The Baywood Homeowners' Association (BHA) is neither a developer of the Baywood property nor a manager of the facilities and services made available to residents of the Baywood community. 

 

Rather, the BHA represents the interests of homeowners in Baywood. The About Us page on this site describes our purpose as an organization of homeowners in the Baywood community.

 

Please visit the website of Signature Homes to learn more about our community and the possibilities of home ownership in Baywood and/or to request information about the community.

Yes. First try the MapQuest view of our world, which will open centered on the Signature Homes sales office. Then see also the answers below in the section "Maps and Phases of Baywood."

In addition to the pool (in-season), the Community Center contains

The Children's Playground is located directly in front of the Center.

 

The dog park opened in October, 2010. It is located on Crooked Stick Way, immediately to your right after turning off Back Nine Way onto Pivot Way, and then onto Crooked Stick Way. It is open from dawn until dusk.

 

Rules and Regulations are as follows (these are clearly posted at the entrance to the dog park).

 

Always dial 911 in the case of an emergency.

 

For fire and ambulance, Baywood Security monitors local fire and ambulance frequencies and will assist vehicles in quickly locating Baywood addresses. Baywood Security vehicles also carry emergency defibrilators.

 

For police (as well as fire and ambulance), it is best to additionally contact Baywood Security at 945-1029 only after calling 911 so that responses can be better coordinated.

The Baywood Security number is

 

 

Baywood Security encourages calls from residents who observe suspicious or unauthorized activity, or who identify potential safety issues involving speeding vehicles or dangerous golf cart operation.

Baywood Security has the primary responsibility for all issues involving the safety and security of our residents.  Local authorities coordinate all responses to 911 calls with Baywood security, enabling emergency vehicles to quickly locate residences in Baywood.

Baywood's security works together with our sister PotNets communities to patrol the community several times each day.  A dedicated security vehicle is on the Baywood premises from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. every night.  An unmarked patrol vehicle is also assigned to Baywood (at unpublished times).

No matter where your vehicle is located, whether within the community, at the grocery store, at the outlets, or travelling to visit friends and relatives, you will always present some level of opportunity for a would-be thief to attempt a vehicle break-in. Once vehicle access is gained, any number of criminal activities becomes possible, from a simple grab and snatch of a wallet or GPS device, to theft of the vehicle itself and possibly presonal attack and injury.

 

Several car break-ins were reported in Baywood during 2010 and, in response, State Police visited the BHA membership in September, 2010, to discuss overall neighborhood security issues, including vehicle theft. We have available a list of 50 tips provided to us by the State Police to help you reduce your chances of being the victim of a vehicle breakin or theft.

Check out the on-line calendar at the clubhouse. This lists happenings including music, concerts, and special menu offerings that are available seasonally.  Also check this calendar for golf outings at Baywood Greens.

Residents may apply at the clubhouse for a resident card.  Using it provides a 15% discount every day of the week on all items purchased (including alcohol).

Yes...quite a few.  These activites are listed under the Activites section on this web site.  Also, upcoming events are listed in the Save the Date section on the home page. Pot Luck Dinners happen usually the first Thursday of most months beginning at 6:00 PM.  The 2011 BHA Event Calendar indicating all activies is posted at the end of the Save the Date section, plus the current month and next month calendar of activities is posted on the Community Center bulletin board.

Yes.  The following is the list of regulations: 

Lifeguards have the authority to apply further restrictions, if necessary, to ensure safety.

The Community Center is locked 24 hours a day and can only be accessed by an activated Baywood Resident Card. Your activated card will allow you access to the community center seven days a week from 5:30 am – 10:00pm.   If you have not already done so, drop by  the clubhouse restaurant to have the community center lock credentials added to your resident card. If for any reason you need access to the facility during the off hours, please alert Baywood Security.

The pool will be open Memorial Day weekend (May 28, 29 and 30) and the following weekend (June 4 and 5), from 10 AM to 6 PM. Daily pool operation begins Saturday, June 11, with hours being 10 AM to 6 PM five days of the week, and Noon to 8 PM on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Operation of a golf car in Baywood is subject to the following rules and regulations.

We've prepared some tips for you based on information that we've collected both from the internet and from sources here at Baywood.

Yes. The course will close for certain periods of the year for aeration and maintenance. Announced dates for 2012 are March 12 - 14 and November 12 - 14.

 

Other than that, the course generally is open every day of the year (weather permitting in winter, of course), but it does occasionally hosts area tournament groups. These can be found listed on the Baywood Greens golf website.

Residents are allowed unlimited use of the practice facilities at any time, which includes access to the driving range, chipping area, and putting greens. Practice balls (having limited flight characteristics) are available on the range, either in the bays or via buckets filled at the ball dispenser at the rear of Slicer's. (If no practice balls are available, ask inside Slicer's or the Pro Shop for tokens that can be used with the ball dispensing machine at the rear of Slicer's.)

