Resident Info

Staying Connected

Sign up for Email List

Residents are encouraged to sign up for the community email list for Stockbridge at Tanglewood meeting information, news and notices. Email Lydia Cummins at lydia.cummins@fsresidential.com with your street address and info to be added.

Resident Groups

There are also a number of volunteer-run community groups online, see the contact page for more info, or to find out more about the resident portal for Stockbridge at Tanglewood residents.

Meetings

Meeting Schedule

Stockbridge at Tanglewood Meetings are held online on the 4th Wednesday of each month, 7-9pm. No meetings are held in the months of August and December. During the month of November due to the Thanksgiving holiday, we schedule the meeting for the Wednesday before Thanksgiving week.

Meeting Agenda:

The order of business for monthly board meetings follows this general outline. Homeowners may attend any monthly meeting; however, the Board retreats into executive (closed) session for agenda items that relate to the privacy of homeowners.

• Homeowner Concerns

• Minutes of Last Meeting

• Property Manager Reports

• Financial Manager Report

• Committee Reports (if any)

• Old Business

• New Business

Meeting minutes (sanitized to protect homeowners' names) are posted in the resident portal.

TRASH AND RECYCLING

Please be sure to:

• Place all bagged trash into heavy duty garbage cans. NO BAGS ONLY -- items MUST be in bins. This prevents issues with the bags being torn open by critters and birds. Aside from being unsightly, this is a health hazard, as open trash attracts rodents who may carry disease. Violations to this rule carries a fine which will be applied to your unit.

• Only place trash out after 7 p.m on Monday and Thursday nights the night before pickup.

• If you miss the trash pick-up, do not leave your trash on the curb until the next pick up and do not place it in a neighbor's empty can that they have not yet collected.

• Place recycling materials in blue bins or in PAPER bags. Blue bins are available free of charge from Montgomery County (request a new bin).

• Separate paper from other recyclable items; the County will not accept these materials if the two are mixed in the same recycling container.

• Break down cardboard cartons or the County may not collect them.

• If you are a landlord, please be sure your renters know the rules.

SCHEDULE

• Regular trash pickup: Trash is collected on Tuesday and Friday mornings.
  HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: if a federal holiday falls ON the same day as collection day, the collection will move forward one day. Otherwise it will not be affected; trash is picked up by Montgomery County.

• Recycling pickup: Recycling is picked up Friday mornings.
  HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: if there is a holiday at any point during the week, recycling pickup will bump to Saturday morning.
  

• Bulk Trash pickup: see below.

TRASH COLLECTION

Trash cans are necessary, otherwise wildlife (such as crows and squirrels) may rip bags open. Please place all trash bags into cans with lids for pickup. The Association has a service contract for pest control to comprehensively address and prevent any potential problems but we don't want to invite any critters unwittingly.

If you notice an item or two has been left behind on pickup day, please dispose of it properly. We appreciate everyone's help contributing to a clean community.

BULK TRASH

Please be aware that the Association must pay additional unbudgeted fees for large items abandoned at the curb. Our weekly trash collectors DO NOT pick up large items left at the curb. When residents irresponsibly set out items in the dead of night, we all end up paying for it in increased monthly assessments.

Around Memorial Day in June of each year the Board orders a community dumpster to assist RESIDENTS ONLY with spring cleaning and disposal of bulk items. Please be responsible and save your bulk items (appliances, carpeting, bedding, furniture, construction materials) for the dumpster.

If you need to schedule pickup of a bulk item (limited to one item up to 2x a year), contact Potomac Disposal to make arrangements: http://www.potomacdisposal.com/bulk-pickup. (This web page describes what can and cannot be picked up. Enter "Tanglewood" into the HOA field. They will contact you 2-3 work days later to schedule your pickup so you know when to place it out. Move-in/move-out trash is not covered by this program.)

If your items are in good condition, consider recycling them. Nearby options include:

• Neighborhood groups where you can give away items:

  1. https://nextdoor.com/neighborhood/fairlandmd--burtonsville--md/

  2. https://www.facebook.com/groups/110712823709949
     

• Habitat for Humanity ReStore, 12006B Plub Orchard Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20904: https://habitatmm.org or call 301-990-0014. Sales of donated items help Habitat for Humanity partner with local families to build, rehabilitate and repair safe and affordable homes in your community and around the world).

