A note from Scott Schomburg, Phase I HOA Board Secretary -

Fellow Owners,
It has been some time since communication has been made to you so I thought I would let you know about some of the recent decisions, events and ongoings:

* The old pier - When the new "Super Pier" was funded and constructed the plan (discussed at an owner's meeting) was to minimize upkeep cost on the old pier and eventually abandon it whenever it reached the point of "financial" no return. Well, the high tides of Alex and the following tropical depression took us there. It is definitely past the point of reasonable repair. Given the pier's current condition the only realistic repair plan would be to start over with new taller posts and build an entire new pier. This is in the $100K+ range. Nothing of this size can be decided before the next Owner's Meeting, therefore; we will save the three lights that are currently bolted to existing posts, we will have the boards stripped from posts and possibly sell (eBay or craigslist) some of old weathered lumber, keep the good lumber for future projects and per the GLO we have as long as 5 years to remove the old posts.
* There are discussions about adding the old pier lights to the new pier to increase the amount of high quality fishing area. There have also been discussions about purchasing a couple more lights to put on the new pier and adding an extra "turn out" to the pier. We also discussed building several wooden benches with backs on them to permanently mount at the T-head of the pier. Any extra lumber oriented projects will use the good lumber salvaged from the old pier.
* WIFI - I have been bird dogging this item for four months now. All quotes that we have been given exceed $10K per year. Some are high initial cost with low monthly fees and some are the inverse. Regardless, due to the high dollar amount we will bring that to the Owner's Meeting in November. We currently have a WIFI system and it is operating. From what I am told it is a residential grade system and does not have the horsepower to support our complex. The solution is not a simple or inexpensive fix.
* Financially - I do not have a deep dive on the finances but can tell you that we are doing much better than we were 3 to 4 months ago. We are by no means wealthy but we have money to make the necessary repairs to keep us moving forward.
* On Thursday July 15th I met with JR Gimler, our property manager, John Schiller, our maintenance employee, and Tony the guy that does our lawn care. We did an hour long property walk discussing expectations of how the property should be groomed (bushes, edging, weed eating etc). With several follow-up meetings we are seeing success with this program.
* I picked up at Sam's three additional chaise lounge chairs for the pool several months ago. The cloth is already tearing so they will be returned for a refund. I visited Mustang Towers at Port A last week and they had very nice high quality, heavy duty white rigid plastic lounge chairs. They were comfortable and had an adjustable back rest like our existing chairs. Zero maintenance in our salt water environment. I plan to look into those for the future.
* Sand on the front beach - The recent high tides took out a large amount of the sand off the front beach. All of the tie back anchors for the bulk head in front of the 300 building are exposed. We will need to bring in sand and have it spread. The good news is that some landscaping changes along the bulkhead behind 308 have minimized the amount of sand loss. Had this happened 3 yrs ago we would needed twice as much sand.
* We are looking at upgrading the many signs around the property. Quite a few are looking worn and need to be improved.
* Glass at the pool - This has been a problem lately. Many pool users disregard the pool rules and bring in glass. Some get rather upset when they are asked to switch to plastic. I have asked the rental office to highlight the importance of the pool rules when guests check in. We are going to put up several additional signs at the pool specifically addressing the No Glass rule.
* Our insurance policy is up in early August. We will have insurance in place in a timely manner and we will ditribute to owners proof of insurance for their mortgage companies.

I am sure there is more but that is all I can think of at this time. Feel free to call me or email me with any questions.
Cell: 713-725-3860
Email: scottschomburg@gmail.com

Thank you,
Scott Schomburg

A number of owners have complained about the paint job that is just now two years old. Not using a primer over treated lumber was not a great idea.

Early this evening I was struck by the disparity in popularity of the harbor side versus the bay side condos. This trend does seem to reverse itself in the spring and fall when serious fisherman rent the harbor side condos and park their boats in back of the condo. The big crowds now are about family fun. Over crowding in the bayside condos is also more noticeable this time of year.

The guests next to me were pretty creative in making their own shade. The first attempt did not hold up, but this one has lasted two days and looks pretty stable. Notice the strings of lights. It's a good thing we don't drag our beach any more. I understand our golf cart has been sold anyway.

The high tides have washed out a lot our beach again. The exposed rebar does not look too great and may be a trip hazard, but I don't see the guests having any problem enjoying the sand that is left. I guess more sand will be brought in, but there may be higher priority items that need attention.

