The Landings & Bay Colony

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Dear Neighbors,

This has been an amazing year for Lake Estates. 
Some of the 2014 accomplishments include:
Partnering with FPL for finalizing a schedule for trimming of the black olive trees to be
on a three year schedule. They added four trees to our canopy on Northeast 27th
Avenue which buffers the commercial district from our residential community.
• City of Fort Lauderdale paved our entrance streets at Northeast 59th Street and

Northeast 57th Street with new asphalt.

• Seiler Animal Hospital agreed to keep the iron gate closed at their new location

which was the Karate school location.

• The last two sales in our community bounced back to the mid $700,000s. Both

owners chose realtors who advertised their listings in the Multiple Listing Service to
reach the widest potential target market for the homes. 

Address

Sales Price

2800 Northeast 57 Court

$742,500

2711 Northeast 57 Court

$740,000

Contrast these sales to the two previous sales which were listed by a realtor who only
put a sign in front of the owners' homes and sold them both at a below market price
without the immediate exposure to the entire Multiple Listing Service membership:

2770 Northeast 57 Court

$575,000

2780 Northeast 57 Court

$487,000

When it is time to sell your home, always demand that your listing be immediately
placed in the MLS with a Virtual Tour and at least 25 photos.
• Ferrari-Maserati of Fort Lauderdale continues to be a "great neighbor" in

maintaining their landscaping in the swale which was installed in front of the wall
constructed as part of our agreement.

• Wendy's leased their property to Dairy Queen. After several requests to keep trash

picked up on Northeast 59th Street by Dairy Queen as per our agreement with
Wendy's, we had to call in the City of Fort Lauderdale Code Enforcement and now
they are doing a better job keeping it clean of debris.

• The Royal Palms planted on Northeast 56 Court are growing nicely. Thank you to

the neighbors for maintaining them.

• The Annual "Light Up the Lakes" Meeting and Dinner party was a huge success

with neighbors sharing the joy of the holiday season. New neighbors were
introduced and the Board of Directors and Officers were elected. Annual dues were
collected for 2015. If you have not paid your dues, please respond below.

Please start out the new year right. Building a community family feeling begins person to
person. If you own a barking dog, please bring him inside. Clean your roof. Plant flowers
in your front and rear yard. Remove trash and debris. Remove boat trailers or camouflage
them behind hedge material. Watch out for each other's homes to prevent crime.
Be friendly with your neighbors. If a code problem cannot be mediated between the
two of you, please call the City of Fort Lauderdale Code Enforcement officer Shelly
Wright at 954 828- 6331 or Department 954 828 6520 ext. 2. Please call the City
of Fort Lauderdale Police Department non emergency number 954 828 is 828-5700
for more complicated issues.

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All the best,

Linda W. Bird, President
Improvement Association of Lake Estates, Inc.
Board of Directors

President's Message

Lake Estates Improvement Association

Linda Bird, President

Lake Estates Improvement Association

2014 Annual Dues 

are due. $25.00

Please make check payable to 

Lake Estates Improvement

Association Inc. 

and mail them to:

Linda Bird, President

Lake Estates Improvement Assn.

2790 NE 57th Ct.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308