[biker1]

Your condo fee and our amenities fee are not comparable. The amenities fee is for the maintenance of the amenities (executive golf courses, rec centers, etc.). Your condo fee is for the maintenance of your condo and common properties. We also pay about $500 per year for the maintenance of the common properties. It sounds like your condo owned the roads so you were responsible for that. Here, the roads are owned by the county, except for CYVs, so they are maintained by the county. You were also probably saving up money for things like the common roof repairs. Here, each owner is responsible for their own roof.

Originally Posted by Jazuela

I've lived in a non-luxury condo complex in one of the most expensive states in the country (Connecticut). Our condo fee (which is similar to an amenity fee) was around $90. That was back between 1989 and 2002 which is when we moved to our current house in a nearby town. There was no golf course, no sidewalks, no walking trails, no pool, no clubhouse, no basketball court, no sports area, no restaurants, no town square, no dancing or movie theatre or even a meeting room. We had - nothing. For our $90/month they plowed the snow, mowed the lawn, maintained the trees and shrubs, paved the road when it needed, lined the parking spaces, and maintained the lighting along the drives between buildings.

At $150 in 2018, I'd say you're getting an INCREDIBLE deal for your money. I'd say, in fact, that the only reason you're getting such an incredible deal is because they've packed you in by the tens of thousands, in a relatively small amount of space. If they gave you 1/4 acre per homesite, AND golf, clubhouses, landscaping, fire department, etc. etc. etc - they'd have to give you not even 1/4 of what you get, and charge you twice as much for the privilege.