What's going on in Seven Fields?
Has Seven Fields fallen on hard times? OR could it be the spending of money on things like new street signs YET AGAIN OR wooden bridges that my neighbors and I are still scratching our heads about. Has the boro run out of money for salt? During the winters our roads are barely salted. Maybe a little salt is put on by stop signs and some sparingly on the roads that have a slight hill.Going to council meetings has been an experience. I've spoken to people after the meetings and they all seem to have the same opinion. If you want something for small children okay they want to listen. If not, keep quiet. I hate to tell the members that they will grow up to be Teenagers!(which is a four letter word in this boro)It is time to retire the current council at the very next opportunity so that ones that have a true concern for the safety of our community can step in. Lighting options and salting the roads would be a great start and maybe even enforcing covenants that are in place and having the council members be required to obide by them too! They should not be exempt from rules already established. Believe it or not - council - your community is watching and paying close attention.
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I can't speak to the rest of your post but it sounds like Seven Fields and Cranberry Township are collaborating on the approach to snow removal and salting (or lack thereof).
Maybe it's the cost of the salt, or the labor for the crews. Maybe they figure that if the roads are bad, people will just stay off of them, or that the temperature or sun will melt the snow and ice eventually.
Maybe Cranberry's adopting the Seven Fields approach so that people from Seven Fields won't notice any difference from their roads when they drive into Cranberry!
It's a CONSPIRACY I tell you!!!!
I feel your pain. The homeowner's board in my neighborhood are a bunch of self-serving jerks. Just like in Seven Fields, the rules don't apply to them and they do whatever they want. I'm convinced that people join those things because they have their own agenda or they enjoy knowing everyone's business and being in a position of power. As for snow removal, I live in Cranberry, and it's been bad this year especially in the evenings and weekends.
An HOA board member is just another thankless volunteer job. I’m sure your neighborhood holds regular elections for the seats on your board. Take your turn and volunteer so you can actually understand the motives of your neighbors and volunteers who take care of your business for you. Most homeowners sign onto a set of rules and regulations that govern a planned residential development. It’s the prospective buyer’s responsibility to read and understand the rules BEFORE they buy and a board member’s responsibility to enforce those rules. If you are so unhappy with your board you can either move, volunteer yourself and get involved or let a management company take over the running of your plan. The last option will probably triple your HOA dues. In general, the board members are there to protect your property values and you have the right to demand that it’s done with everyone’s best interest at heart (within the scope of your HOA regs).
I'm not sure what the problem was or is in 7 fields but I do know that salt was in very short supply. I have a few small companies and one of them is snow removal. We use around 150 tons of salt per season and there was none to be bought in the last month and a half. Price went up about 20 dollars a ton then you just couldn't get any. Someone stole about 8 tons from a property that we do.
I'm sorry I made you so angry. I know how a homeowners association is supposed to work but in my neighborhood it doesn't work that way. Friends appoint friends to positions when their terms are up. We tried to volunteer but were told they did not need our help. Moving is something I very much want to do but that's easier said than done especially when we have kids involved.
I didn't get angry, probably just frustrated 'cause I've done the job and it truly is thankless. Unfortunately, my neighborhood doesn't have a lot of people volunteering and somebody has to do it.
When I decided to look for a house I told the realator do not show me any houses where I have to answer to anyone about what I do to my home. Yes I live in one of the older plans but nobody tells me what I can do and I have nobody breathing down my back sending me letters cause my grass needs cut.
In like 1996 or 1997 PA mandated the formation of HOA's. The only homes that won't have an HOA are the older ones. If you want new homes the rules and regs go with them.
Emily123
Thanks for your response.Fortunately there is no homeowners association involved in the plan that I am in. I shudder to think what that would turn into! I am sure it would be just like yours. I would be willing to accept the fact that salt may be short this year or even last year if it hadn't been this way for the 6 years I have been here.My husband and I have given a great deal of thought about moving but the market being the way it is, we have chosen to wait it out. We both grew up in the area but were caught off guard as what we were moving into. It's a beautiful community but with a lot of issues that the boro council seems to be turning away from. Believe me, my neighbors and I will be voting come next election if we are still here. Can you "vote" out a homeowners association? I've never been involved in one so I'm not familiar on how they work.
Being a "transplant" would someone please explain to me exactly what is "Seven Fields"? From this blog, I see it's obviously not any part of Cranberry? Is it governed by a totally different set of people/rules & regs? I see the sign when I come into Seven Fields...where is the sign that says "now leaving"...all of a sudden I'm in Mars. Seriously, help me understand the purpose.
It goes back awhile ago this was a small development that wanted to have it's own identity. Not part of Adams or not part of Cranberry Twp. If I remember correctly the ones that started Seven Fields ended up in a huge legal battle. I really never thought it would take off but it did and even though I live in Cranberry it's actually a nice community. I do know in CTAA we consider Seven Fields part of Cranberry Township. I am sure another old timer can shed some light on it more so then I can.