May 2025

With optimal weather conditions during the month of May, now is a great time to show attention to your home's exterior & overall curb appeal.  Take this month to be proactive in the following ways to keep Melrose  Inverness at Melrose a beautiful place to live!

Friendly Reminders:

• Maintenance: Walk around your property's exterior to identify and address any general maintenance needs, such as siding/trim repairs or painting needs.
• Pressure Washing: Ensure your home's exterior is free of dirt & mildew and consider products such as "Wet & Forget" to help prevent mildew growth after pressure washing. 
• Lawn Care: Ensure lawns are maintained with reasonable grass height and weed control.
• Trim/Prune: Ensure all shrubs are pruned to a uniform, neat appearance, and tress are trimmed away from homes, sidewalks, etc.
• Mulch Beds: Ensure mulch beds are properly edged, mulched, free of weeds, and generally maintained in a neat appearance.
• Storage: Ensure items are not stored on front porches, sides of homes, or otherwise within view when not in use. Furniture designed for outdoor use is permitted; however, landscaping supplies, recreational equipment, children's toys, etc., should be stored out of view.
• Grills: Ensures grills are not used within 10 feet of homes or other structures and stored out of view or with an appropriate cover when not in use.
• Architectural Modifications: Submit an ACC Request for approval before proceeding with exterior modifications. This includes roofs, siding, doors, windows, fences, patios, paint colors, landscaping, etc.

The Melrose Board of Trustees have cross-referenced Deed Restrictions in all nine (9) sections & have found which covenants are enforced throughout the subdivision.  The Board of Directors are currently working with PMI Scioto Metro & is in the process of placing these uniform Deed Restrictions into a user-friendly document for the Melrose HOA to understand what will be enforceable (in addition to Regulations).  This handbook will be available on July 23 at the 2025 ANNUAL HOA MEETING.

If you have any questions\comments, please contact Jackson Brandel, Melrose HOA President.

The Melrose Board of Trustees have received an estimate for replacement of ground lights at the Melrose Blvd.\Refugee rd. entry as well as additional ground lights at the McLeod Parc\Hill Rd. entry.  Total cost for this project is $15,477.00.  Install will take place the first week in May.

The Melrose HOA has submitted the required 1120-H tax form to the IRA for 2024.  All non-profit businesses are required to file taxes & provide the following (if audited):

• At least 85% of the units are used by individuals for residential purposes.
• At least 60% of the gross income is derived from the membership fees, dues or assessments of owners in the association. This would also be called exempt function income.
• At least 90% of the expenditures for the tax year are used for the management, construction, acquisition, maintenance or care of the association property. This would encompass operating expenses as well as reserve expenses. 
• No part of the HOA net earnings can benefit any shareholder, individual or owner.

As a member of the Melrose HOA every homeowner is entitled to view the association's financials.  Monthly monetary breakdown is publicly available via the HOA Financials tab.  If you believe the financials are in any way non-transparent please email Jackson Brandel, Melrose HOA Pesident, to request a 3rd party self audit.