Sunninghill Gardens is a residential area in the heart of Sunninghill in Sandton. It comprises of around 270 houses and 20 townhouse/cluster complexes set in a beautiful well maintained area with two landscaped parks with playground equipment and cycle tracks for the children.
Sunninghill Gardens Homeowners Association has been operational for a period of fifteen years and is a good example of what can be achieved by a community rallying together to not only decrease the risk of crime but improve our area as a whole. Our Security is one of the best in the Sandton area with an average of around 0 – 1 house break-in every three months. This has not always been the case however and the homeowners association was started when crime became unbearable in the area, especially life threatening crimes. Some of our achievements over the years have been:
• Access control booms manned 24hours a day at both entrances to Sunninghill Gardens.
• 24 hour dedicated pro-active patrol vehicle that does not leave the area.
• Vastly reduced armed response rates for our members.
• Live monitored CCTV cameras at both entrances to Sunninghill Gardens.
• Live monitored CCTV cameras to be installed in the streets of Sunninghill Gardens.
• Two beautiful entrances with lovely gardens and attractive guardhouses.
• Speed humps erected by the Council and paid for by our residents to reduce speeding in the area.
• Streetlights throughout the suburb erected and maintained by City Power paid for by City Power and the residents of Sunninghill Gardens in a joint venture.
• Two beautifully landscaped parks with playground equipment and cycle tracks landscaped and maintained by residents.
• Paving for pedestrians, joggers, walkers installed along the main route through Sunninghill Gardens.
• Annual Community fun day in our main park off Kisumu road.
• Annual Christmas party for our children.
All the above has also had other spin-offs, the main one being the wonderful sense of security and well being in the area. What we have achieved in the area it seems has also put a premium on properties, with few houses being sold, residents are investing in their existing homes by adding on and improving their properties rather than selling. We are proud to say that we have in excess of 97% membership.
Anyone travelling through Sunninghill Gardens (especially over the weekend) will see children riding their bicycles, joggers and residents going for walks, which you do not see anywhere else. We have a 100% happy community.