by painting their door a radical color. All of these issues are covered in the covenants and restriction which as the general manager I am required to enforce.

How was the final color picked? During the Fox Hollow painting project the door color was picked that would match the exterior trim of the windows. After the color was picked and a test door was painted the ACC looked at the door and gave us ACC approval. My lodge is lodge 24 and the front door was in bad enough condition that I bought and painted my door to keep if from having to be replaced. I fully understand that some of the owners would love the color and some would not. Color is like food, some people like apples and some like oranges. But at the end of the day we had to make a decision and stick with it for the entire project.

As of this writing I have had two owners out of 115 call me regarding the door project. One owner felt that the color should have been much darker and the other owner feels that they should be able to pick the color they wanted and that picking the door color is not part of the mangers responsibility. Another issue was raised by an owner who was told he had to replace his door by the nightly rental manager. This owner took his lodge out of the nightly rental program to use as a family retreat. Subsequently the owner spent approximately $800 buying a custom ordered door to match his furniture colors. Understandably he is not very happy about COA putting paint on his new custom built door. The door did not need to be replaced just putting new entry hardware on the original door would have worked as well. He was not given this option by the nightly rental manger and as a new owner did what he thought was right. I wished he would have call me, I could have saved him $800.