Besides the fines that arrive without warning, and besides the fact that repairs are charged for (in the form of a fine) and not performed by Riverview Third Townhouse association, "registration" fees were assesed to landlords. Each landlord has to pay $150 per year for the privilege of owning a home in the Riverview Third Townhome association. This was challenged in court on Thursday March 23rd.
The arguments were that landlords have 2 rules to abide by. The first rule is in the covenants which state that each lot owner shall be assesed uniformly. The second rule comes in the form of new policies which state that a "registration" fee will be assesed.
Carol, the president, represented Riverview Third Townhome Association. She was not her usual pushy self. Instead she seemed to be this frail little mouse that blamed everything on the board members. She stated that she simply goes along with the board members.
When challenged with the fact that the board members have been secrective to the point of not giving out addresses or phone numbers, Carol explained to the judge that she has had tires slashed and windows broken. Unknowingly, she alerted the judge to the fact that people don't like her for some reason. That stands to reason. No one ever broke my windows or slashed my tires. It's simple, there is no respect for members of Riverview Third. Every meeting is combative with someone, and Carol takes the lead to crack the whip. In fact for the past year, the window in the meeting hut has been boarded over.
It's interesting to note that the board members don't want any information given out however, they want to know everything about owners and renters.
The covenants suggest that board members are there for the health and safety aspect of members. Instead we simply have a board member, with several derogatory names attached by various members, who sneakes around looking for infractions. I was discussing this with a particular member at basket ball a few weeks ago. Apparently Pat was peeping in through her window. Don't these people have anything else to do? My friend went out and asked if she could be helped?
The current board are the creation of low value homes. Savvy people looking to buy will find out about the gestapo and stay far away. Notice how many homes are for sale lately on Drake Street et al?
There are 3 new board members at Riverview Third Association. Maybe we can get closer to a civil attitude and a board that embraces technology. Hey, what about high speed internet for everyone? 1 line installation would be very cost effective and 148 people can quit paying in excess of $40 per month.... (that's a whopping 6 grand a month. Suppose we could beat that?). Asking the board to post internet info, meeting minutes, or repair schedules would be like pulling teeth. They would rather pay $2000 per year in mailings. Internet would be way cheaper to send a Christmas letter which, by the way, was absolutely full of consequential fines information. Whatever happened to a welcome letter?
Here are a few facts:
Landlords screen tenants and have control over tenants. If there is a problem, Landlords can evict and take care of the problem. To the contrary with owners. You are stuck with an owner who is not nice.
Landlords also spend multiple thousands of dollars in order to upgrade the homes and make them presentable.
Increased assesments on landlords cause rents to go up. Just another one of those taxes which cripple growth.
Landlords provide people with homes.
Have a great year
