[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Red

Get a duplex. Condos are very limiting and can have ridiculous rules. A friend of mine got fined for leaving boots outside the door. It was their kid and they just forgot them. Fined for leaving a car in the wrong spot. Fact, stuck in the snow. Stuff like this. By the time you pay the condo fees you can have a duplex. Your own and no condo rules to obey.

House maintenance is often over stated. I have been a homeowner for almost 20 years and not once did I have to replace windows, roof, furnace etc. Never owned a new house. Depends what you buy I guess but then again, condos have special assessments too and you have 0 control over who does the work and when. A home owner can at least plan for these big things, windows don't go bad over night.

I don't live in a townhose/condo anymore, but because I was on the condo board for quite a while, comments like this really bug me.

Anyone who lives in a condo complex absolutely does have a say in how things are run, when work is done, and by whom. The fact is, the VAST marority of people who live there would rather just let someone else do all the work and complain rather than get involved and have a concrete impact on the things they are complainging about.

Anyone who complains about not having a say in the running of their condo complex is 100% at fault for their own situation.