December has come once again. It's a time for family, giving, togetherness and a sense of love. Day to day we all think of how wonderful life is and the greatness stored in each one of our hearts. I know I do! Consider this newsletter my message to everyone for the holiday season. My name is Nick and I am the Marketing Manager at The Manor. I, along with my colleagues, work every day to make life here at The Manor just a little more sweet. And, with the fastly approaching Christmas season, our work is cut out for us.
I drive the highways and bi-ways of America quite regularly and found the rudest commuters in the US to be in Northen Virginia. I would wager you are nodding your head right now! But, as I drove this Thanksgiving holiday, there was a different feeling. It seemed most everyone went out of their way to try and help others, and not jockey for their rightful position. It seems the Christmas spirit has already started affecting us. It's as if our ecomnomic crisis isn't much of a crisis after all, as we merrily go about our way giving to all that might need it. Food banks are filling up once again, money and toys flood donation centers, and people in general smile at one another. This is the Christmas spirit and its like a steam roller barrelling its way through each of our hearts!
This season, lets forget our problems and focus on the important stuff like family, love, and giving. Throughout history we have shown as a people that Americans will concur their enemies and survive as one people. In my heart, there is no worldwide economic crisis, only a bright light shining, readying itself for the Christmas season. Go ahead, wave to your neightbor, buy that toy to donate, show your Christmas tree for all to see. This is a love no one can ignore.
Resident of the Month
The Manor is starting its all new resident of the month program. Its quite simple, each month management will pick a new resident of the month to which he or she will receive a very nice prize. This month we gave away an edible arrangement and some other goodies. We look at many different variables, but in the end it comes down to the best of the best as tenants at The Manor.
The Manor Advertising...
I am having a "Virtual and Book show" of Silpada Designs Jewerly from now until Dec. 11th. Do you know of anyone who loves Sterling Silver? Do you know of anyone who would love to get jewerly for Christmas? Well, let's make your holiday shopping a little easier....no waiting in lines, no crowds, easy orders made by Dec. 11th will guarentee your items purchased to be here by Christmas! All you do is shop from home. Simply go to www.mysilpada.com/gail.wood to read more about Silpada's fine Sterling Silver, browse the catalogue and contact me to place an order. If you would like a catalogue, you may contact me as well from that page and I will find a way to get the catalogue to you! Just imagine an easier holiday experience with the comfort and quality of Silpada Designs! Happy Shopping! GailIndependent Silpada Designs RepresentativeContact Me
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Dog Feces and Trash
A rash of dog feces and trash has been found throughout the complex. In our November Mini newsletter we touched on the fines and fees associated with the owners negligence. Since then there have been no complaints and management would like to give all of our residents a big high five for a job well done! Please keep up the good work in keeping our home as neat and clean as possible.
Rent, Work Orders, and Resident Refferals.
We all know rent is due on the 1st and it is late after midnight of the 3rd of Every month. Did you know we have a drop box just in case you can't drop it by during normal business hours. You may also pay it on-line using your credit card at http://www.erentpayer.com/. There is a fee for using this service. If either your are paying by money order or cashiers check please follow a few simple rules.
1)Always write your full address and name clearly. If it cannot be read, it may be attached to another account or not posted at all.
2)Do not put your payments in an envelope. This slows the process of checking each of the checks for correctness as we open each envelope in front of you.
3)Regardless of what is handwritten on the check, we will always post the check to the type written information. If you want your check to post to another account other than your own, it must be in money order or cashiers check.
4)Erentpayer.com is sometimes tricky. If you use erentpayer.com your payment will not post to your account here at The Manor until it clears. This means, even if you pay it on the 1st and it clears your bank on the 3rd, it may not clear our account until after the 3rd and therefore is late and proper proceedings for late payments will be adhered to. Although this situation is easily cleared up, you may have to receive a "5 days to pay or vacate" notice.
5)Keep your receipts and confirmation numbers. These are your only way to prove you paid. It also makes it easy to find in the unlikely event of a mistake.
6)If you are late with rent, you are required to pay in money order or cashiers check with the additional 10% (of your total monthly rent) late fee.
7)After midnight of the 3rd, rent will be late. The drop box will be cleared and all monies received after that point are late. This is very important, you must pay by midnight of the 3rd of each and every month or your rent will be late.
Work orders are a little simpler. Please, do not ask our service members to do that little extra thing you "forgot". Our system is based on a work order being drawn up. If you do not call in the work order, there is no guarantee it will be done. After the work order is complete, if you have another request, please call the management office. We are more than happy to take your request. Lastly with work orders, the office personel have a very limited knowledge of the service side of things. We do not know the schedules of the service members and have very little contact with them. We cannot and will not diagnose a problem over the phone. We only know what a resident tells us. We simply enter in the symptoms and let the professionals fix the problem. The service team is very knowledgable, and has plenty of experience, just let them do their job.
Resdient refferals are another simple topic. Simply refer a new resident who then moves in and receive a $300 referral fee off your next months rent. There is no limit as to how many referral fees you can get. If you can't make it, just email us at manoratenglandrun@udr.com and we'll do the rest.
Wrapping Party
On December 20th The Manor will host a wrapping party including free wrapping paper, tape and scissors as needed. We'll also provide coffee, hot cocoa, and cookies. Come join us on Saturday the 20th starting at 10:00 AM and ending around 5:00 PM.
