Wednesday, December 09, 2015

The guy who wrote the Thesen Islands Design Guidelines (hyperbole!) and past Chairman of the Design Review PaneI gives his view on the Wall

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I asked my brother, Gray Rutherford*, to give his opinion on the boundary wall at P76, as there is no one better qualified than him to gi...
Wednesday, December 02, 2015

The first 1.8m street facing brick wall...

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Yes, folks. We have taken the first step to living behind high walls on Thesen Islands. The first 1.8m high brick wall has just been bui...

Gray Rutherford on the pitfalls of a "more accommodating approach" to design on Belvidere Estate and the design philosophy on Thesen Islands

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12 March 2013 To : Richard Wilkinson, Chairman, Thesen Islands Home Owners Association Dear Richard I read with great interes...

The Belvidere Estate Story - By Pixie & Mick Roberts

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What is a story about Belvidere Estate doing on a blog about Thesen Islands, you ask? Well, if you are a newcomer to Knysna you can be ...
Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Public Open Space given way by the Chairman of the HOA

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Open Space - Given away by HOA  Open Space - As it should be   Ok, so this is hard to believe…. In May 2014, a homeowner objec...
Monday, January 05, 2015

AGM 29 December 2014 - A short report and some comments

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The following is based on my notes and recollections so it is not completely accurate. There were about 120 owners present with about 5...
Monday, December 22, 2014

A must read before the TIHOA AGM. Where has the money gone.....? Letter from Max & Janneke Diethelm (E18)

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17 December 2014 Dear Trustees and Homeowners,                                                                                 I have take...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Trustees "Blatantly wrong to say Development will not detract from views or negatively affect their lifestyle..." Read Brian & Gill Robert's (P89) letter

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I wrote in my letter to the Trustees: I don’t know the owner of P89 but this stand borders the Parkland and has wide views over it. It is...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

My Reply to the HOA Trustee's to their email pulling the plug on their Parkland stands scheme - 11 December 2014

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11 December 2014 Dear Brian and the other Trustees of the TIHOA, In reply to the email sent to all home owners withdrawing the Trus...

More Egg on Trustee's faces - Gray Rutherford responds with the Arcus Gibb Map to HOA dismissal of his statement regarding Parkland contamination

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The area inside the highlighted border are the "Contamination Zones". See Map Key for details. This map formed part of the Arcus G...

Upcoming AGM - Elect Trustees who will push for the long term protection of the Parkland; Get/Give proxies for home owners who won't be at the AGM

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I asked the HOA for a report on the current Trustee's terms of office: Dear Ken With reference to your e-mail dated 1 December 2014....
Saturday, November 29, 2014

I never thought...the real threat to the Parkland would be of an invasion led by HOA Trustees

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Here is my letter to the Trustees of the HOA.  This is the covering email::  Your scheme is flawed and the way you have gone about it ...

The proposal is "a betrayal of our trust...and a threat to our quality of life as well as our financial investment" - Rolf and Jacqueline Lamprecht's letter to Brian Sears, Chairman of the HOA

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From their letter below: We see the proposal as a betrayal of our trust in these matters and a threat to our quality of life as well as...
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