Mailboxes and Posts
An attractive and well-maintained mailbox enhances your home’s curb appeal and
reflects the pride that you derive from your property’s appearance. It is not uncommon
for homeowner associations like ours to establish uniform mailbox specifications and
maintenance standards. This approach helps to foster attractive streetscapes that
support community property values.
Belmont Community Association recently updated its mailbox policy. Basic
design standards have not changed. The revised policy has been written to clarify those
standards. These revisions supersede the guidelines for mailboxes in the Belmont
Community Association Covenants Guide, which will be updated later this year. The
following is a brief overview of those standards. Complete details can be found in the
association’s website at belmonthoa.org.
- Except for black mailboxes and posts in the village of Bay Hill, the color theme
throughout our community is green mailboxes, white address numbers, and white
posts. - Mailboxes are generally rectangular with rounded tops.
- Die-cut white 2-inch high self-adhesive premium vinyl stick on address numbers are
required. Fonts must be “Clarendon Fort Bold”. Address numbers should be
centered on both sides of the mailbox. - There are five basic post types: metal, metal pedestal, wood, and New England
styled plastic mold posts that slip over 4 X 4 wood posts. The plastic mold slip on
posts are now required when replacing damaged and worn-out wooden posts.
Shared mailbox posts are available for some attached home product lines.
Dented, damaged, miscolored, and rusting mailboxes need to be replaced. Unstable
leaning mailbox posts must be straightened and secured with quick set cement. Mildew
on mailboxes and posts needs to be cleaned and removed. Damaged or worn-out wood
mailbox posts must be repaired, painted, or replaced with the New England styled
plastic mold posts. If your mailbox is so dirty, worn out, and faded that it barely
resembles its original color, it’s time for a change.
Uniformity requirements vary by village and home product line, based upon the
original mailboxes and posts that were installed by the developer when our homes were
built. If you are replacing your mailbox or post, it is your responsibility to contact the
association office to obtain the required specifications for your village, to ensure that the
correct replacement box and post is installed. Our association wants to make this as
easy for you as possible. If you need help, management staff can provide you with the
contact information for a company that can straighten and secure your post, replace
your mailbox, or install a new mailbox and post.
Please remember… If you are cited for a mailbox or post violation, failure to
correct the problem on a timely basis can lead to fines of $10 per day up to $900,
plus attorney’s fees if legal counsel must be brought in to collect your outstanding fines,
as well as other enforcement actions. It’s a lot less expensive and inconvenient to
fix the problem rather than pay the fines.