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Traveling lady 05-05-2022 10:49 AM
WaterTowrt
 
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Originally Posted by village dreamer (Post 2092159)
its going to cost us .... $225k to tear down and replace the water tower and windmill in brownwood. the wood is all rotten. just tear it down . somebodys brother inlaw is making a lot of money.
If this was put up by the developer’s contractor, using inferior products, the developer and the contractor should be required to replace them.

tvbound 05-05-2022 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Traveling lady (Post 2092539)
If this was put up by the developer’s contractor, using inferior products, the developer and the contractor should be required to replace them.
The common denominator in a lot of things like this (premature road degradation being one), was the developer using sweetheart-deal/sole-source contractors. Since the developer was able to hand over most of the maintenance once the infrastructure was built (at highly inflated valuations), I predict a drip-by-drip of similar premature failures - in coming years.

Topspinmo 05-05-2022 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by NatureBoy (Post 2092511)
My $0.02 since I'm going to be a Villager in a couple months so I need to get some complaining practice in:

One would expect structures like this to use pressure treated lumber and/or be made of materials that would last more than ten years. If The Developer built this as part of the decorations for the square, and then turned the maintenance over to the CDD (or whoever), I think the CDD would have a legitimate gripe that The Developer did not build them properly, in accordance with industry best practices, i.e. did a lousy job and should have known better. The dollar amount is probably not high enough to get too many lawyers involved, but it seems fair that the original builder (The Developer) should bear the burden of replacing it.

On the other hand, if there was some sort of maintenance that was required/expected to keep the structures healthy, and the CDD didn't perform that, then the fault is theirs.

Now, do _I_ want _my_ tax dollars going to replace something that is purely decorative? Not really. I'd rather see the money go into something functional - someone mentioned shading.

You won’t be off the koolaid for at least 3 or 4 years.

Topspinmo 05-05-2022 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by stone8735 (Post 2092321)
We have a multimillion dollar woodshop. Let's have those guys do all the work
Two multi-million workshops.

Bogie Shooter 05-05-2022 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2092367)
We need vote to just remove or replace, the boards don’t speak for majority of villagers, but have special interest involved IMO. If majority want to pay and spend the money then rest who don’t has to suck it up. I never go to brownwood so naturally I would vote to remove and be done with it.
You just don’t get a vote on everything in life………

ScottFenstermaker 05-05-2022 01:35 PM
Details will be available in The Daily Sun
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by village dreamer (Post 2092159)
its going to cost us .... $225k to tear down and replace the water tower and windmill in brownwood. the wood is all rotten. just tear it down . somebodys brother inlaw is making a lot of money.
I believe that the Developer sold the water towel/windmill to his Brownwood Community Development District. In other words, he sold it to himself at a price and under terms and conditions that he determined. Now Villagers are responsible, through their amenity fees, to pay for replacing the rot.

I'm sure that further details will be available in The Daily Sun.

Stu from NYC 05-05-2022 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ScottFenstermaker (Post 2092616)
I believe that the Developer sold the water towel/windmill to his Brownwood Community Development District. In other words, he sold it to himself at a price and under terms and conditions that he determined. Now Villagers are responsible, through their amenity fees, to pay for replacing the rot.

I'm sure that further details will be available in The Daily Sun.
That will be as soon as they hire a living breathing editor who is allowed to do their job.

ScottFenstermaker 05-05-2022 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2092617)
That will be as soon as they hire a living breathing editor who is allowed to do their job.
Their editor is doing his job, which is to publish exactly what the Developer tells him to. BTW, I was being sarcastic about the Daily Sun in my last post. There is no way that The Daily Sun will publish anything that reflects unfavorably upon its owner (the Developer) or upon The Villages.

Topspinmo 05-05-2022 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 2092595)
You just don’t get a vote on everything in life………
When I’m paying I should. But that would eliminate nepotism, favoritism, and brother in law….

crilemd 05-05-2022 02:02 PM
Get over it. People
 
J , M and J...isn't anyone happy just being able to live here...all I hear on this listserv is Bitch, Bitch Bitch...GET OVER IT PEOPLE....NOONE IS FORCING YOU TO RESIDE HERE...we are ALL free to return to the SH some of you apparently came from...we just lease our space here until our lease runs out...enjoy what's left
CD



QUOTE=Rsenholzi;2092260]Are you kidding me? They are the ones making the money . We are the retired ones living on a fixed income. They use a shoddy company to lay in the piping under the roads in the villas and we have to pay for it. They are making money from the businesses in the squares- not only from the rents but additional money from a percentage of what they sell and we have to pay for the upkeep. They keep trying to taking parking spaces from the squares for their rental apartments and who loses out - the people who visit the squares to keep the businesses running because during snowbird season there is no parking. Movie Theaters disappeared during COVID because people couldn’t go and movies weren’t being made so they closed 2 of them! Their plan - to make more apartments and lose more parking on the squares. Mark my words - their plan is to close the squares so they don’t have to pay for the entertainment. They already refused to renew the contract with the police so there will be no police presence in the squares- another thing we are losing. They don’t care about the people - all they care about is lining their pockets with the green stuff[/QUOTE]

HRDave 05-05-2022 03:12 PM
Wtf???
 
Oh My Gawwwd people! Quit complaining. It’s like every friggin’ week there’s one more thing to bitch about.
Chill and just enjoy yourselves or flee to cheaper areas. I came for the fun environment. Not for the cheap cost of living. 😎

JoMar 05-05-2022 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Rsenholzi (Post 2092260)
Are you kidding me? They are the ones making the money . We are the retired ones living on a fixed income. They use a shoddy company to lay in the piping under the roads in the villas and we have to pay for it. They are making money from the businesses in the squares- not only from the rents but additional money from a percentage of what they sell and we have to pay for the upkeep. They keep trying to taking parking spaces from the squares for their rental apartments and who loses out - the people who visit the squares to keep the businesses running because during snowbird season there is no parking. Movie Theaters disappeared during COVID because people couldn’t go and movies weren’t being made so they closed 2 of them! Their plan - to make more apartments and lose more parking on the squares. Mark my words - their plan is to close the squares so they don’t have to pay for the entertainment. They already refused to renew the contract with the police so there will be no police presence in the squares- another thing we are losing. They don’t care about the people - all they care about is lining their pockets with the green stuff
Yet you stay

Stu from NYC 05-05-2022 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ScottFenstermaker (Post 2092626)
Their editor is doing his job, which is to publish exactly what the Developer tells him to. BTW, I was being sarcastic about the Daily Sun in my last post. There is no way that The Daily Sun will publish anything that reflects unfavorably upon its owner (the Developer) or upon The Villages.
Should have added the world independent to the editor's position

Bogie Shooter 05-05-2022 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ScottFenstermaker (Post 2092626)
Their editor is doing his job, which is to publish exactly what the Developer tells him to. BTW, I was being sarcastic about the Daily Sun in my last post. There is no way that The Daily Sun will publish anything that reflects unfavorably upon its owner (the Developer) or upon The Villages.
You think? You learned that since Oct…..

Transplant 05-05-2022 04:06 PM
Maybe replace with solar panels.


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