I’ve just walked outside and see they are about to start drilling right out the front.

Best I can ascertain is
– will only be during work hours
– will go for one week
– may be on road or path, waiting on engineer to finalise.
– city side of parking meter
– will not block access

After more than 12 months negotiations with the City of Port Phillip, you may have noticed that one of the parking bays have been converted to a motorcycle bay.  The bay impacted is the one nearest to the St Kilda Rd exit (see below).  This has made the exit safer but still requires considerable care.  Thanks Mike P for your assistance on this matter.

We were a little less successful with our footpath repairs.  TPG who had dug up the path and done a poor repair job, agreed to re-dig and resurface their impacted area.  We were able to get rapid action from them as they want to make their service available to our residents and we made it clear that would not happen until they made the rectification.  It is better but not fantastic, better than many parts of the general St Kilda Rd footpaths.

The City of Port Phillip also checked the wider area and declined to do further repairs at this time.  Their logic was that it will be dug up again in the near term.  They did agree that the area around the street tree does need further action but they do not move rapidly.

I did check with TPG on the broader costs of surfacing the path.  Given that the City of PP had declined to pay, I thought that perhaps we should look at picking up the tab for the remainder of the area.  I was surprised to learn that it was $230 plus GST per square metre plus traffic management, so many thousands of dollars to do the full area.

I am also told that the ‘graffiti’ marks will wash off in the rain but it is required for a few more weeks.

People in a couple of apartments have reported an infestation of pantry moths.  Bencorp contacted a pest control company today and their advice is as follows

—–

The photos that have been sent are of lava, that is born before moths are hatched.

These are normally bought into a storage via food, that being household and industrial.

The main causes are grains, rides, nuts, flour etc. these have been purchased with the lava and it sits and breeds in packets and boxes, as they develop, they wander and climb walls and into crevices.

The only way to eradicate this is to vacuum them up, not squash or spray. Once all the lava has been vacuumed and products removed and thrown out.  A PY  spray could b applied to walls and shelves, However, most people don’t find this a great idea as it is a residual spray and is normally only applied in commercial areas. Secondly spray will not fix the area unless the previous regimes are attended too. Unfortunately Pest control is not the first point of call. It is removal of foods, vacuuming the lava and all areas of the pantry.

They do tend to breed, so if all foods affected are not thrown out the issue will continue.

Adams Pest Control Pty Ltd

—

We have previously used bay leaves and this article has a very comprehensive explanation.

Feel free to let Paul know if you are having issues or leave a comment here

Thanks

Gary

TPG will be repairing the footpath this Friday between 7-12, please be careful going in and out.  I understand access will be restricted but still possible

This is to rectify the damage and resulting uneven path.

They have had some weather delays on other jobs – they will not commence before Tuesday March 8

Welcome to the new followers, I trust you find this a useful way to learn ‘what is happening at Botanica’.  I expect that these will not be more than once per week.

Hopefully you have seen the information in the lift recently about ‘high pressure cleaning of the building’.  The Committee made the decision that the building was starting to look a bit grubby on the outside.  When we discussed with our friends at Bencorp, they also commented that it is good practice to do this as it extends the time between paint jobs.

Weather permitting, they will start Thursday NEXT week, March 3.

It is being done via abseiling which will be an interesting challenge for them.  The current plan is to start at the top and work their way down one side of the building at a time.  It is still to be finalised but it is likely that they will start on the side nearest the city – above the St Kilda Rd driveway.  They will then do the back of the building and so on.

We will stress to them to take care around window seals, gardens, furniture, air con units and the like.  Clearly the less obstructions the better, so if you can bring gear inside it would be great.  If you can’t move gear then some plastic sheets may be useful.

They will also do a full window clean.

If you have suggestions on this entry or things that you’d like to know more about….you can add a comment to any blog entry or simply send me an email to buckgw@gmail.com ….thanks Gary Buck