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Originally Posted by celstu1  Hows this for a view... I own a townhouse and my husband owns a house. We love living in his home and we have awesome tenants in my townhouse. But in about 2 years when his youngest son graduates HS, we are going to try to sell the house and move back to the condo. Its just easier! I want to go back to Grad school and we both work full time, the house is sooooo much work for 2 people barely ever home. With the condo, you pay a monthly fee and they take care of everything mostly! I love it! I do miss the condo. I felt more secure and safe in my condo. I loved that I didn't have to shovel, mow lawns, trim trees, clean the pool, etc.
Some downfalls were my dogs barked a lot at the noises outside and I got letters from the condo assoc more than once. I started playing a radio and that seemed to help bc they stopped sending letters.
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The reasons we were looking at a condo are exactly the ones you mentioned. We want to head south for the winter and I think I would feel more at ease closing up a condo rather than worrying about a house.
We've owned more houses than I can count over the last 32 years...some we lived in and some we flipped but they all come with maintenance, lawn work and snow removal...I'm ready for someone else to do the work while I go play, worry free, in the sun
We live in a fairly small town and the HOA for these condos is pretty casual for the most part...no dress code and things like that. I believe they do want to approve of who moves in though and that's fine with me. I've had neighbors who really take advantage of things and you can't ever seem to get much done about it so having an HOA to deal with those things would be fine with me.
Our dogs don't bark...really they don't...so that shouldn't be a problem. Also, I do know that 'most' of the condos are owned and lived in by older people/couples and that's fine with me too.
I will keep in mind the things about insurance and I will ask about things like damage from a pipe breaking or leaking gas lines...I like to know the answers before the problem arises.
I truly do love the little house we just bought and moved into but we aren't sure how long we want to stay here with all of these stairs! Not used to that after living in one level ranch homes for years! lol! We aren't sure what we will end up doing but a condo is something to consider.