  1. ReStore accepts household goods, building supplies, and furniture donations Monday -- Sunday 12pm-3pm.
     

• Unique Hillendale, 10141 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20903 or call 301-431-7450. Unique is a for-profit company that champions reuse. Shopping doesn't support any nonprofit but donating does. Unique pays nonprofits for your stuff, helping them fund programs in our communities. https://stores.savers.com/md/silverspring/unique-thrift-store-5110.html

  1. Unique accepts: Backpacks, purses, electronics, bed & bath items, clothing & shoes, sporting goods, books & media, games & toys, housewares, small appliances, and small furniture items.
     

• A Wider Circle, 9159 Brookville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 https://awidercircle.org or call 301-608-3504. A Wider Circle provides beds, dressers, tables, chairs, dishes, pots, pans, and other large and small home goods to families transitioning out of shelters, escaping domestic violence, or otherwise living without their basic need items.

  1. Drop-off donations can be made 9-5 on Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday/Saturday and 12-5 on Sunday.

  2. Pickup service is available for furniture donations that either: Include one of our 4 most requested items (mattress and/or box spring, sofa or upholstered living room chair, dresser, or dining table and/or set of dining chairs, or include at least 3 other pieces of furniture, if they do not include one of the four items listed above.

Finally, if you have items unsuitable for the above options, you can take them to:

Montgomery County Transfer Station -- Shady Grove, 16101 Frederick Road (Route 355), Derwood, MD 20855: https://montgomerycountymd.gov/sws/dropoff/ . A staff member at the drop-off area will help you determine where to go as you come up the ramp to the trash/recycling area.

Recyclable items include:

• Tires

• Hard planstics (like old, cracked blue recycling bins, kitchen plastics, drying racks, etc.)

• Metal objects (like filing cabinets, workout equipment, grills, etc.)

• A complete list is available at their website.

If you have more than one bulk item to dispose of, the following vendors will haul away items for a reasonable fee.

VENDORS who haul for a fee:

• Whatever Services: Mr. Green: 410-382-8191

• 1-800-Got-Junk

• Alpes Decorating, William 301-908-3165

• R & D Dawes Recycling 301-937-8143

• EcoCity Junk

Parking Guidelines

• FIRE LANES: The breezeways (otherwise called islands) are FIRE LANES that give access to emergency vehicles to get to the rear side units. The fire lanes are to be used by EMERGENCY VEHICLES ONLY. If a resident is ill and he/she may only have a few more minutes, any delays that would prevent emergency vehicle access to the owner immediately could mean life or death.

• No Double parking. Park between the lines painted on the curb. There are limited spaces in our development in Stockbridge at Tanglewood and we cannot afford to lose any due to careless parking.

• Respect your neighbors' rights to park in any available space and do not take any actions to reserve spaces.

• Report any unused vehicles to the Property Manager for tagging and towing. Residents are not permitted to store unused vehicles on Association property.

• No expired license plates tags or registration.

• No commercial vehicles allowed to park on the property after working ours and/or overnight.

• If you own more than 2-3 vehicles, you are not entitled to more than one space in front of your unit. Please be courteous to your neighbors regarding parking. Even if you use the same space frequently, that does not imply ownership.

MAINTENANCE

WATER HEATERS

Hot water heaters are the responsibility of the homeowner. The original hot water heaters had an expected useful life of 10-12 years. Stockbridge homes are nearing 30 years in age. Homeowners have a duty to maintain their units and should immediately replace any original water heaters. For assistance in identifying original heaters and evaluating volume discounts available through the association's contracted plumber, please contact the Property Manager or your own contractor to advise you whether or not you need to replace it. The damage caused by a busted heater can be great, and the first $5,000 is charged back to your unit.

WATER PIPES (FALL ISSUE)

As the weather cools off, don't forget that homeowners are responsible for frozen water pipes. Safeguards should be taken by residents to protect any water pipes from freezing in extremely cold weather.

The following steps (as diagrammed) should be taken for hose bib maintenance: If you are not sure how to do this, please contact William at Alpes Decorating 301-908-3165 and he can assist you.

1. Close the valve inside

2. Remove the garden hose

3. Open hose bib (leave open)

4. Drain vacuum breaker (location and operation vary with manufacturer)

5. Open bleed orifice at inside valve