[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by newgirl

I was told 4 yrs ago when I bought that my rate would never go above 5% a year..grandfathered in. They lied, a lot!!! Many are here on a budget and raising fees $21 a month plus is so wrong...

When did your fees increase $21 per month in one year?

[Garywt]

Originally Posted by PennyAnn

You receive a bill each month for approx $240-$290, which includes amenity fee, water and sewer, trash pickup. Approx $170 of that is Amenity Fee (hoa sort of).

Really not sort of, and this is not true for everyone. I pay $200 and it is amenities and trash only.

[Marathon Man]

[QUOTE=KimmieK;2178891]This OP is on a roll — first Healthcare rant and now HOA fees

Originally Posted by joelfmi

Knowing how much you’ll have to pay each month in homeowners association fees helps you understand your budgetary expectations. Plus, knowing what the HOA fees cover…..

He must have lost his job again and now has lots of time to troll away.

[Garywt]

Originally Posted by UsuallyLurking

HOA fees cover not only amenities (club house, pool, etc.) but also things like landscaping and so forth. The HOA equivalent for The Villages is the amenity fee + the district assessment fee (which varies from district to district but also from housing type to housing type).

The difference is an HOA we would all have a vote to approve the rates.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Garywt

The difference is an HOA we would all have a vote to approve the rates.

And here we have a vote to elect our District Rep.

[Garywt]

Originally Posted by newgirl

I was told 4 yrs ago when I bought that my rate would never go above 5% a year..grandfathered in. They lied, a lot!!! Many are here on a budget and raising fees $21 a month plus is so wrong...

I bought 4 years ago and was not promised anything. Of course my amenity fee never increased $21 a month. Each year it has increased a couple dollars a month for the year.

[Garywt]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

And here we have a vote to elect our District Rep.

Not really the same.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Garywt

The difference is an HOA we would all have a vote to approve the rates.

Of course, you knew your amenity rate and the formula for any future increases when you purchased your home. Your signature on the purchase paperwork was your approval of the amenity fees. Since the rate increases are programmed, future approval doesn't apply.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Garywt

Not really the same.

I know it’s not.

[KAM+6]

Amenity fee also includes free golf on 9 hole executive courses. Huge plus.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by KAM+6

Amenity fee also includes free golf on 9 hole executive courses.

If you pay an amenity fee for it, it's hardly "free".

You simply don't pay for it when you go to the golf course, you've pre-paid.

[UsuallyLurking]

Originally Posted by newgirl

I was told 4 yrs ago when I bought that my rate would never go above 5% a year..grandfathered in. They lied, a lot!!! Many are here on a budget and raising fees $21 a month plus is so wrong...

If they told you that they lied. The sales contract indicates that increases/decreases in the amenity fee are based on the consumer price index (and yes, believe it or not, there have been occasions where it decreased). Lore has it that back in the day Harold Schwartz would make deals to get people into TV (and it appears to be true; there are a handful of households that are paying $40 a month in amenity fees).
I, too, bought 4 years ago, and I believe by that time a cap (called a "deferral") on amenity fees of $155/month had been removed by both the AAC and PWAC.

[ex34449]

Originally Posted by KAM+6

Amenity fee also includes free golf on 9 hole executive courses. Huge plus.

lol

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

If you pay an amenity fee for it, it's hardly "free".

You simply don't pay for it when you go to the golf course, you've pre-paid.