NOTTINGHAM HAPPENINGS

January 2012

Foreclosures in Nottingham Country

The following is the current inventory of foreclosed homes in NC as of 12/22/11:

210 Laxton

1147 Shillington

306 Bauxhall

739 Dominion

20323 Warrington

20538 Laverton

1302 Rustic Knolls

1327 Dominion​

The foreclosures are selling but we seem to be adding about one new one per month. The trend is slowing down which is a positive sign. Again many of these properties have been neglected and need work but there are good buying opportunities here.

Please be mindful of these vacant homes and try to assist in keeping them looking decent from the street if at all possible. If any homeowner is aware of an abandoned home that is not on this list, please contact the Board and we will check into it. Occasionally homeowners will leave a home in anticipation of foreclosure.

NCCIA Board of Directors

Fannie Mae

Deutsche Bank

Bank of America

Bank of America

Primeway Credit Union

Deutsche Bank



Central Mortgage

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Don Mach
NCCIA President and Legal Liaison

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I am happy to report that the homeowners who reside near the 500 block of Rennie will finally get long overdue relief. For a number of years we had a homeowner on that block who never paid their annual homeowner fees and worst of all refused to maintain their property in a responsible manner. The property, for years, suffered from lack of maintenance with dead trees, abandoned vehicles and an unkempt yard. Law enforcement personnel were called to this home on numerous occasions for gang activity, assaults, discharge of weapons and drug activity. It got to the point whereby our Constable Deputies were monitoring this home on a daily basis. NCCIA filed a lawsuit against the homeowner and we obtained a judgment. We attempted to foreclose on the property and five times the homeowner filed for bankruptcy over the course of about 18 months to stall the process. Of course each time the bankruptcy was dismissed. Finally we prevailed in December and an investor purchased the property at the foreclosure sale, subject of course to the existing first lien mortgage. It is our hope that the new homeowner will clean up this property and become a “good” neighbor. We all know it is very difficult when one has an irresponsible neighbor living nearby but unfortunately it takes time to go through the legal process to force an owner to maintain their property. This type of action is costly and it’s the last thing we as a Board wishes to do but in this case the community just got better, in my opinion, due to the actions we were forced to take. We are very fortunate in NC in that this type of situation is very rare in our subdivision and I am not aware of any other situations similar at this time.

At the time you read this article it will be nearing the end of January. All homeowner’s fees were due 12/31 and the grace period ends the end of January. If you have not already done so, please make your payment by the end of this month and avoid a $20 to $25 late fee.

This is the time of the year to trim trees and shrubs for the spring growth. Still lots of dead shrubs out there in need of replacing along with a few trees. Many articles have been written about this so please get it done. If the dead trees are not taken down you will be receiving a letter from our attorney as this is a serious matter. No need to add a couple of hundred dollars in legal fees to the cost of removing the tree!

This time of the year is resolution time and of course most are broken almost immediately. I have one request of NC homeowners: make a resolution whereby when you are out walking or walking the dogs, etc. and you see empty bottles, cans, and paper in the streets, please pick it up and throw it in a trash container! If everyone just did a little bit our community would look much nicer. It’s certainly not something that is difficult to do. Of course it’s Not nice to Litter but we all know there will always be those who litter. Do your small part and help the community and the environment we live in look nice.

NCCIA Director, Robert Drisaldi, recently resigned from the NCCIA Board due to his employment workload. The Board would like to thank Robert for the time he spent on the board assisting in the betterment of our community.

As a result of this resignation the Board is seeking a homeowner who would like to join the Board and serve out Robert’s unfinished term.

Interested homeowners are asked to go to our website:

If you have any questions, please contact any Board member.

Opening on NCCIA Board

News from Mason Creek Utility District

Your MUD, Mason Creek, is working on an addition to their website: ,
directly to the County Commissioners’ office. This addition is expected shortly and should be available by the time you read this newsletter.

While on the subject of the MUD, it is worth noting that some of the storm sewer drains in Sections 1, 2, and 3 are not handling as much water as they could. This was discovered during inspection of the drain pipes where it was evident that they were never filling more than half way.

To make these drains more efficient the MUD is going to replace about 30 of the drain grates with more efficient grates. Homeowners are once again encouraged to rake up the fallen leaves to keep them from blowing into the streets and blocking the water flow during heavy rains. We are already seeing some of this with the rains we received in mid-December. A great deal of past street flooding is a result of leaves blocking the storm drains.

Finally please look up the MUD website. It contains much information about the community and operations such as the club house and the swimming pool, both available for residents at a reasonable fee.

and complete an application.

so residents can report street damage