10/19/12

New Look + A Preview



As soon as the landscapers finished trimming bushes 2 weeks ago, I grabbed my camera and headed out to get some current photos of FV.  Some of the results of my picture taking have now ended up as a 'new look' for my blog.  

I did have another reason for taking the pictures.....a Forest Villas HOA website.

The board decided that it might be time to consider a website for residents & prospective owners.  The website would be a location to post information for Forest Villas.  It would allow the HOA to post information about insurance, minutes from past board meetings, financial status of the HOA, present & past newsletters, forms that could be downloaded by residents for Variances & the like, & finally information about villas that are available for sale & rent. 


The board asked me to work on an outline & some content.  We've now taken it to the next level and developed a "test website" for Forest Villas.  It can be previewed at ForestVillasHOA.com  

The website is NOT complete & has not been checked for accuracy because it is still a work in progress.  I'm no expert in website creation, so if there's a resident with website skills who wants to help, or can bring the website to a better level of quality,.... I'm looking for volunteers.

The reason for mentioning this project, in spite of its unfinished status, is because the board is looking for some input and feedback regarding the site from residents at the next board meeting in November.

Try the site, test some of the links, and if you have suggestions or information that could be added & would improve the content, let the board know at the next meeting, or send them an email.

P.S. We're still missing email address for about 25% of the FV residents and all of the renters.

10/4/12

Original Sales Brochure for Forest Villas

Earlier this year, one of Forest Villas' first buyers allowed me to scan the original Forest Villas sales brochure. It was created by David Swor, the developer for both The Forest & Forest Villas, back in 1987 when building began.  Maybe some of the latest villa owners would be interested in taking a look back.

Brochure Cover

Don't know if this is easy to see in the picture above, but the front illustration shows a side-loading garage that was noted on the original site plans for Forest Villas.  Not all the villa lots had enough room for this option, but it was evidently under consideration during planning.  See blow up below.






Page 1 of Brochure


Page 2 of Brochure


Page 3 of Brochure


Page 4 of Brochure


The aerial site plan also illustrates the side-loading garages that were under consideration at the time.  See blow up below.


For a while there, our villas were back at 1987 prices. See chart below.

Price List for Brochure

I don't think we'll begin to see a significant rise in our home values until the last old roof gets replaced.  Otherwise the real estate comps from these foreclosures will continue to drag our values down.




At the height of the boom in 2006, one of the villas, with the original roof, sold for $355k.  

This blog is in no way affiliated with Forest Villas HOA.