ARRIVAL, DEPARTURE INFO
AND MORE
ARRIVAL:
Water Heater (in hallway closet):
- Locate red-handle valve (back wall, slightly lower than waist-high) leading to hot water heater. Flip valve handle toward back wall SLOWLY so it is parallel to pipe. This may require a little muscle.
- Locate 2nd red-handle valve (right wall, about 6 feet up). Rotate valve handle toward yourself so that it is parallel to pipe. This is cold water
- Flip "Water Heater" breaker to ON - breaker box is next to thermostat behind the painting of 4 palm trees.
Air conditioning:
- Above thermostat in hallway is Honeywell Relative Humidity Controller. Set to "ON" and leave there.
- Set thermostat to desired temperature.
Miscellaneous:
- Put icemaker tray in freezer if it is not there and turn on the icemaker. It will start making ice quickly.
- Move outdoor furniture and plant outside, if inside. Anywhere in front is fine.
- Don't forget to remove plastic from toilet.
- Laundry room is on 2nd floor directly opposite the elevator. Need a key.
- Storage room is on 3rd floor directly above laundry room. Our storage space is marked "A4". Combination is 675.
- Park in visitors parking. Never a problem.
- Extra keys are in top left drawer in kitchen.
- The bikes are in storage. This is a small storage room in the women's restroom at the clubhouse. The code is 3423. Yell into the restroom to make sure nobody is in there. The key to the storage room is handing from a hook on the wall to the right. While out of storage, the bikes can be kept in the bike rack next to the trash cans on the left as you walk from the condo into the parking lot. They are hidden behind a row of bushes. Please return bikes to storage before you leave.
DEPARTURE:
Water:
- Turn hot-water heater valve to closed position - perpendicular to pipe.
- Turn cold-water valve to closed position - perpendicular to pipe.
- Flip "Water Heater" breaker to OFF.
- Run water in kitchen and bathroom to drain pipes.
- Replace stopper in kitchen sink.
Air conditioning:
- Important: Make sure thermostat is set to "Auto" and "Cool".
- Set thermostat to 80.
- Leave Humidity controller "ON".
Miscellaneous:
- Take icemaker tray out of freezer, empty it and put it in sink. Turn off icemaker.
- Bring inside: table, 2 chairs, welcome mat
- Return bikes to storage. See above for access to the storage room. If you can't get bikes into storage, just put them inside condo.
- Food: all freezable perishables to freezer, the rest to trash.
- Empty water from Keurig.
- Empty trash.
- Cover toilet with plastic.
- Put stopper in kitchen sink.
- Put new sheets on (found in closet). Wash old ones if you have time.
IMPORTANT NUMBERS:
- Mike: 203-858-1171 Kathy: 203-451-3652
CT Home: 203-341-0429
- Address: 761 John Ringling Blvd
Arlington Building, Unit 4
Sarasota, FL 34236.
- Louie LaPlaunt - maintenance guy - 865-300-5059. Extremely helpful with any issue.
- Parking Space: 49 - our car is there now.
- Wi-Fi Network: smithsofweston
- Wi-FI Security code: dysfunctional
- Clubhouse Wi-Fi Network: CBCI-8175
- Clubhouse Wi-Fi Password: 289 990 0491
- Clubhouse Ladies' Room combination: 3423. This is bike storage
- Bike lock combination: 6755
- Third floor storage lock: 675
INFORMATION FOR VISITORS: READ THIS!!
- Use the Roku remote to control the TV power and volume. Click the home button on the Roku remote to wake it up. We have cut the cable; we use YoutubeTV. All of the common streaming services are available to use.
- Everything you need is in the condo. Just open all the cabinets and closets and you'll find what you need. Check the inventory page on the website.
- Beach stuff is in the 3rd floor storage room. Unit A4. Combination 675. The only exception is the large 10-foot 4-pole beach canopy in the guest room closet.
- Grill is out by the water. Please don't walk on the grass to get to it. Use the sidewalks. Open the valve on the propane tank to use grill. It may have to be manually lit. Lighters and nerd headlight are in kitchen.
- Be sure to clean grill and close propane tank valve when finished. It is OK to move grill all the way to the condo if windy or rainy. Just remember to take it back.
- As you exit the building into parking lot, trashcans and bike racks are to your immediate left behind the sidewalk and hedge.
- If you are walking to Armand circle, it is quicker to take the back way by the kayaks to John Ringling Blvd.
- Walk along the sidewalk by the water to reach the heated pool.
- When you are in Armand Circle, the church (neon cross on top) is your landmark to get back on John Ringling Blvd to come back to condo.
- Smoking is fine outside at least 20 feet from building. Please do not smoke inside.
- In the 2nd kitchen drawer on the left, there are papers, numbers, business cards, rolls of quarters, etc. that might be useful, e.g. cleaning lady.