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[Lauren Rich]

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Lauren Rich
Atlanta, GA


On Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 4:36 PM David Weiner via Everyone <
everyone at chelseaplacedecatur.com> wrote:

> On Sep 21, 2026, at 16:33, Mark Bussey <statute661 at aol.com> wrote:
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>
> I am happy to help follow up with Ron on getting additional pressure
> washing quotes.  I only got the one because I wasn't sure anyone other than
> me cared about removing the markings.  That said, if we intend to redo the
> drive a good part of the pressure washing becomes irrelevant.  I, for one,
> definitely think it is long past time to redo our Frankenstein drive. As
> someone mentioned, we would need to see how that will affect the tree roots
> and the trees.  Will cutting the roots weaken those trees, will the roots
> just grow back quickly and wreck our new drive, etc.  Yep, yet another
> thing to research.
>
>
> I don’t think it’s an either/or situation.  It’s more do we do the
> pressure washing while we do the research on the repaving.  Especially with
> the research that needs to be done about the roots, it’s going to take time
> before anything can be done.
>
>
> Mark
>
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 08:35:08 PM EDT, Residents <
> everyone at chelseaplacedecatur.com> wrote:
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>
> Good evening everyone!
>
> Mark reached out to Fish a few weeks ago about pressure washing the
> driveway.  They gave a quote, breaking it down by common areas and
> individual houses.  They gave an “all in” price of a little over $3,000 to
> power wash everything, including each of the cobblestone driveways. The
> officers have discussed it, and we think it’s a good idea for the
> association to pay the $3,000 or so for everything.  We have plenty of
> money in the bank, so it would not affect our reserves at all.
>
> An additional pieces of information for everyone to keep in mind, is that
> the asphalt driveway has exceeded its useful life of about 30 years.  We
> sealed the cracks about 5 years ago, and it’s also exceed its life
> expectancy.  At this point in time, it’s not worth doing again. Lauren
> talked to a few companies, and it would cost $25,000 or more to tear up and
> replace the asphalt. This would require an assessment of at least $1,000 to
> do.  It doesn’t need to be done right away, but it will have to be done
> soon, and I can’t define it any better than soon.
>
> The floor is open for discussion.
>
> Dave
>
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