Red Mosquito

I'm glad I only have to answer to the local council here. Essentially no contact bar paying our yearly rates.

Having said that, we have some new neighbours that haven't left a great initial impression. But they paid a stupid price for their place, so they get a fair bit if leeway from me for now.

Bammer wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Bammer wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Bammer wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:what all does one have the pleasure of getting for $300/month?

Generally speaking:

Water, sewer, and garbage utilities

Exterior maintenance (landscaping, siding, roof, windows, etc.)

Common areas (parking, playground, courtyard, pool, elevator, weight room). However $300 likely wouldn’t have some of the amenities such as a pool or elevator.

You seem to know a lot about spikes building and their governing documents.

I owned a condo. This is basic stuff.

lol

Go on…

Let me guess, you have a black friend too

Higgs wrote:I'm glad I only have to answer to the local council here. Essentially no contact bar paying our yearly rates.

Having said that, we have some new neighbours that haven't left a great initial impression. But they paid a stupid price for their place, so they get a fair bit if leeway from me for now.

what recourse would you have anyway?

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Bammer wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Bammer wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Bammer wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:what all does one have the pleasure of getting for $300/month?

Generally speaking:

Water, sewer, and garbage utilities

Exterior maintenance (landscaping, siding, roof, windows, etc.)

Common areas (parking, playground, courtyard, pool, elevator, weight room). However $300 likely wouldn’t have some of the amenities such as a pool or elevator.

You seem to know a lot about spikes building and their governing documents.

I owned a condo. This is basic stuff.

lol

Go on…

Let me guess, you have a black friend too

condo bylaws lives matter

there's probably a basic template for them, counselor

spike wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Bammer wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Bammer wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Bammer wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:what all does one have the pleasure of getting for $300/month?

Generally speaking:

Water, sewer, and garbage utilities

Exterior maintenance (landscaping, siding, roof, windows, etc.)

Common areas (parking, playground, courtyard, pool, elevator, weight room). However $300 likely wouldn’t have some of the amenities such as a pool or elevator.

You seem to know a lot about spikes building and their governing documents.

I owned a condo. This is basic stuff.

lol

Go on…

Let me guess, you have a black friend too

condo bylaws lives matter

there's probably a basic template for them, counselor

they're all the same

Does “Don’t Tread On Me” apply to HOAs?

i will never again live a condo association and be beholden to other people's inane gripes and ideas about how i should live. i get enough of that when i see my crazy, trump-thumping relatives over the holidays.

Chris_H_2 wrote:i will never again live a condo association and be beholden to other people's inane gripes and ideas about how i should live. i get enough of that when i see my crazy, trump-thumping relatives over the holidays.

Haha what’d you get busted doing?

Strange take from someone in the legal profession too.

we dont have any crazy things to follow

no wild color schemes.
no taking garbage out before wed at 5 (thursday morning pick up)
clean up any messes you make in common areas (pool, tennis court, basketball court, clubhouse)
no exterior sheds bigger than X size

i do have to fill out a form to get my deck re-done

oh yeah garbage bin etiquette is a big one for neighborhood associations

spike wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:i will never again live a condo association and be beholden to other people's inane gripes and ideas about how i should live. i get enough of that when i see my crazy, trump-thumping relatives over the holidays.

Haha what’d you get busted doing?

having a doormat that said "welcome" in the hallway. no messaging allowed. i'm not kidding.

Peeps wrote:we dont have any crazy things to follow

no wild color schemes.
no taking garbage out before wed at 5 (thursday morning pick up)
clean up any messes you make in common areas (pool, tennis court, basketball court, clubhouse)
no exterior sheds bigger than X size

i do have to fill out a form to get my deck re-done

That costs $600??

spike wrote:oh yeah garbage bin etiquette is a big one for neighborhood associations

its also probably the most not paid any attention to. i take mine out in the mornings on thursdays but i see people with their garbage out on tuesdays.

i dont mind any of that the only thing my neighbors do that annoys the piss out of me is they blow off the stop sign in front of our place. literally have watched several cars go through the stop sign 15-20 miles per hour and barely even tap the break

calling up 2 or 3 apartment buildings today in Seattle to go look at some places on Monday..thankfully we'll be renters and not "really" have to deal with the issues..

bodysnatcher wrote:

Peeps wrote:we dont have any crazy things to follow

no wild color schemes.
no taking garbage out before wed at 5 (thursday morning pick up)
clean up any messes you make in common areas (pool, tennis court, basketball court, clubhouse)
no exterior sheds bigger than X size

i do have to fill out a form to get my deck re-done

That costs $600??

no. i hadnt paid the dues for the last 8 months so i had to get caught up. those dues include lawn care (even though i dont have much of a back yard but do enjoy the common areas) the pool, snow removal and im not sure what else

we owned a condo once in marina del rey that had all the amenities you could think of...we never lived there but rented it out..the monthly HOA was just under $1400 a month

doug rr wrote:we owned a condo once in marina del rey that had all the amenities you could think of...we never lived there but rented it out..the monthly HOA was just under $1400 a month

Whoa. I’m feeling lucky that mine is only $325.

It really is nice to know all the landscaping and external stuff is taken care of… talking to my non-condo owning friends about all the stuff they’ve had to be responsible for is kinda stressful.

Haha California