While living in this Condo Association since 1995, our family has asked their maintenance department to fix the gate on our carport. It is now Nov 2007, 12 years since moving in and the gate has yet to be fixed properly. My sister and I repaired it so it would actually close instead of staying open or swinging in the wind. The gate hangs from it's hinges and while we have been complaining about it for years, the rental property next door just had the gate entirely replaced and the only issue it had was the handle was coming off. Ours has been hanging on it wrong since 1995. In recent months, we have requested 10 times for the gate to be fixed and not once has the maintenance department contacted us let alone performed the work. The begining of Sept, our mother even gave the maintenance notice to the maintenance personnel instead of just relying on the slot drop and there has been no attempt to fix the issue. The most recent association news letter brags about how many maintenance issues they have fixed including the gates but again no work has been performed on it in years. They need to state how far behind on requests they are and what date they are working on at the present.\r
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It is really fishy when someone in the Association's president, treasurer, secretary, etc complains about maintenance issues, it is fixed immediately. Instead those who are not buddies with the board end up not having properly maintained real estate. If we tried to sell the condo at this time, it would not sell until the maintenance is performed by the association. I'd prefer to live in an apartment where a rental agreement is more binding than the ""association's"" bylaws. The maintenance workers are all lazy and the funds spent to pay salaries aren't worth the quality of work they do complete. I would recommend avoiding anything to do with Rona Village because the maintenance goes undone and the only people who have their property fixed is the clique of the association.
Pros: Residents do not perform common area lawn maintenance
Cons: Maintenance, Association board is questionable, Organization is missing, common areas are small compared to other locations
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