2013/14 Season, Gondola Run and Transfers

In our continuing efforts to push the St John Village Complex forward Yana and I have invested in a beautiful Veto for the Gondola run during the season as well as airport transfers, which along with our Mercedes ML and soon to arrive A class (LWB) will also be operating in our Prestige Transfer Services available to all our clients new and existing.

Like everything Crown we try our best to raise the game and set new standards, hence a better class of vehicle for a better class of complex, giving owners and there guests more reasons to stay and enjoy.

All vehicles are fully equipped, with leather, AC, and the Veto has air suspension to even out those Bulgarian roads, PLUS and we believe Uniquely all vehicles will run with Wireless Internet for you journey, in the mountains & remote areas this service may drop of but for the majority of the journey your be able to fully benefit from free internet & all at the Same Value Prices everyone enjoyed as last year.

Further we have invested in 2 brand new babe seats for visitors with young children, available on request.

For full details of Prices, availability and bookings please contact us via: info@crown-fm.com 

An evening town drop of and collection service will also be available up to 12 midnight.

During the summer period all vehicles will be available for hire at competitive market prices with the added benefit of free airport pick up and drop off, so no need worry for getting lost or vehicle change overs.

Discounts on all our services and priority booking is available on request to all Crown IPM clients.

Another Great Balcony Refurbishment Completed

We are really rock and rolling with our balcony refurbishment projects and with so many owners signing up this along side our stone cladding repair program we are really changing the face of the complex.

Crown doing it RIGHT, doing it to LAST, and fully standing behind our workmanship with our 5year warrantee 

A huge amount of balcony to this penthouse apartment and difficult to do as it adjoins another apartment but like always we so such issues, and the balcony just looks and feels brand new 

You can see the contrast here 

Balconies on two sides of this apartment, this face is right into the prevailing wind and weather of the forest and the upper hand rail had to be completely renewed, had it just been rubbed down and stained its lack of integrity and thus ability to retain fixing would have meant a potential safety issue, doing the job right is not an option for us. 

The difference is clear for us

Slowly but surely it all starts to come together 

This apartment is also presently subject to a stunning interiors & furnishing make over and fit-out from Crown pictures from which will be issued soon, on our Interiors Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Crown.Interiors.and.Furnishing so watch this space.

Balconies update

Thanks to a massive response to our Balcony refurbishment program phase 2 we are very happy to announce that assuming all clients that have requested and received one of our proposals over the past few weeks actually sign up, everyone will be entitled to a 10% discount against our quotation.

Those that have-not seen our 5 guarantee document its show below, your also note that for all our IPM clients there is a 7 year option available, this will also be open to any new IPM clients as well as our existing client base.

In preparation for this important work and in the knowledge that the weather will shortly be closing in and thus be less than favourable for timber treatment particular if you're doing an in-situ job. 

As we completely dismantle we have the distinct advantage of an off site location where we have created a dedicated work base thats enclosed, ventilated and heated creating an almost idea environment for such works activity and thus we are able to fully stand behind our 5 year warrantee and optional 7 year warrantee for all IPM clients.

During our inspections and survey activities we have already had to revisit a number of balconies clients had, had in-situ jobs completed on and payed for and where now already less than 18 months down the line they are having to payout again for a proper job by our selves.

In response to the many questions we have been asked we set out visually accompanied by short text where we see the differences and short comings of an in-situ solution against our complete solution.

As you see here the dead timber remains and the new stain/vanish has simply been rejected and damaged areas continue  to show through, which is not only short term but the general appearance of the facade remains unsatisfactory.    

Despite only having been completed less than 18 month ago the old damage is showing through and new finish pealing of, with-out taking back to a live wood finish any in-situ work is only ever going to be a short term solution.   

even with a top coat of new stain the damage shows through and the resultant finish remain a tired and unsatisfactory one

Here a good quality stain and varnish was used on top of an in-situ rub down, but still the  wood rejects the treatment and we are back to square one. 

With the moisture allowed to still penetrate the wood via surface splits and any remaining dead wood areas any hand applied in-situ treatment or finish will have a limited life span and internally the timber will continue to deteriorate and in a very short period will have to be re-done again.

As you see on this in-situ repaired balcony whilst it has a new top coat the damage shows through and there is no constancy in the finished product, with the over all appearance still messy and unpleasant at best, the damaged areas will in a mater of time reject the top coat and the wood will continue to deteriorate. 

This is a balcony shown below we repaired some 3 year ago and here we are still looking great, further it remains very easy to perform on going ppm maintenance, thus our offer to all our IPM clients to extend our warrantee to 7 years such is our confidence in what we do.

When properly executed a timber referb job delivers a consistence visual finish even after 3 years.  

Proper and complete treatment that is prep, prima & finish with UV protection mean longevity and thus value for money

Visual and weather protection constancy front and back

A proper job, a Crown job

Here are a couple off recently completed balconies & weather boards from phase one, as we finish more and more balconies they combined with our on going efforts and works on the stone facade's are starting to lift the face of the complex for the future.

Block A, Hill see the Crown job what a difference 

and at the Park, all starting to come together

Trust in Crown, working to deliver on better more sustainable, long term solutions for all our clients every day.