Tony's is almost finished with the bush trimming project. This work was done on the west side of the 400 building today. It looks great. They have a few bushes left on the 700 building.
The barge working on the breakwater has not been too active this week. I thought maybe they were having mechanical problems, but they did work a couple of hours today.

Not all the old posts of the crossbridge were hauled away. This one is floating in our marina looking for a boat engine prop to do battle with.

The relatively wet summer has allowed indigenous plants to flourish. This one is growing right up through the deck of 607. It appears to be doing better than its neighbors in the planter next to it. The same thing is happening on other 600 building decks.

The Noack family is spending some time in Colorado this summer. Pat sent this photo of the Big Horn sheep that are in their area.

This area near the old pier always suffers when the tides are high and sand washes off our beach. We have placed grass, concrete bags, and now gravel in the area to slow down erosion. John suggested that we concrete slab the whole area from the picnic area to the pier. That is probably a good idea since nothing else seems to work.
I received my July electric bill today. July is traditionally the most expensive bill of the year. This year, not so much. I have to think that cleaning my evaporator coils at the start of the month did some good and all it cost was $10 of coil cleaner and a little time. In July of '08 my bill was $331, in July of '09 it was $328 and this year only $243. Maybe I just cooked less last month, probably not!

My friend, Steve Pruski, and his family spent last week at Port Aransas. They never caught a keeper trout all week. They did take their Blue Wave 24 miles into the gulf and did pretty well. Here the boys, Tyler, Brent and Brandon show the Kingfish and Red Snapper they brought back.

Friday evening the guests in 606 displayed their catch behind the condo for all to envy. If you look carefully, you can see the fish are put on the stringer through the gills. Not exactly a sign of experienced anglers unless you are stringing black drum. They said they waded near the causeway for these, but I might question the veracity of their disclosure.

The bulkhead and the channel wall continue to move further apart. I put up a picture of the separation several months ago. It has about doubled in separation now. The old steel strap worked, but rusted away. J.R. said he would have some posts installed behind the channel wall to slow this process down. Maybe the barge working on the shoreguard could do this too, although it would be a shared expense with the other two HOAs.
A new pure white cat has been dropped off here. The old yellow cat is defending his territory vigorously. Maybe they will stake off their own area. The white cat is relatively tame at this point. I'll see if I can get a picture.
The old AC units are taking a beating in this heat. We had one in each of the 500,600 and 300 need repair this week. I called Bill Davis of L&B Air Conditioning 361 205-4757 to clean the evaporator coils in my daughter's condo. He charges $350, but that is a good price. B.J.'s Air Conditioning cleaned the coils in the unit in the 300 building yesterday and said they get $480. Cheap filters are not really cheap when you figure they are the leading cause of this problem. I believe every unit here with an AC older than three years could be helped a lot by cleaning the coils. As I walk around I hear nearly all the units working hard to try to cool the condos and a lot of this is just poor efficiency on the part of the unit. The coils are easy to inspect and every one I've seen lately has been caked over with lint and debris.
Shop the World store has a nice clearance on furniture right now. I went in to get a king headboard they were selling for $165 and ended up with two complete bedrooms of furniture. Alan(108) saw the delivery truck and asked about the sale and went there and purchased a five drawer chest for their bedroom.
The Phase II golf cart is still parked in front of our maintenance shed. John said the asking price is $150 for either one of them. They both need some work.
The dumpster schedule did not go as planned. They didn't pick up on Monday, but came Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Today the dumpsters are overloaded and the cleaning staff is just starting to work on the back to back rental units. This also presents a problem because the waste cans around the property have to be emptied too.
Chris and Karra are returning from a cruise today, or at least that is what I heard.
Thursday, Allen replaced the sand in the pool filter. Friday, he as here at 8 am to see how things were going. The pool was still cloudy, but everything was working. I went outside about 9:15am and we had a virtual river flowing through the parking lot in front of the 100 building, in front of the 700 building and into the drain where boats are washed. I called J.R. and said he had not heard, but would call Ed to see what he could do to stop it. Ed looked at it and said the whole pool was being drained. He called around and found Allen at the Racquet Club and Allen came right back. I have never seen Al drive up so fast throwing a big wake of water behind him in the parking area. He looked at it and said indeed something was way wrong. He turned it off and began to work on it after securing some parts. It took him several hours, but he fixed it all up. Today the water is still cloudy and Al said it may take two more days to clear.

