In case you have not noticed, our tram stop has gone – for good
A little less inconvenient but the other stops are MUCH safer
Category Archives: St Kilda Rd living
Bike theft
Please be aware that we had an intruder on New Years Day.
He followed someone into the building and removed a bike from the basement car park.
Can people with bikes stored in the basement car park please check – if your bike is missing, please let Paul know
The theft has been reported to the Police and they have been provided with photos of the offender.
Hall carpets and lobby marble
All lobby carpets will be cleaned this Friday, the marble ground floor lobby will be done next Tuesday 12th
Please tread carefully 🙂
Bowen Crescent – new buildings
There has been a lot of action in Bowen Cres in the last 18 months and people have frequently asked me ‘what can we do?’.
I am no expert, but there is a lot of good reading on the City of Port Phillip web site.
This one has details of the overall St Kilda Rd area and some general planning ‘rules’. This one has information on Bowen Crescent particularly.
So my interpretation is that is someone wants to demolish and build in Bowen Cres, the first check is compliance with these documents. They specify a maximum height and the setback from the road etc. I think you would have very little room to argue if the developer meets these ‘rules’.
I’m sure that the Council also has some general rules about building new apartments that ‘look into’ existing apartments.
Each time that someone submits plans to the council, they place a notice out the front of the site. This has a link to a website that has all the plan details. You can also go to this site and search, in fact you can simply search on Bowen Crescent and there are numerous submissions (back many years).
When a submission is made public they also advertise the process for lodging complaints/comments.
Possible new recycling options
With the recent move of our gas meter from the lower car park, it has been suggested that we use that cage to improve our recycling options. It would be in addition to the current recycling next to the lift
Some suggestions include
- Clothes via a wheelie bin from Good Sammys or equiv
- Shoes via a wheelie bin from Good Sammys or equiv
- Nespresso – via a service they offer
- Electrical waste – via City of Port Phillip
Feedback welcome please
Lap Pool for Botanica?
See attached
Mayfair at 412 St Kilda Rd
Here is an interesting article on 412 St Kilda Rd from yesterday AFR
Great double bed – very cheap
We have a double bed that is looking for a new home. It’s only $50 including delivery to any apartment in Botanica.
It has a slat base and ortholatex mattress – all in v good condition
Call Sandy on 0438 085800
Intercom – Mobile call diversion unit
This is for people who have purchased the additional unit that allows them to use their mobile phone to ‘answer the door’
Here is the full instruction book
It is all covered in there but a few hints from me – done from memory, so I hope it is right
- The app you need on your phone is called UrMet CallMe. It is available for Apple and Android
- You have to create an account in the app
- The email that comes back is from an Italian website (Urmet) and is highly likely to be in your spam folder.
- When you are setting it up you will need to connect to a wifi ‘link’ called something like URMETCALLFW-abcd It will tell you and you only do this once but it is a bit tricky
- Write down the letters at the end…..abcd in the above example
- That is your password – your password is abcd-abcd Yes you repeat the same characters with a hyphen in between
- It seems you only need one account for all the family – means all phones that have the app running will ‘ring’ when the front door is buzzed
Only other tricks when you are using
- You must have the app running to get buzzed from the front door
- Some battery saving things on phones will turn it off. Be careful
- When it pops up…there is an ‘open gate’ and an ‘open door’, you need to hit ‘open door’
Still day 1 for me too – hope this all helps
Intercom – all working
Epsilon were here today and tell me that all intercoms are now working. I have done exhaustive testing – mine. I know that Paul has tested quite a few and so I am confident that we’re OK.
Please test yours and let Paul know if you have problems.
They still need to update the panel at the front door to say – press apartment number and then the bell…but it all works and most people will work it out.
The plasterer/painter was here today patching holes. If you have not already done so, please talk to Paul to ensure your apartment is on his list.
Basic instructions are here
I will do another post for people with the mobile phone unit
The Botanica 
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