One in particular is a 120 unit building with a very energetic new president and treasurer, as well as an excellent onsite manager with an office open normal business hours who even gets a unit to live in. His job is fully professional with health insurance, 401 K etc. For a typical middle income retiree, I think it helps toward commonality of purpose if the residents are not extremely wealthy, or using their units as 2nd or third homes
* * * I am trying to avoid units without community laundry rooms. I really do not want washer and dryer, especially when shoehorned into a small closet. I know that W&D in the unit is a selling point, but that holds both coming and going and once I buy I do not expect to go anywhere voluntarily. Same with water heaters- when I can get it I prefer hot water from a central boiler.
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An excellent onsite manager is worth his weight in gold. It makes living in a condominium much more bearable and an excellent one can save the HOA a lot of money. So, anyone looking at a condo should inquire about the management company running the joint.
On the issue of washer and dryers, I prefer to have them in my closet; I have the side-by-side and stackable ones in the two units I own. I'd rather not go to a community laundry room, but I can see going there if I were single and lookingt for some company. I also have a tankless water heater in one unit; it works well for me.