Tony and his crew worked all day on the grass and shrubs. Even the ones pictured here were trimmed back more to allow for a little growth before they reach over the sidewalk again. The worker Tony sent out on Tuesday worked most of the day and then left with debris still scattered over the sidewalks and parking area. John noticed it and called J.R. who called Tony. Tony came out with a big leaf blower and worked almost until dark to clean up the mess.

Al came by this evening and changed out the sand in our pool filter. Here you can see his helper taking it out a handful at a time. It takes 200 pounds of sand. The total cost is about $500 and has to be done every two years. The pool had been a bit cloudy and it was time to do it.
Fishing on the pier has been up and down. Monday and Tuesday there were people at every light and the whole pier was crowded. The last two evenings there have been very few people. Last evening the trout bite was on and I used a Mirror lure to entice them to bite. This evening I fished two hours with the same lure and never put a fish on the deck. I didn't see anyone catch a keeper this evening.
Yesterday some guests travelled to Sailboat Pass and picked up four nice reds. Everyone else reported next to nothing in success. Alan's(108)friend, Gary, and I went out yesterday morning in Alan's boat and tried the close in reefs because of the threat of rain. We did not get a bite of any kind. I had never been in Alan's boat. It is quite a boat. I don't think I had ever been in a four stroke 250 horsepower boat. Pretty nice.
I have tried to reach the insulation contractor, Mike Mcdonald, on several occasions. I thought we had an appointment for Tuesday and called on Friday and Monday and talked to the secretary three times. She promised to pass on the call to him, but still no word. I don't know what's up with that. The AEP people came by today to read the meters so I guess our July bills are not far behind.

FROM TODAY'S ROCKPORT PILOT
Man loses arm in boating accident
By: NORMA MARTINEZ, Managing Editor
Published:
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12:20 AM CDT
A Seguin husband and wife are both in intensive care in Spohn Memorial Hospital after suffering severe injuries in a boating accident Saturday, July 17 in Aransas Bay.
According to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Warden Brandi Reeder, Mark Westerholm’s left arm was severed at the shoulder. His wife Sharon suffered gashes almost to the bone on her right thigh and to her right arm near the wrist.
Reeder explained the Westerholms and another couple were on the boat when the incident occurred. The driver apparently lost control and the boat turned 180 degrees. The three passengers were ejected, and the two Westerholms were run over by the boat. The other male, because of where he was standing in the boat, was fortunately thrown farther forward and was not hit.
The Westerholms and the other couple had launched at Goose Island State Park and were headed back that direction when the accident took place.
Fishing guide Timothy Rowe and his wife Janet happened to be 300 to 500 yards behind the aforementioned vessel and saw the entire incident.
The driver of the boat quickly shut off the engine as the Rowes pulled up to help get the Westerholms out of the water.
J. Rowe then rendered aid and used bungee cords as tourniquets to cut off the bleeding at Mark’s shoulder. She then used towels to apply direct pressure to Sharon’s wounds. Sharon was transferred to the Rowe’s vessel, and Mark was kept on the other boat because they did not want to move him again.
Both boats then returned to Goose Island, by which time EMS had already been called. Reeder said she arrived about the same time as paramedics and HALO-Flight was there within five minutes.
The Westerholms were taken in separate helicopters toSpohn Memorial Hospital. As of press deadline Monday, both were still in ICU in stable condition, but more surgeries are expected.
Reeder also pointed out she always advises boaters when operating a vessel, they should wear a lanyard with a kill switch to help prevent accidents. In this case, she acknowledged it’s difficult to determine if it would have made a difference because this driver was not thrown from the vessel.
However, she emphasized in 50 percent, if not 70 percent, of cases, wearing a kill switch lanyard prevents major injury and death.

