The Board of Directors ignored my warning about this slope in July of 2022. Now, after the heavy winter rains, the costs to repair the damage is $27,000!

More dead brush and trees

After the heavy winter rains, you can see the erosion damage.

Note the erosion around the concrete v-ditch as well as all the dead brush piled up.

A closer view of the erosion damage. That is about a 30' long gulley that is 4' deep in areas.

More erosion - no ground cover to hold the soil in place.

$27K to just rebuild and repair the upper area of the slope. It does not address the lower half.

We moved to our home in Victoria Grove in June 2003.  Previously, we never had any problems with the landscaping on this slope, which is across the gully from our house.  But in July 2022, I noticed a lot of dead and dying brush, which appeared to be from lack of water.  I expressed my concerns to one of our current Board Members and also logged in a maintenance request on the StoneKastle Web Portal.

Note - This area is considered to be a 'Very High Fire Hazard Area', and our Home Insurance has almost double in price over the last couple of years because of that designation. From what I understand, the Board decided not to take any action at the time and after the heavy winter rains, you can see the erosion damage and all the dead brush that was never removed.

After I again brought it to the Board's Attention in April 2023, they realized the extent of the damage.  Work is currently under way at a cost of $27,600.  (I believe that a lot of this damage could have been avoided if the Board had taken action last summer.)