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Condos
« on: June 10, 2008, 09:35:36 AM »
Are all condos the same,  cheap as hell?  Last year I worked on some in my town and found some very bad conditions mold,rot and even structural problems.  So much so that I had to pull off the job until it was fixed.  Well it's almost a year and they have done nothing but today they had me pick up new benches for them to put where they are planting new trees.  Fuck some places the floor is about to cave into the crawl spaces they don't fix that but have money for benches and trees?  I could never live in such a place where you have to depend on some association for basic maintenance and still own the place yourself
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Re: Condos
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2008, 10:45:47 AM »
I think the idea of a condo is ridiculous.  I've only been into one though. 

They're buying benches and trees so that they can get more people to buy into the condos, so that they can make their money and get the fuck out.

The people who did our house were alright, although I have seen a couple of places where they really fucked up.

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Re: Condos
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2008, 01:54:20 PM »
The condos at the beach are not cheap.    By that I mean the ones with private beach access like my parents own as far as the beaches go.   They can sell for a decent sum still.    The construction has held up on most very well through whatever hurricane (though not many in Jville) hit the city.   They all seem to have a concrete garage underneath that is at least 12 feet high to prevent flooding on the first floor.    Condos in the middle of town vary and can be really cheap.   The ones near the town center shopping area are not so cheap (new and near expensive as hell shops and restaurants), but their construction is suspect imo.
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Re: Condos
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2008, 04:32:38 PM »
Some of these would be condemned if the inspector ever saw them heres some mold and rot the place is full of it
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Re: Condos
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2008, 04:44:27 PM »


Please, tell me you don't have crawl in there and clean all that up.

That's disgusting! If I owned that building, I would be pushing for you to condemn it.
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Re: Condos
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2008, 04:53:10 PM »
I already cleaned the insulation out of this one. There are still more that they have to do work on first but they haven't done any of it since September.  I took 30 yards of this out :o  Worea full hazmat suit and full faced respirator with the same filters they use for asbestos.    The people living above have no clue.  One of them had three feet of water in it when I first looked at it.  Here is another view.
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Re: Condos
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2008, 05:13:57 PM »
JEEZ!

You mean thirty cubic yards, right, like filling up one of those huge dumpsters they deliver on a flatbed semi?


All I can think of to say is ...   Keep the suit in good shape!
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Re: Condos
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2008, 05:17:28 PM »
Quote from: DirtDawg on June 11, 2008, 05:13:57 PM

JEEZ!

You mean thirty cubic yards, right, like filling up one of those huge dumpsters they deliver on a flatbed semi?

That is what I filled.  They are about $650-750 to rent and have taken away.  If they ever decide to finish I will need another
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Re: Condos
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2008, 05:49:04 PM »
Yikes! I would be dying of allergies. Do you have any ethical obligation to inform the people living there?
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Re: Condos
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2008, 05:55:35 PM »
I have told the management and told them I have photos and even shown them.  I don't deal with the condo owners directly but the ones I have I have told them and encouraged them to go to board meetings.  I am still waiting on them to fix the rot that's there before I insulate them.  Still have over $4000 in work left to do there from last year
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Re: Condos
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2008, 07:17:21 PM »
Quote from: parts on June 11, 2008, 04:53:10 PM
I already cleaned the insulation out of this one. There are still more that they have to do work on first but they haven't done any of it since September.  I took 30 yards of this out :o  Worea full hazmat suit and full faced respirator with the same filters they use for asbestos.    The people living above have no clue.  One of them had three feet of water in it when I first looked at it.  Here is another view.

Glad You wore a hazmat suit.
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Re: Condos
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2008, 01:11:32 PM »
Only the crappy "condos" here are for rent.   Usually you have to buy decent condos around and they are fairly new (last 10 years).    When the community is going downhill, is when you start seeing for rent signs.   The rent for those are the same as my apartment here in Jax, which is cheap, even for NE FL.   I am surprised there is rent that cheap up in BoWash NE US.    If I saw rent that cheap, I would be immediately suspicious of how they were kept up.
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Re: Condos
« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2016, 05:48:16 PM »
    Now this is a nice condo.  Although I don't think that roommate will work out.  :P

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Re: Condos
« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2016, 05:58:32 PM »
The last time I was there was the fall of 2014 working on some unrelated things and I took a peek in the crawls,  still nothing has been done :zombiefuck:
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Re: Condos
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2016, 06:03:48 PM »
Quote from: Parts on May 06, 2016, 05:58:32 PM
The last time I was there was the fall of 2014 working on some unrelated things and I took a peek in the crawls,  still nothing has been done :zombiefuck:

  Better not go back, I think someone's busy there now.  :hide:

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