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Our Pledge to You


ATTENTION ALL RESIDENTS: SADDLE BROOKE IS NOW OPERATING UNDER THE HOME PROPERTIES PLEDGE!!

Our Pledge, which was first introduced in 1995, is a written guarantee of satisfaction and a source of pride for everyone at Home Properties. Everyday, Our Pledge reminds us of the high level of trust our residents have placed in us. It inspires us to meet or exceed the needs of the people who have chosen to make their home with us. If we fail to live up to Our Pledge to your complete satisfaction, please let us know and we will refund your rent for a day.*
We Pledge the following:
• You will be treated fairly, honestly and courteously by a team of caring professionals.
• We will promptly respond to your service requests and will correct any routine service items within 24 hours or on the next business day.
• We will help you feel at home in your community by providing welcome packages to introduce you to area services and social activities to help you get acquainted with your neighbors.
• Your apartment will be prepared to your satisfaction when you move in.
• If you're not satisfied with your new Home Properties apartment for any reason, you may cancel your lease anytime during the first 30 days without penalty.
• You may transfer to another available apartment in your community, or any other Home Properties community, at any time with a new 12-month lease. A transfer fee will apply.
• If you lose your job, experience a job transfer to a location more than 30 miles from your apartment, or find it necessary to move due to health reasons, you may cancel your lease by giving a 60-day written notice and signing a release agreement. A turnover fee will apply if you have been a resident for less than one year.

SaddleBrooke Apartments is proud to announce that we are now Recycling! As you know, in today’s day and age, recycling is especially important. To help support the ongoing effort, we have conveniently placed large blue recycling bins near our garbage receptacles. These bins are picked up weekly, and provide a location where residents can place all recyclable items for pick up.

Importance of Recycling:

Government agencies and the majority of the public recognize the importance of recycling. They view it as a valuable tool that addresses consumer and industrial waste when used in conjunction with other methods.
Benefits of Recycling
While many people know general recycling facts, they may not be aware of all of the benefits of recycling.
Reduce Material Consumption
One of the largest benefits of recycling is the ability to preserve more virgin materials for later use. While some materials have a limited amount of times that they can be recycled, many others can theoretically be recycled an infinite number of times. This is true of most metals, particularly aluminum and steel.
Reduce Energy Consumption
Often the energy required to recycle materials is far less than the energy required to make a product out of new materials.
Aluminum, for example, saves 95 percent of the amount of energy it takes to create it from virgin materials. Other materials save amounts that are more modest. Recycled glass, for example, only saves about 40 percent of the initial energy investment.

Reduce the Size of Landfills
Landfill size can be drastically reduced with an aggressive recycling program. Reducing landfill size not only leaves more land for other uses, but also minimizes the amount of energy required to remove and eventually relocate trash.
When considering the size of landfills, also take into account the wasted area around the landfill. Land adjacent to landfills is often only for industrial sites. Air pollution makes it even less likely that nearby land can be used for other purposes.
Reduce Pollution
Waste often creates water pollution by leaching chemicals into the soil. While some of these chemicals are filtered out by the soil, other pollutants go on to damage ground water sources. Air pollution is also a great concern. Methane and other gases released in landfills contribute to global warming problems as well as air quality concerns.
Creates Jobs
Recycling is more labor intensive than landfill management, requiring more workers to sort and process recyclable waste. This can revitalize rural areas where landfills are often located, bringing needed jobs to the region. These manual skill jobs are particularly beneficial in areas that were once manufacturing centers.
Critics of Recycling
While most people believe in the benefits of recycling, others question the merits of many recycling programs. These critics argue that the market protects the people and the environment better than mandatory recycling programs, which are often inefficient and counterintuitive.
Poor Working Conditions
Although recycling may create jobs, critics note that these jobs have low salaries with questionable working conditions. Ironically, many jobs in recycling have few environmental regulations in place to protect workers. These concerns are particularly valid for industrial recycling programs such as ship scrapping and metal reclamation.
Questionable Cost Analysis
Recycling programs can be more costly than disposing of trash in a landfill. The validity of this argument varies wildly depending on the material that is being recycled. Recycled glass may be twice the cost of silica, but recycled aluminum is a fraction of the cost of mining and refining ore bauxite. Critics who use the cost analysis approach also often avoid placing a monetary value on reducing water and air pollution.
Minimal Energy and Pollution Savings
Collection methods for recyclable waste require separate trucks, bins, and processing plants. All of these items use energy, which diminishes the overall energy savings of recycling. Recycling also uses water and creates pollution during the process to refine the materials collected before they can be reused.
Importance of Recycling: The Bottom Line

Recycling is one of many tools to reduce the pollution and consumption of our society. While some criticisms of recycling have merit, these arguments should help refine current recycling processes, not discard this method of reducing waste. Consider advocating for better recycling methods while ceding the importance of recycling your used materials.

