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Originally Posted by Cuz
Yeah that seems expensive. For our condo in Royal Oak (I know, not downtown but it helps with perspective), my wife and I pay $322 per month for our 854 square foot place, which includes all utilities, including electricity and our reserve fund is quite healthy.
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Its difficult to compare condo fees though.
A contract to wash floor to ceiling windows and hang off the edge of a 25+ story building is going to be much larger than a 4 story condo with a couple average size windows.
A building with no amenities is going to be cheaper to run vs keeping a up to date gym/outdoor pool. I am the first to admit that a pool is a negative unless you swim a ton. Encore/Ovation/Brava are one of the few buildings I have seen condo documents for where it doesnt appear the pool is costing owners too much. Some older buildings have outrageous condo fees and a huge part of it is maintaining the pool. When it gets to that point I would vote in favor if filling it in!