Being on bad terms with your neighbour can make your life frustrating, day after day. But taking the time to establish good terms with your neighbours has numerous benefits. The community will be friendlier, the neighbourhood safer, and the area a nicer and more comfortable place to live.
Tips
Send them a bouquet of flowers, invite them over for dinner, offer to babysit or petsit, something like that. They will be very happy.
Really good neighbours watch out for each other. They ask each other for advice, and offer to help, especially on matters that impact the larger neighbourhood. They respect each others' boundaries but are quick to assist in a crisis. They look for opportunities to collaborate and to socialize. - Great neighbours make for great neighbourhoods, and it is well worth the effort.
Check local regulations regarding fires in your backyard and noise levels. There are laws in most jurisdictions regulating such things.
If you are experiencing problems with an anti-social neighbour and you are unable to resolve them yourself, then see if your local government has website information on dispute resolution. For example, look for a website with information on how to tackle anti-social behaviour in your community. Law Enforcement 021 554 8005.
Introduce yourself. Whether you're new in the neighborhood or new residents have just moved in on your block, introduce yourself. Say hello, offer a welcoming gift (the classic homemade pie never fails) and share or ask about the local area: "Where's the nearest pizzeria?" or "The garbage truck comes by on Mondays, usually around 10 in the morning, but sometimes he sneaks in at 8."
SBHOA Committee Members would like to thank Jessie and Anjo from Carmel Huys Guest house for offering your facility to us to host the monthly meeting!
The meeting went well and we always welcome new members to contact our Chairman Lisa Lotze should you wish to join the committee with a certain project that you are passionate about, or just in general get involved to help make our hood a better place for all.
Carmel Huys is situated in Sunset Beach, Cape Town. Only 100 meters from the beautiful Atlantic Ocean with stunning views of Table Mountain and Robben Island. The guest house offers convenient access to central Cape Town, the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Table Mountain, the Cape Winelands and the biggest shopping center of the Southern Hemisphere. Within walking distance of the Bus Rappid Transport System (BRT).
Attention all Sunset Beach Residents and Business Owners
Below is the information covering the launch of the upgraded security camera project in Sunset Beach:
- Camera project background
- Time frame for installation
- How will we raise the money required?
- Why Crime Watch?
- Feedback please
- How to stay updated on progress
- Free "vehicle disc" stickers
Security Camera Project Information
We are lucky to be living in a low crime incident neighbourhood especially if we compare ourselves with other neighbourhoods in Cape Town. I receive the weekly newsletter from City Bowl area and am shocked to see how crime has escalated to home invasions in the Cape Town CBD.
The SBHOA would like our community to focus not only of the prevention of crime, but also on any existing crime, regardless of the severity.
The existing security cameras have demonstrated a significant impact on lowering crime over the past few years, resulting in several criminals being apprehended.
Taking into account that Sunset Beach has two entrances, criminals (or possible suspects) can be tracked by Crime Watch as they move through Sunset Beach. Security vehicles are dispatched immediately to investigate or ask suspects to leave the area.
The SBHOA has decided to initiate a security camera project in Sunset Beach based on the preliminary study completed in partnership with Crime Watch:
Additional camera coverage in beachfront areas and Ocean Way Shopping Centre will improve surveillance of these areas that have proven to be problematic in the past; and
replacement of existing cameras with higher resolution PTZ cameras (PTZ= pan tilt zoom) will improve the ability to track and identify criminals, especially at night.
The video below explains what Pan Tilt Zoom camera is about:
This amounts to:
1 new PTZ camera installed at the shopping centre.
2 new PTZ cameras installed at beach parking areas.
Replacing the Bay Beach / Ocean Way camera.
Addition of any other cameras if funds permit.
What is the proposed time frame for installing new cameras?
The SBHOA plan to install the first camera by end of March. Other planned cameras will be installed as soon as the funds are raised. We are optimistic and are planning for the remaining cameras to be installed by the end of June 2017.
How will we raise the money to pay for the camera project?
We need our Sunset Beach community to support the project to help us raise the R120,000 needed for 3 new cameras. We will be relying on donations from residents and businesses in order to fund this project. Watch this space for more info
Why Crime Watch?
The SBHOA is working with Crime Watch to install, maintain and monitor the security cameras. The majority of Sunset Beach residents are using Crime Watch as their security company.
Crime Watch is currently managing the existing cameras in Sunset Beach and have the recently upgraded the network to support all the cameras (incl PTZ cameras) in real time.
As we kick-off with this project, we would appreciate your feedback:
Whether you are a resident or a business, please provide feedback, questions or ideas by emailing projectcamera@sunsetbeach.org.za
Your free "vehicle disk" sticker to display on your car:
To kick-off the camera projects, every household within Sunset Beach will received a flyer and 2 Sunset Beach discs for display on your vehicle. Business owners and staff will also receive stickers.
Stickers will be distributed with flyers in the next 2 days.
The stickers will help with vehicle recognition as vehicles enter and leave Sunset Beach. Also, identify vehicles/people local to Sunset Beach in a similar type scenario as the "shipwreck" disaster.
If you need more stickers for your household, please email office@sunsetbeach.org.za. Stickers will be delivered in your postbox.
Stay Updated with the status of this project:
Updates on progress can be provided in the projects tab section in the new SBHOA website (going live today 25 February 2017). Content is still being updated as we grow the information requested by the community.
Click here for any updates on this project going forward.
We thank you for your support and look forward to seeing fellow "Sunsetters" driving around with their discs.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend, and we look forward to hear from you. RegardsLise LotzeSBHOA: Chairpersonchairman@sunsetbeach.org.za
DONATIONS DETAILS:
You can make an EFT in to
the SBHOA account as follows:
Beneficiary name: SUNSET BEACH HOA Bank name:STANDARD BANK Account number:71003991 Branch code:0051001 (Universal Branch Code) Branch Code: 022209 Branch
name: THIBAULT SQUARE
You can make an EFT in to the SBHOA account as follows:
Beneficiary name: SUNSET BEACH HOA Bank name:STANDARD BANK Account number:71003991 Branch code:0051001 (Universal Branch Code) Branch Code: 022209 Branch name: THIBAULT SQUARE
Beneficiary reference:PRO-CAMERA (Name)
Please email your POP to projectcamera@sunsetbeach.org.za for us to show appreciation. Thank you for your support!
Sunset Beach Home Owners Association would like to recommend Cape eWaste as your go-to for discarding all your electronic waste. We will also be collaborating with Cape eWaste to do collection drives in Sunset Beach once every 3 months. They will be here on a Saturday morning between 09h00 and 12h00, to take any unwanted electronic equipment as mentioned below. Please do keep your eyes on our Sunset Beach Calendar at the bottom of this page for the next eWaste Collection date.
Electronic waste, or E-Waste, is the fastest growing waste stream in South Africa.
Every year, you the consumer and businesses discard of millions of
televisions,
computers,
cell phones, and
other electronic products.
The challenge is to find economical ways to recycle and reuse these products.
We at Cape e-Waste Recyclers provide a free service to the day to day consumer as well as our bigger corporates, retailers, education facilities, medical institutes and our local & national government.
After 1 hour , a parking fee of R5 per half hour thereafter applies . For example, let’s say a customer parks at Ocean Square Centre for 1 hour & 45 mins . Their parking fee will therefore be R10 calculated as follows by the 1st hour free , R5 for the next half hour and a further R5 for the 2nd half hour or part thereof .
