Pressure washing notice to residents

The same notice three ways: an email with the details, a text of 160 characters or fewer, and a phone script of about 30 seconds.

For washing the association schedules: roofs, sidewalks, curbs, or walls. Tell residents what to move and when.

Email

Subject: Pressure washing on Oak Street Monday and Tuesday

Residents of Oak Street,

The association's contractor will pressure wash the sidewalks and curbs on Oak Street on Monday, June 15, and Tuesday, June 16, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Please move cars off the street, and bring in doormats, planters, and anything near the curb. Keep windows closed while the crew is near your home.

If rain moves the work, we will send another notice.

Questions: call the office at 727-555-0100 or reply to this email.

Oak Hollow HOA office

Text

DewAlert - Oak Hollow: Pressure washing on Oak St Mon-Tue 8am-4pm. Move cars off the street and mats off the curb. Questions: 727-555-0100

DewAlert adds the gray start, "DewAlert - Oak Hollow:", so residents know who the text is from. You write the rest. 138 characters in all. One text.

A resident's first text after signing up also ends with "Reply STOP to opt out":

DewAlert - Oak Hollow: Pressure washing on Oak St Mon-Tue 8am-4pm. Move cars off the street and mats off the curb. Questions: 727-555-0100 Reply STOP to opt out

160 characters. Still one text.

Phone call

This is the Oak Hollow office with a notice for Oak Street. The sidewalks and curbs on Oak Street will be pressure washed Monday and Tuesday, from 8 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. Please move cars off the street and bring in doormats and planters near the curb. Keep windows closed while the crew is near your home. Questions, call the office at 727-555-0100. Thank you.

About 28 seconds read aloud.

Writing tips

One notice, three ways.

Email

Put the street and the time in the subject. Many residents read only that.

Text

Keep the whole text to 160 characters, counting the start DewAlert adds with your community's name, and the STOP line on a resident's first text. An emoji or a curly quote can cut that to 70 and make it two messages. Leave out links, and give a phone number.

Phone

Say who is calling first. Say the main fact twice. Write times the way you would say them: "9 in the morning," not "9:00 a.m." Keep it near 30 seconds, because voicemail may cut a long one off.

DewAlert

Write all three on one page.

DewAlert sends one notice by email, text, and a recorded phone call, written separately for each, to the residents who asked for it.

Get the free storm-season notice kit See it in 15 minutes

These templates are for everyday notices. They are not the official notice for a meeting, an election, a budget, a fine, or a lien. They do not replace your county's emergency alerts.