Over the past 12 months, the residents of the Persimmon Homes Forrest Park development in Kintore, (includes Price Close, Hallforest Avenue and McFadden Park) have been extremely dissatisfied with the level of routine maintenance carried out on the open areas in their development and were outragesd when a request for a payment £180.00 for maintenance of these areas was received from Greenbelt.

A letter was sent on behalf of all these residents to Greenbelt, raising a number of issues that they wished to bring to Greenbelt’s attention and for them to rectify before they considered making payment: (more…)

Those present at the first meeting of the Hall Forest Residents Association (HFRA) were asked to volunteer their services and stand on the residents association committee. The minimum roles required are Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary, although there are numerous other roles that members can assist the association with. Some examples are: Vice-chairman, membership secretary, council liaison, media relations, website development, developer liaison, social events etc. (more…)

Due to the poor performance by the company tasked to undertake the maintenance of open areas around the Bett Homes, Persimmon Homes, George Wimpy and Stewart Milne housing developments in Kintore, the residents living in these developments got together to tackle the problem collectively and thus formed a Residents Association on the 10th October 2006 named the Hall Forest Residents Association. 

The name was derived from the main road ‘Hall Forest Avenue’ upon which the associated development are located on and also Hall Forest Castle located nearby.

A Residents Association is a group of people living on an estate or in a buliding who decide to come together and do something collectively about thier homes and the area they live in.  A residents association can give residents a better say on how things are run and allow them to work together to, rather than as individuals, to find solutions to problems affecting the area.  This could include a number of activities such as building works, play facilities, social activities, security and the repair and maintenance of common areas.

Although the Hall Forest Residents Association exisits to work towards protecting the interests of residents living in new private estates from issues specific only to them; being part of the community of Kintore, the Hall Forest Residents Association also works towards supporting the rest of the community within Kintore on common issues that affect all residents living within Kintore and the surrounding area. 

The main objectives of the Hall Forest Residents Association are to:

a) Safeguard and promote the interest of residents in the developments on matters concerning housing and the environment.

b) Foster good public relations and encourage social activities in conjunction with other organisations in the area.

c) Help to improve living conditions, community facilities and services for residents living in and around the group’s area.

A copy of the Residents Association consitution and rules can be found by clicking here. 

The Assoication is governed by a committee that was elected by the members of the Association at it’s first Annual General Meeting on the 10th October.  More details of the committee can be found by clicking here.

To learn more about the Hall Forest Residents Association, please visit the website located at www.hallforest.co.uk.