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Elevators are expensive to install/maintain which is why a developer would try to avoid them. The glitch becomes when a resident can't do the stairs anymore (age/injury) they basically become a shut in and those unit are less desirable for future buyers due to the lack of an elevator.
Which is why, there's a HUGE DEMAND for single story housing. I worked with "new" stroke patients, for years. I got to review their home situations. Instantly, the floor that they can't now go to, is as good as the condo complex in Florida. Useless.
To a stroke patient, the difference between a 6 inch curb and El Capitan are zip.
Which is why, there's a HUGE DEMAND for single story housing. I worked with "new" stroke patients, for years. I got to review their home situations. Instantly, the floor that they can't now go to, is as good as the condo complex in Florida. Useless.
To a stroke patient, the difference between a 6 inch curb and El Capitan are zip.
Boy, I caused a small ruckus at one of the places I worked. It was a four elevator, four floor building, and a number of our residents were elderly, including an elderly man with his even elderly mother.
One elevator was down for retrofitting — a complete overhaul. Another elevator was out of service because a major part broke. I had the elderly man with the even elderly mother who lived on the third floor, scream at me because his mother can’t walk to the other elevators and what’s gonna happen if there’s a fire.
That’s when I informed him that she can’t use an elevator in a fire. They automatically recall to the first floor and turn themselves off when the fire alarms go off. Residents HAVE to use the stairs.
He screamed at me even harder saying “well how am I going to get her out of here if I don’t have an elevator”and I said your best bet is to move. Sell this place and buy something where are you can walk out the door and be outside. This building is not a senior facility. It is a condominium homeowners association. It’s not their job to worry about the seniors.
He screamed some more but I walked off because, you know, I had things to do. He reported me at the next meeting, where they told him that they are not responsible for the seniors who live in that building, that the seniors need to be able to walk the stairs in order to get out in an emergency.
That was a very entitled building. I’m glad I retired.
I bought a condo on the top floor (only 3 floors total). My fee is 372 but includes: heat, AC, water, trash and outside maintenance. The building is made of cement and really quiet. It has a elevator but I can use the steps. I just joined the board since I am retired and have the time. I love it.
It's the nothing on the porch and no grills that would cause me to think twice.
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It's understandable if you've ever been to a neighborhood where people use American flags, sheets, or aluminum foil as window coverings.
The sheets would be OK if they were white, no?
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If you see bent or crooked curtains/blinds in a decent neighborhood nine times out of ten an excitable dog or energetic kitty resides there.
Sometimes it feels like we just have to surrender our window treatments to the pets.
Hahaha, I had to keep my blinds up at cat height for years, otherwise Checkers would have destroyed them to get at whatever squirrel or bird was on the porch.
It's the nothing on the porch and no grills that would cause me to think twice.
The sheets would be OK if they were white, no?
Hahaha, I had to keep my blinds up at cat height for years, otherwise Checkers would have destroyed them to get at whatever squirrel or bird was on the porch.
Nothing on the porch does sound weird. I have two chairs with a table between them. What we don't like at our complex are people using their porches for sort of open storage. Your kids' big plastic toys, a pile of crap that doesn't fit in your storage room or closets, etc. Just looks trashy.
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