We have had issues with the recent rain causing dirt to wash down the incline onto the pool deck area. You can see a mark on the deck where the dirt usually sat. So, to alleviate this problem, we added in a retaining wall to stop the erosion and loss of soil. While we were there, we added in a sidewalk between the pool deck and the rear BBQ area. Previously, people had to walk past the Women’s restroom to get to the rear area. 

We are fortunate to have acquired maintenance staff members over the years who have a wide variety of experience and can do these projects so we can reduce costs, as opposed to hiring subcontracting companies to do them. The last major sewer repair, requiring a back hoe and a lot of man-hours, would have cost the HOA over $10,000; we spent around $1500 including equipment rental and labor. This is one example; we did 5 similar repairs in the past 4 or 5 months, using our people to do them. The same is true of water line repairs and so much more.