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Join the Girl Scouts!!

Girl Scout Registration begins today July 23, 2010. To make the process easy, you can actually register right here in our Leasing Office. Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

More Than 90 Years
Founder Juliette Gordon Low organized the first Girl Scout Troop on March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia.
An American Institution
Girl Scouts of the USA was chartered by the U.S. Congress on March 16, 1950.
Still Growing Strong
Today, there are 3.3 million Girl Scouts—2.4 million girl members and 928,000 adult members working primarily as volunteers.
Empowering Girls
In Girl Scouts, girls discover the fun, friendship, and power of girls together. Through a myriad of enriching experiences, such as extraordinary field trips, sports skill-building clinics, community service projects, cultural exchanges, and environmental stewardships, girls grow courageous and strong. Girl Scouting helps girls develop their full individual potential; relate to others with increasing understanding, skill, and respect; develop values to guide their actions and provide the foundation for sound decision-making; and contribute to the improvement of society through their abilities, leadership skills, and cooperation with others.
At Home and Abroad
Girls at home and abroad participate in more than 236,000 troops and groups in more than 90 countries through USA Girl Scouts Overseas, and over 300 local Girl Scout councils offer girls the opportunity for membership across the United States.
An International Family
Through its membership in the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), Girl Scouts of the USA is part of a worldwide family of 10 million girls and adults in 145 countries.
A Pivotal Part of Women's History
More than 50 million American women enjoyed Girl Scouting during their childhood—and that number continues to grow as Girl Scouts of the USA continues to inspire, challenge, and empower girls everywhere.
If interested, stop by our Leasing office to pick up a Registration Form, or visit the Girl Scout website directly at http://www.girlscouts.org .

Saddle Brooke Apartments will now be requiring renters insurance for all new residents moving into our community and all current residents who will be renewing their lease. As a resident of our Community, you will now be required to provide proof of renters’ insurance to protect you from personal liability if you accidentally cause damage to the property, or if your accident results in a loss to others.


The following important provisions will be included in your lease to reflect the renters’ insurance requirement. They replace the similar numbered lease provisions on your existing lease. Please note you will be bound by these changes in your lease terms should you choose remain in your current apartment beyond the end of your lease term, regardless of whether you sign a new lease:

“A5. Insurance. We will insure the Community in accordance with reasonable commercial practices.

Please note that your personal property is not insured by us. We urge you to get your own insurance to cover damage or loss to your personal property. Note also that our insurance will not cover your time and inconvenience in the event of damage or destruction to the Apartment or the Community.”

“B10. Responsibility for Injury or Damage; Insurance. If someone is injured or the Apartment or any part of the Community is damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty resulting from any act by you or any of your family, guests or visitors, you are responsible for the costs of the personal injury and/or property damage.

We require you to purchase liability insurance covering personal injury and property damage caused by you or any of your family, guests or visitors. The insurance policy must have a minimum coverage amount of $100,000 and must be primary to our insurance. You must provide acceptable proof of insurance prior to moving in to the Apartment. Your failure to maintain liability coverage at all times during the term of your Lease is a material default under your Lease. You many select the insurance company so long as they meet the requirements in this paragraph. We urge you to obtain contents coverage for your personal property in addition to liability coverage, as we cannot and do not insure your personal property against damage. Liability insurance does protect you against loss or damage to your personal property or belongings – only personal contents coverage can do this.

You and we agree that subrogation is allowed. This means that our insurance carrier may pursue a claim against you and/or your insurance carrier if your act, or that of your family, guests or visitors results in personal injury or property damage.

If for any reason your coverage lapses, is not sufficient or does not cover the cost of the personal injury or property damage, you will be held responsible for the costs and you shall upon demand pay us such costs as additional rent.”

To assist you in obtaining cost-effective and convenient coverage, Home Properties has negotiated low rates with eRenterPlan. In addition, all Home Properties communities are pre-approved so you automatically qualify for coverage under the eRenterPlan. Although you can choose any insurance carrier, coverage from eRenterPlan meets the renters’ insurance requirement of your lease agreement and also protects your personal belongings at one low cost. You may do so by visiting the website http://www.eRenterPlan.com or by calling (888)-205-8118. ($100000 personal liability is required) If insurance is purchased through eRenterPlan, proof of insurance will be sent directly to us. You can just log on to their website and sign up; it is very easy to do. All residents are approved. This coverage is approximately $10 per month.

Please note- proof of insurance is required prior to the beginning of your new lease term. If you have any questions on the renters’ insurance requirement or your renewal options, please contact our Leasing Office directly at 410-667-0333.