Balmoral Gardens Retirement Village

Contracts Ongoing Costs

Ongoing Costs

Residents pay for electricity, gas and telephone to their accommodation and a weekly maintenance charge to the Management company which covers the following services :

•	Council rates
•	Water rates
•	Use of water
•	Sewerage disposal charge
•	Insurance of your unit
•	Insurance of the common property
•	Contents insurance
•	Personal liability insurance
•	Staff costs
•	24 hour emergency call service
•	Street & security lighting
•	Lawn mowing
•	Gardening

•	Minor and preventative building maintenance
•	Maintenance of appliances included in the unit i.e. stove, heater, hot water system.
•	Maintenance , servicing & cleaning of village centre & facilities.
•	Operation of village facilities including the Club , bus, motor vehicles, swimming pool, library, bowling green etc.
•	Contribution to a general reserve

The maintenance charge is payable two weeks in advance and may be adjusted each year in consultation with the Residents' Committee and in accordance with the Retirement Villages Act. The operating budget for the village is presented each year for discussion and approval by the Residents' Committee and then tabled at the Annual General Meeting of Residents.

Eligible pensioners will receive a rate rebate as allowed by Knox Council and South East Water.