Here is what is left of the old pier, even though two of the fishing lights still burn all night every night. I've heard from some owners from the 300 building and they would like to rebuild it. Of course, renters do like to be located near the pier and I can understand the impact of seeing it gone. I recall Chris Crowley made the comment in promoting the super pier that the next time the old pier was damaged it could be abandoned. That was his opinion and no vote was taken as what to do when the pier was damaged. Now we have the board of directors deciding what to do without any owner input. A majority of the board has never fished a single time from either of the piers. I believe all owners should be given the options and costs involved to remedy the pier situation. Even if there is no vote, at least solicit their opinions before a decision is made.
I blogged recently that I would like to see the near term solution to be adding lights to the south side of the new pier. This picture shows how it is done. The 4x6 inch light posts are bolted to the 8x8 inch pier piling after notching the handrail. I'm sure John could do this in a single day. The wiring could be done in probably less than two days. I would think that Phase II would pay their 40% of the cost as we share the pier. Last evening I counted 31 people on the pier at 11:30 pm. There were six vehicles parked at the pier. Three had parking tags. Every light was occupied and lines were getting tangled. If we could use both sides of the pier, more people could be accommodated without building more pier. This could all be completed in less than a week.

I saw Wilson Communications making a house call to the 400 building today for a cable problem. I know when renters complain about the reception, it has to be repaired quickly. Charter Cable would come out in several days, but the guests don't want to wait. The problem here is the onsite rental operation calls out a commercial company and sometimes obligates our HOA. What would happen if one of the other management companies who manage condos here did the same thing? Wow, I can only imagine. Maybe this was an owner expense, but I doubt it. The picture above shows a collection of wires between 402 and 403. It appears that I may have moved something to expose this collection. Not true. Anyone walking by can see this mess. This is what is needed for eight one bedroom units? The technology here is totally outdated. No wonder we have reception problems. The bottom picture shows two old splitters on the ground and rusty. They are still in service. This should be replaced by a single new wire at Charter's expense. Charter needs to be held accountable? It is just easier to get it done and charge the HOA. After all, it is only money. Maybe we have another issue here for the annual owners' meeting, although these are regular maintenance items that the board of directors should be addressing, but then if you never meet, how can much get accomplished.

Just a bit of history for those who may not have seen our original gazebo next to 501. When the gazebo base was replaced by Moose Johnson's company, Derrick Construction, Richy generously volunteered to place the gazebo on his property while the base was rebuilt. The gazebo never made its way back to Phase I. The present gazebo pictured below was our replacement. Who got the better of this deal?

Today was the official opening day for the Rockport Bay Education Center. There were not very many guests there and work to finish was still going on. About half of the exhibits are completed. It is located just to the south of the entrance to the Rockport beach.

Our insurance agent, Angie Ruddock, has rented an office in this building one block west of the old building pictured below. There is still no signage indicating any insurance activity. The only sign refers to Certified Financial Planner.

The Rockport Urgent Care Center is progressing right along. This is located next to the old Walmart.

Work did begin this morning on the repair of the breakwater. They seem to be reinforcing the existing shoreguard and will, I understand, replace the missing shoreguard and supporting structures. Owners have not been informed on exactly what will be done. This is being funded by the assessment made in January.

Our new pool furniture did not make it through their first summer season. All three are beginning to come apart. They will be returned to Sam's Club for a refund. I believe more durable replacements will be purchased.

Work began today to trim and cut back our brush, oops, I mean bushes. Last week Scott, J.R., John, and Tony of Tony's Lawn Service walked the property to help define the expectations for Tony and his work. It is looking much better as they move along and you can now walk the sidewalk without dodging the bushes. Some of the blooms are being cut off, but they will return soon when the plants adapt to their new limitations.

I posted earlier about this "No Pet" sign. I asked John about it and he said he was told to put it up. Again, I think this is a case of a certain rental operation setting HOA policy. I hope this is not the case, but I don't know of any board action to make our property a "no pet" property. I guess this is another item for our annual owners' meeting.

I posted earlier about Jim's(401) trip with his boys with guide Ron Coulston during the 4th of July weekend. Troy shows his big trout here.
Troy, Zack and Jim show their total haul. Not bad for a four hour trip.

This barge was brought in last week to repair the breakwater. Four workers labored on it this morning, but I guess they couldn't get it working correctly. Maybe they will start tomorrow.

The recent high tides produced sinkholes next to 608 that were up to three feet deep. Today John temporarily solved the problem by inserting these posts in the holes. Eventually, a concrete slurry will have to be used to fill them up.

Everyone seems to agree that this summer's crowds are unprecedented. I don't know if that means more condos rented or larger groups in the condos. The dumpsters are normally emptied on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Every Monday the dumpsters are overloaded. Today the company did not make the normal pickup and this photo is from this morning. This evening all dumpsters are really overflowing. John talked to the company representative and they will begin to pick up on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. This will probably be a better schedule since we seldom have much to pick up on Wednesdays.

