As residents, we all share the responsibility of ensuring that our community is a safe and friendly place to live. That’s why we have estate regulations in place: to help us maintain a high standard of living and ensure that everyone can enjoy their time here.
These rules are not meant to be restrictive, but rather to be common-sense and promote a positive environment. By working together and following these rules, we can make our estate a great place to call home.
Keep things tidy: Keep your property and garden clean, tidy, and well-maintained. Keep it free from litter, rubbish and unnecessary building materials. This includes any gardens, pathways and driveways that you are responsible for. Also help keep the estate clean and beautiful by disposing of all rubbish in the designated bins. Although the landscaping company cleans the estate periodically, please help keep the estate looking great by picking up any litter you see lying around.
Be considerate with noise: Show consideration for your neighbours by keeping noise levels reasonable. Keep the noise (such as a noisy party or construction work) down between 10pm and 8am Monday to Saturday, and all day Sunday. If you are going to make noise during these times, let your neighbours know.
Make sure your kids & pets behave: Ensure that your pets and children are well behaved and do not cause any nuisance or damage to property. Always clean up after your pets and children.
Be careful with children on the estate roads: Parents remain responsible for the supervision of their children at all times. When using estate roads you should follow the Highway Code's rules for pedestrians.
Help reduce light pollution: We live in a Dark Skies area, which is a protected area that has very low levels of light pollution. When it comes to exterior lighting, follow the lighting rules.
Stay legal: Do not engage in any illegal activities, or run a business that could be offensive, on the estate.
Look after the estate: Do not do anything that could damage the shared areas of the estate. That includes trees, plants, ducts used for utilities, pavements, roads and parking spaces. Shared areas belong to the management company: if you wish to use it for storage or anything other than general recreation, you must ask for approval from the management company.
Park considerately: Always park your vehicle in the designated parking areas and don’t obstruct others’ access or park on any pavement. Ensure your visitors park in designated visitor parking spaces. Don’t use visitor parking spaces for long-term parking. Do not permanently park any trailer, boat or caravan anywhere on the estate.
Ask permission for alterations: If you plan to undertake building works that require planning permission, or other alterations affecting the exterior of your house, you must ask approval from the management company first.
Be careful what you flush: Because the estate lies below the level of Elstead's sewage works, the estate has a pump station that pumps all our sewage uphill to Elstead. We all share a single 4 inch rising sewer, which often gets blocked by a large number of wet wipes and other objects that really don't belong down the drain. To help keep the estate's sewage pumps working, only flush toilet paper. Don't flush wet wipes or similar sanitary products.
Read your transfer deed or contract with Clarion: Always comply with the restrictive covenants that are listed in your transfer deed. The management company will be happy to provide a copy if you need one. If you are a resident that lives in a Clarion rented or shared ownership home, please also refer to Clarion's rules as they are contractually binding. Remember that, under the terms of the transfer deeds, the management company has the right to enter your property and set right any breaches of restrictive covenants, and charge you for doing so.