  

If you take your golf cart to the practice areas, enter from the Clubhouse side of the range by traveling along the back of the Clubhouse, or enter from the Pro Shop parking area, driving to the left of the Pro Shop. Please park so as not to block regular golf course traffic in and around the Pro Shop.

 

If you walk or take a vehicle to the Pro Shop parking lot, please be sure to identify yourself as a resident with the outside attendants upon your arrival before entering the practice area.

Baywood Greens is an upscale, daily-fee public course that charges greens fees that can reach $125 in peak season.  Residents generally enjoy a 25 percent or more discount off the rack rate fees, and can book tee times up to one year in advance. Rates apply for residents and their guests alike.

 

  

From time to time, Baywood Greens may make special resident rate promotions available and these will be advertised on the home page of this website whenever we learn of them.

For both your safety and the enjoyment of Baywood's golfing guests, you should avoid all areas of the course where golfers are present.

 

Use of cart paths before 6:30 AM or no more than 2 hours prior to sunset on the front nine will usually avoid golfers. Use of paths on the back nine is not recommended after about 8:30 AM. Times will vary according to season.

 

Whenever you are on the cart paths, watch carefully for and yield to maintenance vehicles.  Many are on the course early in the morning and move rather quickly.
 
Call the Pro Shop (302.947.9800) to inquire about what times are best for golf course access in your section of the community.

Yes. We have a bare bones street map of the development. Each phase has a color different from its neighboring phase; look for the circled numbers to identify your phase number. Alternatively, you might prefer a MapQuest view of Baywood (this map centered on the Signature Homes sales office).

 

There are also detailed phase maps with lot numbers (available, courtesy of Signature Homes) for:

The list by streets is:

See also our FAQ entry above for "Are there maps of Baywood."

Any resident can file a complaint about property or neighborhood issues by filling out a form and sending it to Tunnell Companies, 34026 Anna's Way Suite 5, Long Neck, DE  19966.

Trash collection is every Tuesday. Please position your trash bin at the end of your driveway on the pavers between the sidewalk and street, so that it opens towards the street (as indicated on the top of the bin). Please do not place the trash bin on the grass. In the case of Monday (or Tuesday) holidays, trash collection will be delayed one day.

 

The complete 2012 Blue Hen collection schedule is now available, and includes collection dates and guidelines for both trash and recylcing.

Yes. Blue Hen collects recyclables every other week on Tuesdays (same day as regular trash collection, just every other week). Notification of this change was mailed to all residents in December, 2010, along with rate information and schedule. Blue and yellow recycling containers were delivered to all Baywood residences a few days later.

 

The complete 2012 Blue Hen collection schedule is now available, and includes collection dates and guidelines for both trash and recylcing.

 

As with regular trash collection, face recycling containers to open towards the street and position them at least three feet away from the regular trash container. Do not place recycling containers on grass.

 

Acceptable materials for recylcing include these:

Blue Hen requests that recyclable items be bagged. Although not an absolute requirement, bagging materials makes pickup less likely to miss items that could escape on a windy day.

Blue Hen comes through the neighborhood either every Thursday or Friday to pick up yard waste. Place your clippings and waste in bags at the tree closest to your house where there are no planted grasses for pickup. If you have bulkier waste such as tree branches, cut them into 3 foot sections and tie them in small bundles.

No.  The information you supply to the BHA in your Profile is used mainly to produce the annual, printed Resident Directory available only to BHA members and to residents via BHA Phase Representatives.  The information contained therein is primarily "name, phone, address, and email."

 

Your information is then maintained on the website by the Web Committee (which manages the website and resolves login and access issues), the BHA Membership and Outreach Chairs (who update BHA membership status), and the BHA Secretary (who provides timely communications to the membership). Other BHA officers, including the Phase Representatives, also have access to the database.

 

Please see our full statement on access to membership and resident information on the Policies page.

This setting applies only to BHA members and indicates how they wish to receive their copy of the Blue Heron newsletter.

 

Setting this to Baywood Delivery indicates that you wish a hard copy of the newsletter delivered to your Baywood residence. Setting this to US Mail indicates that you wish the newsletter mailed to your home address (only if it is outside Baywood).  Only one copy will be delivered or mailed to an address.

 

We'd hope that many will now opt to set this to (the default setting of) Web, which indicates that you'll read the newsletter on-line at the website and/or download it to your own computer for printing. Printing and delivering fewer copies of the Blue Heron saves the BHA both duplicating costs and the efforts of many volunteers who deliver the newsletter throughout the Baywood community.

 

No matter what your setting, members will receive an email alert when a new issue of the Blue Heron is released.  This alert will also be clearly posted on the home page of this website.