This from the CC Caller-Times

CORPUS CHRISTI — Aransas County commissioners voted unanimously Friday to earmark $500,000 to help reopen Cedar Bayou.
Opening Cedar Bayou, which will cost about $5 million, is considered critical to improving the health of the county's waterways. County commissioners set aside federal Coastal Impact Assistance Program funding to attract an additional $4.5 million in state funding.
An open natural pass between San Jose and Matagorda islands would allow easier inflow and exchange of water from the Gulf of Mexico. It also would provide access to the bays for aquatic life and would provide mating grounds for fish, shrimp and crabs among others.
Cedar Bayou was blocked in 1978 to prevent an oil spill from entering the bays and was never properly cleared out. It was dredged several times, including in 1995 when the spoils were deposited at the mouth of neighboring Vinson Slough, which further deteriorated flow.
County Judge Burt Mills said he has had recent assurances that the necessary federal and state permits will be granted.
He believes the reopening project will begin in April after endangered whooping cranes leave the area.
Commissioner Bubba Casterline said getting the long awaited project completed will be good for the tourism based economy.
"Cedar Bayou was always a really popular fishing spot and a big draw for people coming here," he said.

Tony's Lawn Service came by on Tuesday and cut our lawn. It has never looked nicer. The rain has greened things up nicely. John talked to them and they agreed their original proposal was to also trim the shrubs and bushes. They will begin to include that service on their weekly visits. That will eliminate the expense of hiring other workers to do this work as we have been doing.
While most owners wanted to rebuild the end of the old pier, Alex and the most recent storm have eliminated that simple option. I believe the old pier is history. My recommendation at this point would be to just add lights to the south side of the new pier. On summer weekends every light has people fishing under it. We really don't need more pier, just more fishing area. The south side lights could be put on a separate circuit and used only during the summer season. There are three lights remaining on the old pier that could be salvaged and used. I believe these lights cost just under $1,000. This would minimize cost and still provide adequate night fishing opportunities. Our contract with General Land Office of Texas requires us to either remove a damaged pier or rebuild it in, I believe, 90 days. If we don't, they can come out and remove it and send us the bill.
Rob has now been fully paid for the construction of the new pier. $8,800 was paid from a savings account of the HOA. We had been assessed for the total bill, but some money was spent on other items last year. Since the pier was not built to the full specifications that were the basis for the cost estimate, we thought the bill had been paid off last year. It would have been nice if Rob had informed us when this year's budget was voted on in November. I am curious to know if Phase II also received a late billing for their share of the pier.

It might be worth the expense to purchase one of these "pet waste station" dispensers for our complex. I have never seen so many dogs on the complex even though a sign just went up that says,"This is a no pet facility." I don't know who authorized that sign. Only the rental pool has prohibitions against pets and they have nothing to do with our HOA, even though for the last three years up to January, their office clerks routinely approved payment of invoices from our Phase I HOA.

I'm told that these links for the security cameras at Phase I are now working. My dial up connection will not bring them up as it times out, so I can not verify that they work. You will need to cut and paste these into your browser.

http://kbc.c-bts.com:6005/view/index.shtml

http://kbc.c-bts.com:6002/view/index.shtml

http://kbc.c-bts.com:6003/view/index.shtml

http://kbc.c-bts.com:6006/view/index.shtml

The high tide this week was even higher than the one last week.
This area floods because the water comes up from the mitigation site through the drain pipe at the boat wash area.
The boat ramp above is completely flooded and the water is over the crossbridge.
The finger piers were submerged again and this time some boards came off and floated away.
Water flowed across the road and joined the HEB pond.
The old pier got another pounding and even more boards washed away.

Kim and Henry Langford(305) added to their family today. The information was sent to me by the proud grandparents Dulcie and Randy Schulte(308).
Announcing arrival of Tenley Nicole Langford at 8:06 am today, July 5th, 2010, weighing in at 7 lbs. 4 ozs., measuring 19 1/2" long. Mother and baby doing good.

