• SeattleRain@lemmy.worldOPM
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      12 days ago

      The difference is is that if you’re not responsible for screw ups that were caused by the HOA anywhere near the degree you are in a condo.

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        12 days ago

        If you bought a property in an hoa, YOU are the hoa. Why do so many people have a hard time with that? YOU are the hoa and the hoa elects a board to represent you. If you aren’t voting and aren’t participating, YOU are the problem

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        May I please introduce you to children and spouses? You can still be liable for some other idiot’s screw up.

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      12 days ago

      With a house, since its yours, it’s pretty easy to get a home equity loan and deal with that cost over time.

      Can you equity loan a condo?

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        12 days ago

        With a single-family house, you can also choose to DIY (especially since the scale is typically smaller), or make cost/quality trade-offs without having liability to your neighbors or being beholden to their opinions on what to do.

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          12 days ago

          Weird to say but yeah you can do unpermitted and subpar repairs with more ease on a property you are sole owner of. Harder to pull that off in a multi owner unit.

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            12 days ago

            That’s not what they said at all. You can DIY stuff and still get it approved by the city/county.

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              11 days ago

              Yes it is. Grue is talking about quality trade-offs. Literally sub-par work

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                11 days ago

                Or cost trade offs, not necessarily sub-par.

                I can do fantastic siding and tile work personally and would be exceptionally hesitant to pay someone to do it. My FIL has done concrete work for 30 years, why would I pay someone to do it?

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                  9 days ago

                  you have a super specific situation where you know a professional contractor who is willing to do quality work for you for free.

                  If you can pull the permits do the work on your own then that’s great.

                  Most people are far less capable than they think and can’t meet even the incredibly low standards to pass code inspections.

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                11 days ago

                I own a single family home with a kitchen that needs work. I can choose laminate countertops to save money, even though that is lower quality than is common to the neighborhood.