Here are the most Frequently Asked Questions and their answers:
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Q. What is a land lease?
A. At Applewood, you lease the land. You pay a monthly payment of $250 to use the land. The lease is renewable annually.
Q. Do I pay taxes on the land or my home?
A. You, the homeowner do not pay school taxes, county taxes, and town taxes. You may apply for tax exempt status wia the star program. This reduces your annual rent by 15%
Q. What about garbage and trash?
A. Applewood provides, at no charge to the homeowners, once a week garbage pickup. The town of New Hartford provides an annual collection of old tires, appliances, etc., plus a weekly collection of brushes, leaves, etc.
Q. Who maintains the road in the community?
A. All the roadways in the community are town owned roads. The town of New Hartford plows, sands and salts the roads in the winter and water sweeps them in the summer.
Q. Where do my children get the school bus?
A. Because Applewood has town roads, the Clinton svhool bus picks your children up at select home sites. Applewood is in the Clinton School District.
Q. Does Applewood have a recreational area?
A. Yes. Applewood provides a recreational area including a basketball court, baseball field and a volleyball court.
Q. How do I get the mail delivered to my home?
A. Mail is delivered to each home. A mailbox is provided in front of your home. Although you kive in the Town of New Hartford, you must contact the Clinton post office. Your mailing address is Clinton, NY 13323.
Q. What about security?
A. Applewood is patrolled by the town of New Hartford Police Department. New York State Police and Oneida County Sheriff plus Applewood has its own lighting district.
Q. Who maintains the property I lease?
A. You, the home owner, maintain all the amenities, lawns, shrubs, snow. Applewood does offer maintanance contracts for a set fee per year. We do all the work.
Q. What about utilities (water, sewer, gas/electric, phone, cable television)?
A. You, the home owner, pay the utilities. The average for a single section home is:
Gas/electric ......approximately $75 per month
Water/sewer .......approximately $12 per month
Q. Do you have demographics on the population of Applewood?
A. Yes. The demographics were done in 2000 and are as follows:
48% Blue Collar
32% Professional
20% Retirees
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26% Single mom w/children
16% Married couples w/children
44% Married couples
14% Single adults
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Q. Are pets allowed in The Applewood Community?
A. Our pet policy is, on certain conditions pets are allowed but they MUST
be indoor pets. And we will have a pet rider attached to your lease.
Q. Do you keep listings of the homes available in your community?
A. The Applewood Community offers both new and pre-owned homes for sale at any given time, however, this stock is constantly changing and the pricing varies along with this. Because of the constant changes made to our homes every year(ie. some items found in our homes were once options, and are now standard) it is important for you to determine what type of home will suit your lifestyle best, Singlewide Vs Doublewide, 2 Vs. 3 bedrooms. Would you like an eat in kitchen or a dining room? If you would like to contact us we can help you answer some of those questions.