The 4th of July was a pretty good day at Kontiki. There were more fireworks than I believe I have ever seen here.
Today's blog stats show there was a lot of interest in last week's storm. There were record numbers of people looking at it. The blog was accessed 501 times by 152 different users. Hits came from 45 cities in Texas with San Antonio at the top with 54 followed by Austin with 53. Even Clifton, Texas logged on 13 times.
Several owners asked about boarding up their condos. This is up to each individual. The last time we had a big storm Rob boarded up most of the condos and billed the owners in the range of $250. He told me he stored the plywood in a warehouse and it could be used again. The owners were charged for the supplies so I guess the plywood belongs to the owners. With Rob back in California, I don't know what the process would be for the next storm. The board probably should have a hurricane plan in place. More than boarding I am worried about the insurance. There have been no conversations with the owners since the agent was changed and the coverages are uncertain, at least to me. There are less than 50 days until the insurance renews and no board meetings are scheduled. I guess they will let it renew without bids or question. I went by our agent's office last week and there was a sign that the office had moved. The concept is scary. Local newscasts say we may see a repeat of Alex this week and the projected paths are much closer to Kontiki. This would be hurricane Bonnie.
It looks as if the old pier is indeed history. There are not a lot of options left. Even to remove what is left would require an assessment. Our agreement with GLO requires that we remove or repair a damaged pier. If we do not remove it, the GLO can do it for us and send us a bill. The pier has never been the same since the breakwater was built. Even when the extension was new, the water would splash over the breakwater and make the pier very slick and soak people who tried to fish. The question might be, what to do with the relatively new lumber that we salvage. I guess it is possible to add on to the new pier. I would expect our property manager will give us some options.
Jim(401) and his sons went out with a guide yesterday morning. They were only out four hours and loaded up with fish at Allyn's Bight where the bite was on. They brought back trout, reds, drum, and a flounder that hit a Gulp. The biggest trout was almost 25 inches.
J.R told me today that the contractor who plans to repair the breakwater is all set to go. As soon as the board president signs off on the contract, work will begin. It could be an option to have the same contractor remove what is left of the old pier. At least mobilization costs would be less.
Tony's lawn service didn't show up last week. With all the rain, he will earn his pay this week as the grass is really high.
A guest questioned this morning the fact that the GFI deck outlet did not work. I asked John and he said most of them did not work. I checked mine and sure enough. These were assessed in January and Rob's crew installed them soon after. I guess no one checked them. John is going to talk to Victor Adame who did the work for Rob to see what can be done now.
Ardath(102) had a cancellation in her condo for July 7th through the 16th. She asked me to announce this on the blog to see if anyone needed those days. She can be contacted at 316 204-2116.
The phase II golf cart has been parked here for at least two weeks. I heard ours does not work and maybe theirs is out too. I have not seen it move. Dustin(605) was supposed to find us a used Gator for around $3,000 to use around the complex.

My friends, Ray and Debbie Luna, came in yesterday for their monthly stay. This is Ray's 24 foot Blue Wave with a 250hp four stroke Suzuki. The value of this boat might exceed the collective value of all the other boats out here although we may have to leave out Alan's(108) boat. The Glass business in San Antonio must be pretty good.
However as we see below, launching a boat here this morning may be another matter. I count eleven big boards in the ramp.

The onsite rental office dropped the three day minimum stay requirement and guests just about filled the place up overnight. Many are looking forward to fireworks this evening. All the rain has made a safer environment for fireworks.

There are still plumes of water breaking up over the bulkhead. Many are larger than the one pictured here. Last evening there were a number of people on the pier, but you had to wade through ankle deep water to get to the pier so I decided I was not interested. I heard of many small trout being caught, but not yet heard of any keepers.

At first light this morning this heron was shopping for breakfast in the mitigation site. The high water has allowed the bait fish to get up into the grassy areas which is good if they don't want to be eaten by a larger fish, but no so much if they want to avoid avian predators.

There has been tremendous interest among owners to the idea of additional insulaton for the attic space in the condos. I took these pictures this afternoon of the attic space in my condo. It was overcast today and I noticed no temperature difference between the living area and the attic space.

This view is of the wall of the smaller bedroom. We see the dryer vent does not exit the roof vent, but they are all like this. The notable thing is the wall itself is not insulated.

Above is the ceiling above the master bathroom. There is no insulation there either.
This view shows the roof insulation and the wall between 201 and 202.
Finally, I show the vertical wall of the master bedroom. There is no insulation and the space between the ceiling and roof over the bedroom is blocked. I don't see how they could get any insulation into that area. It looks as if the idea was that if the roof insulation did its job, there would not be a need for additional insulation.
I believe someone who knows more about this than I do, needs to advise as to the best course of action. I will have to check with J.R. and see what he thinks.