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Originally Posted by David
In order to change the bylaws ......, we need over 50% of the owners to vote in favor of the change. Not 50% of the voters but 50% of the owners. Try getting even 50% to vote much less 50% to vote in favor of the same thing.
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We have the same challenge which is the really frustrating thing about this upcoming change over from developer to resident controlled HOA.
Everyone has something they want to ***** about and there are multiple initiatives to hold town halls so they can find out what the candidates "will change and what our vision for the future is"
Well newsflash folks, HOA board can't just unilaterally decide to change bylaws as they see fit.
It doesn't matter what a candidate may promise to change, it ain't happenin.
The job, and the best we can do, is be good stewards.
One thing I've learned from living in an HOA, how many stupid people there are in the world.
And these are successful educated people who can't seem to grasp simple concepts.
As part of my HOA fees I pay for front yard maintenance. We have a large landscaping company that provides the service. It was a spinoff of a commercial landscaper down in Dallas. It's been doing the maintenance 20 years now so grew in proportion to the needs of the community.
Currently they service 4,000+ homes as well as all the green public spaces which includes things like maintaining all the trees on the public property, all the irrigation, fertilizing, everything.
For homeowners its cutting lawns weekly, fall cleanup, spring fertilizing, edging, weeding, trimming shrubs even fixing broken sprinkler heads for free. I have one of the larger lots and it costs me like $10-15 a month. If I were to hire someone to do what they do it's $30 a week.
But we get residents who piss and moan that they did a ****ty job trimming a bush and scream we should be putting the service out to bid and yeah ok, we should make sure we are getting the best price.
The company is owned by a friend of mine, dudes got 30+ trucks, 150 workers, nursery where he grows plants and trees to replace stuff as needed, yard for equipment storage and repairs all on a property bordering the community dedicated solely to us.
So a very vocal group think we should bid it out every year. ???????
No one has that kind of infrastructure just sitting around ready to place into service at the drop of a hat. The capital investment someone would need to make is in the millions. Ain't no one doing that for a 1 year contract. You'd have to give them at minimum 7-10 year contract and they could end up sucking.
No we are not getting white glove service but the place looks great, well kept and maintained and yeah sometimes they **** **** up but it's 4,000 homes and 2 sq miles of green space. It's a production line, no other way to do it efficiently or economically without some screw ups here and there but these people expect perfection.
How in the world did these people make enough money to buy their McMansions but yet you can't seem to grasp the basics of this?
FWIW, we have floated bids a few times just for a gut check. No one, not one single company would touch it. They come out, see the scope of the work and nope right on outa here.