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Originally Posted by canuk69
As of last week my Amenity Fee is up 30% in the past 5 years. If you think that's a slight increase just keep on believing it. Beauty and appearance has nothing to do with wasting our money blowing leaves up one day and back the next. It's a nice place but not UTOPIA!
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Canuk, did your fees just recalculate? This usually occurs once a year only. We have been here six years and ours have not increased any 30%. As a matter of fact, much to my surprise, the ammenity fee actually went
down last calculation (Sept. 2009). Our next calculation will be this coming September and based on the economy, it might even do it again. Everything else in our lives has gone up.
Yes, the maintenance is done through the annual maintenance assessment...not the ammenities.
We get an unbelievable "bang" for our buck here. My son owns a townhouse in Jacksonville and pays just under $200 a month for his. For this they get 1 outdoor pool, 1 rec room, 1 party room, maintenance of a terrace-type yard (you know, the part between the walk and the curb), small shrubs along the walk, and no golf. Back home, the food assessment alone for the country club dining room was $240 a month, whether you ate there or not.
Yep, I think we do pretty good.
