Saturday, November 18, 2006

If you buy a condo


Many older boomers and retirees have decided they want to spend more time traveling or with the grandchildren and less time cleaning gutters and raking leaves. They have moved to condominiums or free standing homes in an association. We love it; haven’t missed our home of 34 years even a minute. However, if you go this route, be considerate.

Please have the decency to attend the business meetings. You don’t need to socialize, you can even vote by proxy. I get so frustrated when we have something important to change in our by-laws, and the board members always have to go out and scare up the missing home owners. Because our units are all different sizes, it isn’t just 75% of the owners, but 75% of the ownership. This probably won’t surprise you, but the richest folks with the largest units, are the ones who don’t show up or send a proxy.

1 comment:

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