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Upper South Road
Ravine view
Communal pool at night
South entrance roundabout
Communal Pool
Orchard
Ravine view
Southern view over the 7th hole
Upper South Road
Communal pool
Communal pool at night
North Road
Communal pool at dusk
Southern View
Aphrodite Hills entrance view
Communal pool at night
Communal pool at dusk
Communal pool
Communal pool at night
Communal pool at night
Communal pool at dusk
Communal pool at dusk
Communal pool at dusk
Communal pool
Communal pool at dusk

2020 Unit S1 - Extension & Garden Improvements

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Dear All

After the authorization from Tornarits Investments Ltd to proceed sending you the external changes for the property S1. Further to the holiday period coming we would like to proceed in the next days with the repairs and fixing,

Refurbishment to S1 include the following, I would like to point that we will follow the same colors, stones and the character of the village.

  1. refurbishment the extension of the living room to include the area of the two cover veranda.  Although the living space is adequate for summer living it is small for spending more time indoors which we intend to do in winter. 
  2. enclosure of the veranda which we are not using into a third bedroom. 
  3. Close the frond door entrance.

The extension does not impact on the elevations or the character of the block or cut the view or sun of any of the neighbors

Further to the Garden changes, during the seasons of rains, and the last years where a lot,  the soil becomes floaty and tends to move towards the pool and road rainwater leaches the soil at the base of the house endangering damage in the wooden doors and into the pool and road. Now it is reinforced by randomly installed steel and cement and covered with stones to divert the water in one point.

The first objective is to prevent the rainwater leaches the soil at the base of the house, doors and pool by building a retaining wall. The second objective is to provide privacy and safety by installing a cement wall and wooden fence between our yard and the street which is exactly under our property which make also very dangerous for my family and guests.

Changes to the garden include the following:

  1. A new timber deck is built at the front of the tiled veranda to the back of the house.  The area was originally covered by grass at a lower level (some 90 cm below the veranda) which made direct access from the veranda difficult.  Furthermore, the grass was sloped toward the street to the point that one could not place a chair or any furniture on it (due to rains described above)  A new deck area brings this part of the site to the same level of the veranda making it much more useful for the outdoor living of the villa.
  2. The area to the side of the house was a very back quality as outdoor space.  the grass could not grow due to rains described above also because of the shading the house through during most of the day. Further more the AC fan unites and the shed containing the swimming pool mechanical services severed this area and made it unusable.  The tiles around the pool were also broken and needed replacement.  Now the area is paved with stone.
  3. We put  air-conditions and swim pool machines under the ground, in comparison of our neighbor house which is less than 3 meters from our siting area uncovered and very noisy.  

You are welcome to see the works and maybe after finish will be the best house in Adonis Village.

Attached the diagrams.

 

Best Regards,

Criton Tornaritis

Tornaritis & Co. LLC

16 Stasikratous

Nicosia 1065 - Cyprus

http://www.tornaritislaw.com

Tel: +357 22456056

Fax: +357 22664056

S1 2020 Floor Plan

S1 2020 Garden Refurbishments

S1 2020 Side Back Elevations

 

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  • This commment is unpublished.
    AV Committee · 08:07 13/10/2020
    The Adonis Village Management Committee has received the above External Change Request (ECR) from the owner of S1 and is now being EVALUATED. All owners may contribute their view in response to this request by adding comments here and the owners may also add further information if required.
  • This commment is unpublished.
    AV Committee · 07:17 23/10/2020
    The AV MC has made 2 site visits and continues to evaluate this ECR as sympathetically as possible , extensive internal committee discussions have been held to date. However, during the last site visit it became apparent that the owner has previously sought and gained a Planning Permit from the planning authority, hitherto unknown to the MC. The AV MC were and are presently not aware of this formally and have no information of the extent and scope of such a permit.

    The owner's representative declined to provide a copy of the planning permission to the MC.

