Reply #34: Done, done, and done LOL!

[meganmonkey]

Of the 50ish homes in our neighborhood, 10 or 12 are up for sale right now, and almost none of them are selling.

I only moved out there because of mistermonkey (my long-term bf) and he specifically built the house to sell it, having done most of the work on his own. But as these things tend to go, it took longer to finish than he planned, and by the time it was ready the market tanked, blah, blah, blah...but *fingerscrossed* we are almost out of there.

We had a unarmed coup of the 'board' last fall, oh it was a fricking riot. The board is made up of homeowners, and only about 5 other people showed up at the meeting to vote, but this guy John (a good guy) had homemade proxy forms that almost the whole neighborhood had signed to vote new folks in (John wasn't one of them, I guess he was their 'campaign manager'). So technically the old board was out, but they sent letters out a week later on association letterhead, with association funds for postage discussing 'election irregularities' (I swear to god it was the funniest thing I had ever seen). They tried to call a special meeting but no one showed up. So the new folks were freaked out and unsure of the next step, so I called my Dad (a retired attorney in Fla) who explained to them that they were right and if needed he would write a letter on his old letterhead to look official. Just the threat of that scared teh old board enough that they slinked away into the night. It was hilarious.

If I wanted to live there, I would get more personally involved, but it's a temporary thing. I think things will be getting better there soon with the new board, but hopefully I won't be there to see it anyway :)