SofiasMami
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Hi-
It's me, venting -
I'm on the Board of my homeowner's association. So is my downstairs neighbor. She's retired. We have an operating budget and cash reserves which are required by law.
Neighbor for some reason has decided to take it upon herself to decide what needs to be repaired around the community right away. Every week it's something different. First it was the numbering on our parking spaces (she thought they should be numbered a certain way). Then it was a few mature trees that provided plenty of shade but she didn't like the liquid amber thingies that fell off onto her car, making it dirty. This week, it's the grading next to the buildings that have new siding. The dirt needs to be graded low enough not to cause dry rot on the siding when it rains.
So. She found a company to chop down the mature trees. They provided a bid and she came upstairs and asked me to sign off. I did, thinking that they were being cut to get rid of the roots that are starting to impinge on the building foundation. Nope! Turns out she purely wanted them gone to keep her car clean (she didn't tell me that, though). How do I know this? The roots growing under the building are still there and could be still growing. I was hot when I figured this out.
Mind you, all this is going on outside of board meetings. None of these issues are brought up by neighbor with the entire board and our association manager; it's all on the side.
Today neighbor said she got two bids for getting the grading done. She said "all you have to do is pick one". I told her that I want to know what our cash reserves are and make sure there aren't any other pressing issues before we do the grading. She doesn't know what the cash reserves are, she's just assuming that we have the money.
Well you would have thought I told her I like to eat babies for breakfast. "Well, I walk around this property every day and I see what needs to be done". "I only want what's best for the community". "This really needs to get done".
So I went home and trying to relax after dinner and working overtime today at work. Guess who knocks on my door, in an piffle that I won't just agree to what she wants to do? Ay, I can't take it. She wanted me to come out right away to walk around the property with her to look at the grading. I don't need to! I know what it looks like! I live here!
I also told her that I want to take the grading issue to the Board meeting and I want to review our cash reserves. Our next meeting is in 4 weeks. She said "you want to wait that long?"
Yes. I do. Now get over it. Bah.
I'm calling the association manager tomorrow. This is pure nonsense.
Teresa
It's me, venting -
I'm on the Board of my homeowner's association. So is my downstairs neighbor. She's retired. We have an operating budget and cash reserves which are required by law.
Neighbor for some reason has decided to take it upon herself to decide what needs to be repaired around the community right away. Every week it's something different. First it was the numbering on our parking spaces (she thought they should be numbered a certain way). Then it was a few mature trees that provided plenty of shade but she didn't like the liquid amber thingies that fell off onto her car, making it dirty. This week, it's the grading next to the buildings that have new siding. The dirt needs to be graded low enough not to cause dry rot on the siding when it rains.
So. She found a company to chop down the mature trees. They provided a bid and she came upstairs and asked me to sign off. I did, thinking that they were being cut to get rid of the roots that are starting to impinge on the building foundation. Nope! Turns out she purely wanted them gone to keep her car clean (she didn't tell me that, though). How do I know this? The roots growing under the building are still there and could be still growing. I was hot when I figured this out.
Mind you, all this is going on outside of board meetings. None of these issues are brought up by neighbor with the entire board and our association manager; it's all on the side.
Today neighbor said she got two bids for getting the grading done. She said "all you have to do is pick one". I told her that I want to know what our cash reserves are and make sure there aren't any other pressing issues before we do the grading. She doesn't know what the cash reserves are, she's just assuming that we have the money.
Well you would have thought I told her I like to eat babies for breakfast. "Well, I walk around this property every day and I see what needs to be done". "I only want what's best for the community". "This really needs to get done".
So I went home and trying to relax after dinner and working overtime today at work. Guess who knocks on my door, in an piffle that I won't just agree to what she wants to do? Ay, I can't take it. She wanted me to come out right away to walk around the property with her to look at the grading. I don't need to! I know what it looks like! I live here!
I also told her that I want to take the grading issue to the Board meeting and I want to review our cash reserves. Our next meeting is in 4 weeks. She said "you want to wait that long?"
Yes. I do. Now get over it. Bah.
I'm calling the association manager tomorrow. This is pure nonsense.
Teresa
