Importance of Screening Tenants

As is inevitable, some members outgrow their homes here at Devon-Aire Villas and ultimately move out to a bigger home.  In some cases, those members rent out their homes.  While there is nothing wrong with that, we would like to stress how important it is for member to do their homework and screen potential tenants before renting out the unit to them. Members should use a professional screening service that can perform a criminal, credit and eviction check on any applicant such as RentecDirect.com if at all possible.  Although there is cost up front it could end up saving you thousands of dollars in headaches.

Just recently, a member had a tenant move out.  This tenant was already causing them issues because they were not adhering to the communities rules & regulations.  What they found when they entered the home will cost them thousands of dollars in repairs.  No amount of collected rent money can compensate the owner in the damage the renter left inside the home.  The walls, kitchen cabinets, kitchen appliances, bathroom, etc all had to be gutted.  We would post pictures of the inside of the home, however the stench inside is so bad it requires a mask.

Don't let this happen to you.  Protect yourself and screen your tenants.  Be sure you have an iron clad lease agreement and be sure that your tenants understand that they need to abide by this communities covenants as well as its rules & regulations.

Help Keep Our Community Clean

For the last several months we have been experiencing issues with members placing bulking trash items outside their units and not calling the county for pickup and not informing us about the pickup.  Worst yet, there are some members which are simply throwing bulking trash items unto the common areas.  Bulking trash items left out in front of members units or in the common areas do not magically disappear and require us to make arrangements to have these items removed.   Members, or their tenants, that behave in such a manner are actually costing other members money in the long run because these costs are passed down in the annual dues assessed each year to each member.

Please help keep the front of your villas clean and neat.  If bulk trash must be placed in front of your unit, you must email us or call our property manager and let us know that you have scheduled  a county pickup.  If you throw any bulk trash in front of your unit that is not inside of a garbage can, it will be removed by the association and the removal cost will be charged to your account.  You can set up a county pickup by calling 311 or by going to www.miamidade.gov/wastepickup.  If you see anyone throwing out trash unto the common areas, please contact us and let us know who it is so we can address it.  If everyone does their part, it will go a long way keeping the annual dues down.

Burglary Devon-Aire #1 East 7/2/2014

A burglary has been reported on CrimeMapping.com for a home located at 12000 BLOCK SW 110TH ST CIR E.  The incident was not reported to us so we are not sure which home on Circle East this occurred at.  Anyone with any information is asked to please contact MDPD at (305) 476-5423.

We highly encourage all residents to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to police.  Please keep your front porch lights on at night and if you are an end unit with an area light please be sure that it is in working order.  There is an active Crime Watch in our community.  If you are interested in participating,  please send us your name, address & phone number by using our Contact Us page.

New Location to Purchase Approved Paint

For quite some time now, many folks have asked about the ability to purchase paint from the Home Depot.  Last month the Board took the initiative to begin talking to the Home Depot to see what they could do for us.  After some work, they now have our communities paint colors on file at the Home Depot Pro Desk located at 12700 North Kendall Drive.  If you wish to purchase paint at the Home Depot, you have two options.  You can visit their Pro Desk which is open Mon - Fri and ask them for the Devon-Aire Villas # 1 paint color that correspond to your unit which is either the Brown & Beige or Green & Beige.  If you are unsure which color corresponds to you, send us an email and we will get back to you.  If you would rather go straight to the paint center, you can download and print the flyer that corresponds to your unit.  For the Brown & Beige homes, Click Here.  For the Green & Beige homes, Click Here. As always, please submit an ACC form before you begin work on your home.

July 4th - Picnic & Soccer at the Park

Weather Permitting, this Independence Day there will be a picnic and soccer at the park.  Bring your own blanket and basket.

When: Friday, July 4th, 2014 from noon until 4:00 pm.

Where: The South side of Devon-Aire #1 WestPark, 111th Street. There is additional curbside parking on the North side of the park on 106th Street. 

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