As residents of the Mount Gilead Estate, our aim is to provide potential and existing residents with a list of sports and activities that are available at the village for resident participation, once you become a resident, as well as provide valuable feedback, commentary and opinions of many issues occuring within the village.
It takes some time to come to terms with village life, as opposed to life on the outside.
As current residents of the estate, the author's of many articles contained herein, attempt to provide a fair and objective view of the estate, the services and facilities the operator provides, and doesn't provide, as well as the many issues that village life presents to the residents.
Many if not all residents, would have been totally unaware of the 'Retirement Villages Act 1999' and it's Regulations prior to taking up residency in the village. The Act, by which this village is governed, sets out many of the parameters in which the Operator of this village should be operating, as well as addressing expected or acceptable behaviour for both residents of the village and the operator.
There are many residents in this village, who are happy with their villa and/or apartment, and there are many that are not. Many residents have suffered water ingress to their villas, and for some, it has occurred on multiple occasions. This has placed great stress, both physically and mentally, on those affected residents, many of whom are unable to sell their villas, because they are simply not left with enough equity from the sale, after the Operator has taken his exit fee amount from the sale.
Editor's Note: The continued construction works over 15 years, with no relief in sight, presents many additional issues that residents have to deal with, such as excessive noise from construction workers, with early starts and sometimes late finishes, to say nothing of the traffic issues, exacerbated by both tradesman attending the site and heavy concrete trucks blocking streets while pouring concrete. For many of our elderly residents it is both physically and mentally draining at this stage in their life.
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