The Forest at Ridgewood HOA - Welcome to The Forest!

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Welcome to The Forest

Living in The Forest at Ridgewood Lakes

When purchasing a home within The Forest, you automatically become a member of two separate homeowners associations, each one having its own rules, regulations and areas of control, along with annual assessments or fees that you will be required to pay as a homeowner here.

Step 1
Verify Ownership
You cannot enter your own neighborhood without establishing "proof of Ownership" before you get to the gatehouse! You must contact the Master Association (Vesta) and provide them with the required documentation to verify ownership and they will then establish an owner's account in their security system. Once that is done, you can grant access to your guests, movers, painters, etc. That's why this is step #1

Read more about the Master Association

The Ridgewood Lakes Master Association, was created and incorporated on January 12th, 1994, and The Forest at Ridgewood Homeowners Association, Inc was created and incorporated 12 days later on January 24th, 1994. As the name implies, the Master association is the larger of the two associations and currently has 6 sub-associations under its umbrella and control.
The Master Association controls the roadways to get into and out of our community, the security cameras, gates, gate transponder system, and the security guards that keep our community safe and secure for us all.
These shared amenities, along with the beautiful landscaping throughout the main roadway, the main tennis courts, and all of the beautiful water features, are all under the direct care and custody of the Master HOA and their management service (Vesta Property Services).
Property owners are billed separately and make bi-annual payments directly to The Master Homeowner Association described above, and should not be confused with the annual assessment that is paid to the Forest HOA.

Vesta Property Services is the management company contracted by the Master Association.
Here is their contact information
Stacey Ramdass, LCAM
Vesta Operations Manager, Orlando Region
Click here to send Stacey an email
Telephone: 407-872-7608 ext 562

Kylie Castano Administrative Assistant
Click here to send Kylie an email
Telephone: 407-872-7608 (option #3)
Kylie can assist with transponder requests, contact information updates, website and gate system login/passwords.

Mailing Address (letters to the Association only, no payments):
121 S. Orange Ave.
Suite 1170A
Orlando, FL 32801

Payment Mailing Address:
Ridgewood Lakes Master HOA
PO BOX 622607
Orlando, FL 32862-2607

Step 2
Register with The Forest
While not as critical as verifying your ownership, we need to know how to contact you should the need arise. We have a form that we encourage you to fill out that allows us to communicate electronically (email) notices, invitations, invoices, etc.

Read more about The Forest at Ridgewood HOA

The Forest at Ridgewood Home Owners Association, is responsible for the maintenance of all amenities located within the Forest community... including landscaping of the common areas, maintenance of the community pool and pool house and all roadways in the Forest. We are also responsible for the enforcement of the rules as stated in our founding documents and amendments.
The Forest at Ridgewood HOA uses Jedi Management as our LCAM service

Mailing Address
Forest at Ridgewood HOA
P.O. Box 25236
Tampa, FL 33622-5236

Jedi Management
https://www.jedimanagement.com/the-forest-at-ridgewood/

Guidlines to "Enjoying our community"...

Noise Enforcement - Quiet Time

Quiet time in "The Forest" is between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. and during this time any activity that causes a noise or disturbance is not allowed. Activities shall include, but are not limited to:

An outside Party or Group of people
Loud Music/TV
Lawn Maintenance
Landscaping
Painting
Pool Care
Power Washing
Construction
Operating any machinery, including an automobile in a way that creates excess noise, such as revving an engine, squealing of tires, etc.

Pet Policy

Pets are to be kept on the owner’s lot and controlled at all times from leaving that lot by whatever means necessary, and shall not be allowed off that lot except on a leash.
Pet owners are RESPONSIBLE for cleaning up after their pet defecates. Period! This means that you are responsible for the cleanup no matter who is walking the dog. So plan appropriately when you walk or exercise your pet(s)!
No livestock or other animals shall be kept in "The Forest" other than domestic animals such as cats, dogs, or birds. Any exception shall be decided on by the Board of Directors
No animals shall be kept for the purposes of breeding or raising for sale.
Pets shall not be a nuisance to the neighborhood. Any issues as to what constitutes a nuisance shall be decided on by the Board of Directors.

Trash, Recycling and Yard Waste

Trash Pick-up is on Tuesday (except after a holiday)
Yard waste pick-up is also on Tuesday (except after a holiday)
Bulk pickup is on the 4rd Tuesday of every month.
Trash and Yard waste Bins may be placed at the curb (on your yard or driveway), but NOT in the curb, in a neat pile meeting the size and acceptable material requirements of the trash hauler, up to 3 days prior to collection. Yard debris that is bagged (4 bags maximum) or in a container may not be placed at curbside before 2 p.m. of the day prior to collection.
Trash and Yard waste Bins must be retrieved from curbside no later than 10 p.m. on the day of collection.
Trash and Yard waste bins are to be stored out of sight in a garage, fenced enclosure, behind camouflaging shrubbery or plants, or in some other location where they are not visible from any street.

Using the Community Center/Pool Cabana

Use of the community center/Pool Cabana is restricted to "The Forest" owners and renters (long and short term) their immediate families plus any guests the owners/renters actually accompany and stay with at the facility. Everybody must enter and exit the facility thru the locked gate using the key that every homeowner should have in their possession. The gate must be kept locked at all times except when somebody is physically entering or exiting thru the gate. This is a legal requirement! Anybody “jumping the fence” will be removed and possibly charged with criminal trespassing. Any damages to the fence will be charged according to the guilty party.

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