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Originally Posted by ken0042
There is also an important lesson here for anybody looking at buying a condo. The condo board can make up rules that be a real pain in the butt. I was renting a condo years ago, and the condo board was made up of a bunch of retirees (which is what I am guessing is the case for the OP.)
They had rules like snow had to be shoveled within 12 hours- so if it snowed overnight I had to risk being late for work of facing the penalty. I even debated that with them, and the answer was that I should check in the middle of the night to see if it's snowing, or always wake up 15 minutes early every day just in case.
They also denied my application to put in a window air conditioner on the basis that "you don't need A/C in Calgary; and if it's too hot, go sleep in the basement."
I felt like I was 17 and living with my parents some times. And that isn't any way to live in what is supposed to be your home.
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Yep, couldn't get out of my condo fast enough. Had an old lady who had nothing better to do on the condo board, she was a nightmare.