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Bill14564 01-23-2023 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by newgirl (Post 2179052)
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 01-23-2023 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by PennyAnn (Post 2178915)
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 01-23-2023 04:47 PM
[QUOTE=KimmieK;2178891]This OP is on a roll — first Healthcare rant and now HOA fees

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Originally Posted by joelfmi (Post 2178589)
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 01-23-2023 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by UsuallyLurking (Post 2178975)
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 01-23-2023 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Garywt (Post 2179102)
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 01-23-2023 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by newgirl (Post 2179052)
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 01-23-2023 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 2179103)
And here we have a vote to elect our District Rep.
Not really the same.

Bill14564 01-23-2023 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Garywt (Post 2179102)
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 01-23-2023 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Garywt (Post 2179105)
Not really the same.
I know it’s not.

KAM+6 01-23-2023 05:49 PM
Amenity fee also includes free golf on 9 hole executive courses. Huge plus.

BrianL99 01-23-2023 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by KAM+6 (Post 2179117)
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 01-23-2023 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by newgirl (Post 2179052)
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 01-23-2023 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by KAM+6 (Post 2179117)
Amenity fee also includes free golf on 9 hole executive courses. Huge plus.
lol

JMintzer 01-23-2023 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2179119)
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.
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