First World Problems
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Siamese Dream
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Bones Malone
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Dr Pepper
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Get something like this?
or this
For my condo, you mean? I'll have to look into it. Can't add anything to my parking spot.
irunthepeg
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Masao
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I went for an oil change for my corolla and the receipt from the mechanic says I have a camry....
LarryFisherman
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Why are you not allowed to put a bike on the balcony of a property you own?
I get if that rule exists for renters - for whatever stupid reason - but I'd just do it anyway.
I get if that rule exists for renters - for whatever stupid reason - but I'd just do it anyway.
LarryFisherman
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What I actually did instead is buy a poverty house and do whatever the **** I want in it
but that's a different debate entirely.
but that's a different debate entirely.
Dr Pepper
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Yeah I'm going to ask, because I've already got chairs and stuff out there. And we don't get the kind of weather here that would blow a bike off a balcony.
LarryFisherman
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Yeah I'm going to ask, because I've already got chairs and stuff out there. And we don't get the kind of weather here that would blow a bike off a balcony.
Who cares.
You own it - do whatever the hell you want with it.
Unless it's contractually written into an HOA or something of that nature.
Just sell it and buy a house with a garage.
67 others
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Yeah I am happy I bought a house even if it is a semi. Being only 9 years old hopefully limits the initial problems. Condo's seem too much like apartments. Mind you I only move in June 29th, so hopefully I learn my neighbors are cool instead of the alternative
67 others
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Probably had to join a home owners association in a Condo(or it came with it). They can be all sorts of annoying even to house owners if you are silly enough to buy a house that is part of one.
Maintenance fees that never end up worth it. Stupid rules like "no sheds" and "you must mow the lawn on X day or you get a fine" or tell you when and what color you are limited to when painting your house.
LarryFisherman
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HOA's are stupid, unless you live in a horrible neighborhood like mine where people park their cars in their lawns, weld in the driveway, have daily yard sales etc.
General trashiness is avoided with an HOA, which is why I wouldn't mind paying one on my next go around.
I make a lot more money now than I did when we bought the house - same for the misses. So we'll do some things over eventually.
Goonzilla
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There's always problems with committees and corporate bodies whose role is oversight of a collective because there's always some r.sole with their own agenda trying to impose their will or ideals over others.
In apartments/condos or shared properties there's always someone or a few trying to assert themselves over others as 'King if the Castle' because they've lived there longer or are more important or whatever; common sense, reason or consideration for others be damned.
You do need to have some sort of regulation but it need only be basic.
For that reason, I hope never to have to be on the situation of living in such an environment. That said, even in a street of standalone owner occupied houses, there's still always one person whose rights for some reason usurp those of every other person.
There are some idiots in my street who complain about roadside parking for no reason other than thinking their property rights extend past their front boundary. Doesn't affect me at all, but I see cars getting towed that just don't need to be towed; they're not blocking access anywhere..but some valuable citizen has been on the phone.
In apartments/condos or shared properties there's always someone or a few trying to assert themselves over others as 'King if the Castle' because they've lived there longer or are more important or whatever; common sense, reason or consideration for others be damned.
You do need to have some sort of regulation but it need only be basic.
For that reason, I hope never to have to be on the situation of living in such an environment. That said, even in a street of standalone owner occupied houses, there's still always one person whose rights for some reason usurp those of every other person.
There are some idiots in my street who complain about roadside parking for no reason other than thinking their property rights extend past their front boundary. Doesn't affect me at all, but I see cars getting towed that just don't need to be towed; they're not blocking access anywhere..but some valuable citizen has been on the phone.
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Dr Pepper
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Pay attention; I made it quite clear in the first post that the bike is already in my condo. It has absolutely nothing to do with laziness.
My only two issues now that it's up here:
Where exactly I should store it, within the confines of my condo
Having to worry about tracking dirt on the carpeting. Which is really their problem, not mine, since they're tasked with cleaning the carpets on a regular basis. I'd just rather not make the track marks, but if they're so insistent on forcing my hand, then I have very little recourse.
Bring up the bike issue at the next AGM and work towards a solution, like having the strata corp. buy more bike storage.
At one of the condos I own we have something like 8 bike racks in a secure underground parking facility for an 80 unit building.
Pay attention; I made it quite clear in the first post that the bike is already in my condo. It has absolutely nothing to do with laziness.
My only two issues now that it's up here:
Where exactly I should store it, within the confines of my condo
Having to worry about tracking dirt on the carpeting. Which is really their problem, not mine, since they're tasked with cleaning the carpets on a regular basis. I'd just rather not make the track marks, but if they're so insistent on forcing my hand, then I have very little recourse.
Just keep the bike on the balcony
You already had it placed somewhere you shouldn't have had it placed
Why not try another spot
67 others
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And then get a fine? Yup, HOA's can fine you for things you do on your on property and can make your life miserable. They can actually cause the bank foreclosure of your property, revoke use of facilities included in your dues, and not only can they sue you for the fine if you tell them to pound sand, but for their legal bills when they sue you. And they usually win.
Its a racket. When I was shopping for a home, an HOA was a dealbreaker.
We don't have HoAs in Canada. Condo corporations/strata associations are not that powerful.