    The AV MC legal position is that that the General Agreement is superior to any Planning permission and that any planning permit must be conditional and subject to the AV General Agreement regulations. Therefore, the evaluation of this ECR is on hold pending formal notification to the MC of the planning permission, upon which the next course of action will then be determined.
  • This commment is unpublished.
    AV Committee · 07:25 23/10/2020
    The owner is required to provide a formal copy of any planning permission relating to the proposed works within 2 days. Failure to do so will result in this External Change being rejected and any building works will be deemed illegal.
  • This commment is unpublished.
    AV Committee · 17:11 20/11/2020
    The Adonis Village Management Committee has carefully considered the above External Change Request (ECR) from the owner of S1 and has reached the following determination:

    (1) Garden works - Approved

    (2) Porch fill in – Approved Conditionally subject to the S1 owner gaining agreement with the immediate neighbour R3 owner

    (3) Rear elevation ground floor overhang fill in (living room extension) - Approved Conditionally subject to the S1 owner gaining agreement with all S-block owners and a “ legal undertaking “ that no pergola will be erected in the future. Any shading only to be provided as mobile parasols or retractable awnings (which was the intention given by CT to WF & GS on a site visit in October 2020).

    (4) First floor extension (new bedroom) - Decision pending – Awaiting further details from the owner of S1 regarding the French door and balcony design before a decision can be made. Furthermore, the S1 owner must gain agreement with all S-block owners since creating a back-to-back bedroom with the adjacent property may not be acceptable to the S2 owner.

    NOTE: ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE ALSO CONDITIONAL ON OBTAINING ALL OF THE REQUISITE MUNICIPALITY PLANNING & BUILDING PERMISSIONS

    The MC’s decision is based on compliance with last AGM decisions, previous ECR approvals, consideration of neighbouring owners’ legal rights and the GA.
    The owner should not commence any works until the conditions set out above have been met and confirmed, the 28 days’ notice period has expired and no other owner has made a reasonable objection. The owner will be notified by email once the notice period has been expired permitting the works to proceed.

  • This commment is unpublished.
    AV Committee · 11:40 12/12/2020
    The owner of S1 has ignored the decision of the above external change request and proceeded with the construction. The S1 owner has failed to consult and gain permission with the immediate neighbour's and has carried out additional works not previously declared in the above external change request, specifically, construction of an additional undeclared overhang abutting the neighbouring property S2 and impacting the enjoyment of the neighbouring property. Moreover, these works are also in violation of the municipality planning permit. The AV MC has evaluated the ECR in a fair and objective manner and followed due process in accordance with the resolutions of the AGM and the General Agreement resulting in the above decisions.

    Please view the photos below of the current state of illegal works.

    Therefore, the AV MC has no option other than to follow a formal legal process, the following actions will now be carried out:

    1) Seek an injunction in the Cyprus courts to halt all building works and reinstate the external building to its original state.
    2) Inform the municipal planning department of the violations of the planning permit and absence of a building permit
    3) Appeal to the administrative court to void the municipal planning permit on the grounds that the works violate the AV MC decisions


  • This commment is unpublished.
    AV Committee · 11:41 12/12/2020
  • This commment is unpublished.
    AV Committee · 11:42 12/12/2020
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    AV Committee · 11:43 12/12/2020
    Illegal and unauthorized construction works at S1.
  • This commment is unpublished.
    AV Committee · 16:58 15/12/2020
    The Adonis Village Management Committee has applied to the Cyprus courts for an interim order application, requesting the Judge to proceed and grant temporary injunctions which will deprive the owner of proceeding with any further works taken outside of the property and/or proceeding with changing the facade of the building.

    That, the court on 09 December 2020 has awarded a Restrictive Injunction which prevents and/or forbids the owner and/or his employees and/or his representatives and/or servants and/or agent and/or managers and/or contractors and/or anyone else to derive rights from it to alter and/or differentiate and/or change the exterior of the property S1, Block S in Adonis Village of Aphrodite Hills located within plot 19, parcel 4 sheet/plan .2-164-339, with registration number 0/9756 in Kouklia of the Paphos District, until the finalisation of the hearing of the civil case and/or until further instructions of the court. The court injunction was served to the owners of S1 today.